Incredible stories of the great Scots who changed the world we live in. Let the lives of these artists, explorers, poets, philosophers and engineers inspire YOU!DID YOU KNOW THAT...WILLIAMINA FLEMING was an astronomer who discovered hundreds of stars?ALEXANDER FLEMING won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of penicillin?ELSIE INGLIS set up hospitals all across Europe to treat over 200,000 soldiers? (Have you seen her on a GBP50 note?)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S family of engineers built more than 100 lighthouses? PRAISE for STRONG BRAVE TRUE:"A wonderfully colourful, fun-packed, characterful introduction to the famous and not-so-famous Scots who made their mark on history . . . A must-have for any young historian or true Scot! Loved it!" - PHILIP ARDAGH, Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author"Who wouldn't want to be Scottish after reading this splendid book?" - ROSS COLLINS, Prize-winning author of The Elephantom
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MAIRI KIDD is the author of We are All Witches, Warriors and Witches and Damn Rebel Bitches and Feisty and Fiery and Fierce, as well as a number of books for children, and drama for TV, radio and stage. She has a passion for exploring untold stories, and particularly women's lives in history.
Mairi is Director of the Saltire Society and has been Head of Literature at Creative Scotland and CEO of Seven Stories the National Centre for Children's Books. She has also been a publisher working to open up the written word to children and young people with dyslexia, when she had the honour of publishing household names including Julia Donaldson, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Quentin Blake.
Mairi is a Gaelic speaker and regularly appears on TV and radio discussing books. She lives in Portobello with her husband Tom, an illustrator, and their very handsome cat.
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