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Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books. In 2014, she created a book for her two twin nieces for their birthday, which shortly thereafter became the first book in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This multimillion-copy bestselling series of picture books explores the lives of outstanding people. From Mahatma Gandhi to Aretha Franklin, to Prince, Sánchez Vegara researches complex careers and makes them accessible to young children, with her unique and mindful style of writing. She works with a diverse team of illustrators to make each book lively, eye-catching and motivating. 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.
Audrey Hepburn
Agatha Christie
Coco Chanel
Ella Fitzgerald
Ada Lovelace
Anne Frank
Mother Teresa
Harriet Tubman
Georgia O'Keeffe
Jane Austen
Jane Goodall
L. M. Montgomery
Simone de Beauvoir
Josephine Baker
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Emmeline Pankhurst Book and Paper Doll Gift Edition Set
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Marie Curie Book and Paper Doll Gift Edition Set
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Women in Art
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Women in Science
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Vivienne Westwood
Rudolf Nureyev
Wilma Rudolph
Dolly Parton
Maria Montessori
Mahatma Gandhi
David Bowie
Bruce Lee
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mary Shelley
Zaha Hadid
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Music Stars
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Inspiring Writers
Evonne Goolagong
Louise Bourgeois
Bob Dylan
Little Me, Big Dreams Journal
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Astrid Lindgren
David Attenborough
Frida Kahlo Doll and Book Set
Alan Turing
Billie Jean King
Jesse Owens
Greta Thunberg
Corazon Aquino
Aretha Franklin
Ernest Shackleton
Pele
Elton John
Ayrton Senna
Steve Jobs
Little People, BIG DREAMS Sticker Activity Book
Little People, Big Dreams Colouring Book
John Lennon
Charles Darwin
Prince
Megan Rapinoe
Stevie Wonder
Captain Tom Moore
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Earth Heroes
Marilyn Monroe
Mary Anning
Malala Yousafzai
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Black Voices
Hans Christian Andersen
RuPaul
Andy Warhol
Mindy Kaling
Michelle Obama
Iris Apfel
Rosalind Franklin
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Michael Jordan
Leaders
Artists
Kamala Harris
Yoko Ono
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury
Albert Einstein
Nelson Mandela
Pablo Picasso
Amanda Gorman
Gloria Steinem
Hedy Lamarr
J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Houdini
Florence Nightingale
Helen Keller
Nikola Tesla
Elvis Presley
Marcus Rashford
Mae Jemison
Neil Armstrong
Alexander von Humboldt
Laverne Cox
Wilma Mankiller
Dwayne Johnson
Anna Pavlova
Terry Fox
Freddie Mercury
Princess Diana
Lewis Hamilton
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth (A&U edition)
Tenzing Norgay
Vanessa Nakate
David Hockney
Olive Morris
Louis Pasteur
King Charles
Mozart
Simone Biles
Steve Irwin
Little People, BIG DREAMS Amazing Women Memory Game
Little People, BIG DREAMS Puzzle
Little People, BIG DREAMS: American Dreams
Jürgen Klopp
Shakira
Leo Messi
Lenny Henry
Sally Ride
Little People, BIG DREAMS Who Am I? Guessing Game
Kylie Minogue
Beyoncé
Usain Bolt
Stan Lee
Taylor Swift
Rafa Nadal
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Dream Big BINGO!
Leonard Cohen
Vincent van Gogh
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Mary Kom
Salvador Dalí
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection
Katherine Johnson
Yayoi Kusama
Little People, BIG DREAMS Card Game: Dream Team
Patrick Mahomes
Roald Dahl
Harry Styles
William Kamkwamba
Mary Earps
Yves Saint Laurent
Bob Marley
David Beckham
Virginia Woolf
Louis Braille
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Chris Hoy
Steven Spielberg
Oprah Winfrey
Mikaela Shiffrin
Alexander Hamilton
Rihanna
Grandma's Scarf
Beatrix Potter
Leonardo da Vinci
Cristiano Ronaldo
7 days to go until Steven Spielberg is released, illustrated by Keith Negleyand written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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7 days to go until Chris Hoy is released, illustrated by Edita Hajduand written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
Out now! Ludwig Van Beethoven by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Romina Galotta. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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Out now! Louis Braille by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Ana Albero. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
Out now! Virginia Woolf by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Audrey Day. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
Out now! Bob Marley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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Out now! Yves Saint Laurent by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Klas Fahlén. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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Out now! Mary Earps by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Ana Gómez. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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