The best part of this book was the black and white striped endpapers, a design Coco would have used. The Little People, Big Dreams series tells the inspiring tales of famous people who have followed their passions to achieve success and fame, in a simple, fun and engaging way for children.

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Selected clients include: Boston Globe, Baltimore City Paper, VICE Magazine, NPR, and Frankie Magazine. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. Though the series have the same author, the illustrators vary and also seem to be in touch with the personal style of the individual being featured in the biography. Meet Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls’ education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate​.She is known for illustrating the character of Ada Lovelace, from the famous book series Little People, Big Dreams by the author Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. There are plenty of somewhat predictable candidates in both series’ (and they’re none the worse for that) as well as some more interesting and somewhat unexpected choices too.

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She has published two illustrated books in France (Louna au Musée and Bonne Nuit Louna) and among her clients are publishing houses like Penguin Random House, Tate Publishing, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Quarto Publishing Group and publications and newspapers like Il Corriere della Sera, The Financial Times, Reader’s Digest and BuzzFeed.

Her vibrant illustrations are often inspired by everyday life and childhood memories, nature, food and strong female characters, which are all recurring themes in her work. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.

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Mai Ly Degnan is an award-winning illustrator and illustration professor, currently based in Baltimore, MD. Siempre he tenido una gran curiosidad por saber más de esta diseñadora, cómo revolucionó la moda en sus tiempos y en cómo se convirtió en uno ícono de la moda. Este es un libro ilustrado super-mega-corto que nos cuenta la vida de la famosa diseñadora: Coco Chanel. Clara’s projects are delicate, coloristic, minimalistic and warm, all of them featured by one core element: the synthesis of shapes and colors.Her mysterious and conceptual illustrations, often depicting characters in surreal situations, are rich in detail and color.

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Taking inspiration from travel and nature, she creates rich and colourful illustrations by hand, pairing loose brushstrokes with abundant detail. 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. I think that you can often discover your talents by reading about people who you are interested in - and the sooner you find things you are interested in the sooner you will start to discover your own gifts. She studied Visual Communication at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin, where she is based now. Som det også var tilfældet med Kahlo-bogen, er der givet plads til barnets egne tanker og bogen lægger op til dialogisk læsning, hvor børn og voksne samtaler om billeder, som kun ledsages af den allermest nødvendige tekst.

From there, she became a cabaret singer, seamstress, hat maker and, eventually, the world's most famous fashion designer. Just take a look at the covers of this as well as the Frida Kahlo bio to see the stylized differences. Hendes tilgang til tøj og mode er, at det – i modsætning til datidens brug af stramme korsetter ­– skal være både flot og behageligt. Her work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators of New York and Los Angeles, American Illustration, and 3x3. She studied Visual Communication at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin.