Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books and the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series of picture books that explore the lives of outstanding people. Working for more than fifteen years for clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship between children and pop culture. Queenbe Monyei is an illustrator, designer and author of childrens books. She is passionate about drawing marginalized groups in everyday situations through the use of bold colours. Her art has been featured on Flow Magazine, GIPHY, The Cartoon Network, HGTV, Givingli, Fiverr, and Mary Young. Currently, her gifs on GIPHY has been viewed over 800 million times.
Little People, Big Dreams biography of the poet Amanda Gorman, who
shot to international fame in 2021 as she was chosen to read at Joe
Biden’s presidential inauguration. As a child Gorman was an avid
reader, but between an auditory processing disorder and a speech
impediment, she found talking in public difficult. Poetry helped
her find her voice.
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“America’s first National Youth Poet Laureate joins the
market-leading biography series. Feminist trailblazer Gloria
Steinem is the other new title this month.”
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