- Title page (1)
- Contents page and Letter from the author page (2-3)
Artists (section opener) (4-5)Frida Kahlo (6-9)Coco Chanel
(10-13)Georgia O'Keeffe (14-17)Vivienne Westwood (18-21)Zaha Hadid
(22-25)Jean-Michel Basquiat (26-29)Rudolf Nureyev (30-31)Activists
(32-33)Rosa Parks (and so on)Emmeline PankhurstHarriet TubmanMaria
MontessoriMahatma GandhiMLK JrGreta ThunbergCorazon AquinoMalala
YousafzaiWritersMaya AngelouAgatha ChristieJane AustenAnne FrankLM
MontgomeryMary ShelleyAstrid LindgrenMusiciansElla
FitzgeraldJosephine BakerDavid BowieDolly PartonBob DylanAretha
FranklinElton JohnJohn LennonPrinceTV and FilmAudrey HepburnBruce
LeeMindy KalingDavid AttenboroughScientistsAmelia EarhartMarie
CurieAda LovelaceJane GoodallStephen HawkingAlan TuringErnest
ShackletonSteve JobsSports StarsWilma RudolphEvonne
GoolagongMuhammad AliBillie Jean KingJesse OwensPeleAyrton
Senna
- Timeline spread (218-219)
- Glossary/Index (220-221)
- Cross-sell and further reading (222-223)
- Imprint page (224)
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. Lisbeth Kaiser is a freelance writer and children's book author. Two of her books in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Maya Angelou and Emmeline Pankhurst, were selected for the ALA's Amelia Bloomer Book List. Lisbeth lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
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