I Am Harriet Tubman

#1 New York Times Best selling author, Brad Meltzer has made it his mission in life to offer all kids a different kind of hero.  He is Teri Knight’s guest today on 15 with the Author.  From his love of history, he knew there was some real world heroes that kids would be fascinated by and look up to, so he set out to write a series called, Ordinary People Change the World! His 14th book in the series is “I am Harriet Tubman’,  a heroine who played a pivotal role in the fight against slavery.  Brad talks about the injury that changed her life and a wonderful story about her dad.  He also talks about the next book in the series.  Brad writes on a variety of platforms, he also supports several charities.  Check out his website bradmeltzer.com to find out much more.   A note from Teri:  I LOVE these books.  

I am Harriet Tubman

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