Ordinary people change the world series

Well, and, and, and you've been, again, we're talking about We Are the Wright Brothers.

The, the series is Ordinary People Change the World.

It's available now.

It's released now.

So thank you for being here with me today, and let's dive in.

We're here today with special guest Brad Meltzer, who's here to share with us and celebrate the 40th book in The Ordinary People Change the World children's book series, and this book is We Are the Wright Brothers.

So can books inspire kindness, courage, and compassion in the next generation? Well, today's guest is here to share with us just that.

Brad Meltzer is the Emmy-nominated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Rod and 12 other bestseller thrillers.

He also writes nonfiction books like The JFK Conspiracy and the Ordinary People Change the World children's book series.

Brad is also the host of Brad Meltzer's Lost History and Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel, and is responsible for helping to find the missing 9/11 flag that firefighters raised at Ground Zero, making national news on the 15th anniversary of 9/11.

So welcome to the show, Brad Meltzer.

So good to be back.

Books.

Ordinary People Change the World, and, uh, it's available now, and Brad is on the phone to talk to us about it.

Hey, man.

Hey, brother, good to hear your voice.

Right.

You wanna, like, and, and so each one has its own challenge, but the thing that was, i- is great about the Wright brothers is they, there was stuff about them and there were good records kept, 'cause they, everyone knew they were making history and progress.

We're talking to Brad Meltzer, the new book, the 40th in his Ordinary People Change the World series, is about the Wright brothers, and it's available now.

You mentioned that story about them taking materials out because they knew they were gonna crash.

Oh, love Brad.

He has a new book out, I Am the Wright Brothers, a part of his Ordinary People Change the World series.

Like Brad Meltzer, super famous author.

Yeah.

time with Tom and Dan.

Tom and Dan welcome author Brad Meltzer to the program.

He's got a brand new Ordinary People Change the World book.

And here they are, the wrong brothers of radio, Tom and Dan.

I also have to give a shout-out to the illustrator of all of these amazing books, Chris Eliopoulos.

Chris Eliopoulos is the secret sauce of the Ordinary People Change the World books.

And why? You know how many books have been written about Dolly Parton and Rosa Parks and George Washington and Abraham Lincoln? But the reason why people go to the I Am books is Chris's art, and it looks like an art style between Charlie Brown meets Calvin and Hobbes, and kids love it, 'cause it look just, they look just like them.

He, he always draws them as little kids.

[upbeat music]I am so excited to welcome one of my favorite authors back on the show.

Now, there's 40 books, 40 books in Brad Meltzer's Ordinary People Change the World series, and I don't know how this man does it.

I don't know what, what...

I- I don't know how he produces the volume and the quality.

But from his adult books about history, which are thrillers and deeply compelling, to his books in the Ordinary People Change the World series, which are so inspiring, and nearly 10 million copies have found their way into the hands of children.

The 40th book in this series is We Are the Wright Brothers, about Orville and Wilbur Wright, two people who crashed and failed, who rebuilt, who crashed again, and eventually, after lots of failure, changed the world.

And that what's make, that's what makes the Wright brothers a perfect subject for Mr. Meltzer.

It's never done.

And I said, "That's what We Are the Wright Brothers is about," and of course, that's the centerpiece of the whole children's book.

Ordinary People Change the World is the book series.

We Are the Wright Brothers is the latest.

And, uh, did you, uh, s- get to see Dolly Parton or talk to her about the book you put out about her?

The incredible author, Brad Meltzer, has now reached number 40, number 40 in the inspiring book series Ordinary People Change the World.

And the subject matter for this book, the Wright brothers.

It's entitled We Are the Wright Brothers, in the theme of the I Am, I Am Dolly Parton, I Am Sonia Sotomayor.

Mm-hmm.

She could probably recite that book backwards and forwards, and even being a prickly 11-year-old, it's still one of her absolute favorites, Brad, I will tell you that.

You know, this is book 40 in the series Ordinary People Change the World.

And I think it is important for me to underscore, part of what I've been trying to do here at this channel is show how ordinary people have decided that they wanna take their lived experiences and do extraordinary things.

And whether that's running for Congress, whether that's, you know, stepping up at a time that is fraught with tension and, and uncertainty, that's what people are doing.

Yeah, Monday, just before 8:00.

Author Brad Meltzer is known for his popular children's picture book series, Ordinary People Change the World, which has more than nine million copies in print worldwide, and has produced 14 New York Times bestsellers.

He's now out with his 40th installment of the series, this time focusing on flight.

His new book, We Are the Wright Brothers, is an inspiring introduction to the American innovators whose determination and curiosity forever changed the way people travel and connect and stand in security lines.