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Discover›Children's Books›The Capables: Empowering Children's Book Series
Children's Books★ Staff Pick🏁 Project EndedKickstarter

The Capables: Empowering Children's Book Series

The Capables is an award-winning self-published children's book series, featuring kid superheroes, all of whom live with a disability.

Created by Danny Jordan · Launched Apr 9, 2026 · Ended May 9, 2026
Source: public Kickstarter page · all funding figures & images via KickstarterView archived on Kickstarter →
Final Raised
$7K
Goal $6K
Backers
67
82 data points
Final Funded
112%
Goal hit ✓
Ended
May 9, 2026

BackerLens analysis

🟢 Outperforming the Children's Books category average. This project has hit 112% of its goal, while the average live Children's Books project on Kickstarter sits at 46% (2.4× the category median).

Lens Score: 51 / 100 — medium potential, flagged as a Kickstarter Staff Pick (a strong early-signal).

Compare against 54 other live Children's Books projects →

Funding trend

82 snapshots since launch · refreshed every 8 hours

Apr 26, 2026May 8, 2026

Backer growth

View archived campaign on Kickstarter →

This campaign ended May 9, 2026. Pledging is closed; we keep the historical funding curve and final stats here for research.

Funding curve story

front loaded

Hit goal in week 3.

Front-loaded curve — most pledges came in the early days, typical of strong pre-launch lists.

day 1day 12

Most popular pledge tiers

47 backers across 5 tiers. Sourcing tip: the most-chosen tier reveals the price point this market accepts.

$40
SIGNED COPY OF BOOK #3 IN THE SERIES
19 backersShips 2027-04
40%
OF BACKERS
$100
YOUR NAME IN THE "THANK YOU" SECTION
16 backersShips 2027-04
34%
OF BACKERS
$30
BOOK #3 IN THE SERIES
8 backersShips 2027-04
17%
OF BACKERS
$15
BOOK #3 IN THE SERIES (DIGITAL COPY)
3 backersShips 2027-04
6%
OF BACKERS
$500
BECOME A CAPABLE
1 backers9 of 10 leftShips 2027-04
2%
OF BACKERS

Reward data is refreshed daily. Tier-level backer counts may be slightly behind live pledging.

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LENS SCORE
51/ 100
Medium potential

Based on funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick status.

Target completion112%
Backers67
Days running28d
Staff pickYes
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