Creativity is everywhere and everyone is creative.
Our brains and bodies are built to make and innovate, and that instinct is as old as humanity itself. Starting when we’re babies, we draw, tell stories, invent, dance, perform, make music, among dozens of other creative acts. Did you know that our ancestors were weaving 12,000 years ago and using pigment to make paintings 17,000 years ago? Today, creativity is all around us, in public and private spaces and places all over the world. From graffiti and flash mobs to music class and TV screens, Creatively Human encourages young readers to look at the world with a creative eye. Explore the origins and impact of ideas and inventions, arts and technology, and learn about the developments and advances that change and improve the lives of everyone. It’s time to recognize and celebrate how everyone—including you—contributes to our world in so many creative ways!
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“Yee’s art is soft, warm, and inviting. Peterson has taken care to explore every aspect of how creativity can be expressed. Hand this book to a favorite elementary or middle school art teacher.”
“Peterson helps readers explore myriad attributes and expressions of creativity. Highlight[s] representation of diverse cultures, problems with cultural appropriation and gender bias, and adaptive and assistance technologies that aid the creative process. Additional lists, photos, sidebars, and colourful illustrations further promote the engaging themes.”
“An earnest pep talk for beginning or tentative inventors, artists, up cyclers and would-be innovators. Wide-ranging and rousing in tone.”
“[Helps] readers understand that people from the beginning of time used creativity to solve problems and make the world better…Take a closer look at your collection to make sure that it includes something that tells your non-science types that their interests and passions are worthy also. You may find that you need Creatively Human: Why We Imagine, Make and Innovate. Highly recommended.”