Throughout history, people have experimented, invented, and created new ways of doing things. Innovative Kids tells the stories of a diverse group of brilliant thinkers in fields such as technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment, reminding us that every innovator started out as a child. Florence Nightingale rescued baby mice. Alan Turing was a dreamer with terrible handwriting. And Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports.