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Marc Kielburger (Author), Craig Kielburger (Author)
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August 14, 2002
* Raise awareness * Start a club * Use the media * Make a difference * Get involved * Choose an issue * Build a team * Have fun!

Make a difference in your hometown and around the world!

Inspired by the vision, spirit, and activities of thousands of kids working to improve the lives of others, Take Action! shows how you, too, can change the world. Authors Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger are the founders of Leaders Today, an organization dedicated to helping young people realize their fullest potential and become socially involved. Their remarkable work has been profiled on Oprah and on many national news shows, as well as in magazines and newspapers across the U.S. and Canada. Now, with Take Action!, they provide easy-to-follow guidelines for making a difference in the lives of people all over the globe.

By following the valuable tips, strategies, and examples in this book, you'll get organized and start tackling important issues in your community, your school, your country, and around the world. From writing letters and public speaking to planning fundraisers, preparing petitions, and working with the media, Take Action! covers all the basics of how to become socially involved-and have fun at the same time! You'll discover how you and your friends can join the fight for children's rights, get involved in environmental issues, help those suffering from hunger and poverty, and much more. You'll also meet other extraordinary young people like yourself who turned their thoughts and passion into action and have made a tremendous impact on these issues.

There are no limits to what you can accomplish. You can be a leader and help others today-all you have to do is Take Action!


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* Raise awareness * Start a club * Use the media * Make a difference * Get involved * Choose an issue * Build a team * Have fun!

Make a difference in your hometown and around the world!

Inspired by the vision, spirit, and activities of thousands of kids working to improve the lives of others, Take Action! shows how you, too, can change the world. Authors Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger are the founders of Leaders Today, an organization dedicated to helping young people realize their fullest potential and become socially involved. Their remarkable work has been profiled on Oprah and on many national news shows, as well as in magazines and newspapers across the U.S. and Canada. Now, with Take Action!, they provide easy-to-follow guidelines for making a difference in the lives of people all over the globe.

By following the valuable tips, strategies, and examples in this book, you’ll get organized and start tackling important issues in your community, your school, your country, and around the world. From writing letters and public speaking to planning fundraisers, preparing petitions, and working with the media, Take Action! covers all the basics of how to become socially involved–and have fun at the same time! You’ll discover how you and your friends can join the fight for children’s rights, get involved in environmental issues, help those suffering from hunger and poverty, and much more. You’ll also meet other extraordinary young people like yourself who turned their thoughts and passion into action and have made a tremendous impact on these issues.

There are no limits to what you can accomplish. You can be a leader and help others today–all you have to do is Take Action!

About the Author

MARC KIELBURGER is a Harvard graduate and a Rhodes Scholar in law at Oxford University. He is the cofounder of Leaders Today.
CRAIG KIELBURGER founded the organization Free the Children, which now involves over 100,000 youth in thirty-five countries. Both Marc and Craig regularly speak and conduct workshops at schools, community organizations, and conferences.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 14, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471271322
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471271321
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,308,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource for Teachers, April 11, 2002
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Take Action is an excellent resource book for classroom teachers ! The step by step guide to student involvement in social issues has been a great help in encouraging my students to take positive action in the community. The book is very attractive with colorful layouts, pictures and presentations. It has been immensely popular with my students. Great work! Well worth purchasing! I am looking forward to a French edition!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Buy for Any Mother for Her Children, March 8, 2002
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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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have ever purchased for my kids!, February 21, 2002
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.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
Are you interested in becoming socially involved? Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other possibilities for action, use the greeting, address your letter, local food bank
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, Kids Can Free the Children, United States, Spirit Week, New York, Leaders Today, Human Rights Awareness Day, Teens Taking Action, Garbage-Free Lunch Day, Rights of the Child, Craig Kielburger, The Gift Store, The Honorable, Kids Can Change the World, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, City Council, High Oak Trail Richmond Hill, Sara Crane, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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