Take Action! A Guide to Active Citizenship
A step-by-step guide to active citizenship that equips young people with the tools to make a difference on local, national, and global levels.

Synopsis

Take Action! is a step-by-step guide to active citizenship that equips young people with the tools to make a difference on local, national and global levels. Based on tested and proven leadership seminars, workshops and programs, Take Action! serves as a unique civics curriculum for young people between the ages of 10 and 15 who wish to become socially involved and learn valuable life-long communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

I'm looking forward to reading this book after seeing what it inspired locally. A local woman set up a project after reading this book. The project, called Give-A-Kid-A-Backpack, collects gently used backpacks and supplies to fill them, then gives them to needy children in Ecuador. Any book that can get that kind of activism going must be remarkable.
Virginia Allain
I recently bought this book for my children and they simply refuse to put it down. They are organizing a fundraiser for a local charity and getting their entire class involved and this remarkable resource is showing them how. I also saw Craig on Oprah and was so moved by his story and after seeing Oprah's major support of his organization, I went out and got the book. Oprah was right again! Craig and his brother are inspirations to all children and young people. I think every parent who wants to inspire their kids should buy this book.
Laura Wong
I have been following Craig's remarkable story on Oprah for the last couple of years. As soon as I saw on the Oprah show that he had a new book out, I searched high and low until I found it on the free the children web site for my kids. I had bought his last book and my two daughters loved it! The Take Action is simply great. It gives them ways to become socailly involved and tells them in langauge they can understand. They are already using its fundraising and public speaking tools. I wish every school library had a copy.
Tracy West

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