Educational Book – LITTLE DREAMERS: VISIONARY WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD

From the author ofLittle Leaders: Bold Women in Black Historycomes the highly anticipated follow-up, a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world.

LITTLE DREAMERS, by Vashti Harrison, profiles VISIONARY WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD!

Featuring the true stories of 35 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists,Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the Worldinspires as it educates. Readers will meet trailblazing women like Mary Blair, an American modernist painter who had a major influence on how color was used in early animated films, actor/inventor Hedy Lamarr, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, architect Zaha Hadid, filmmaker Maya Deren, and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names are known, some are not, but all of the women had a lasting effect on the fields they worked in.

The charming, information-filled full-color spreads show the Dreamers as both accessible and aspirational so readers know they, too, can grow up to do something amazing.

Vashti Harrison, is the #1New York Timesbestselling author-illustrator ofLittle Leaders: Bold Women in Black HistoryandLittle Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World.She is an artist and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She earned her BA in studio art and media studies from the University of Virginia and her MFA in Film/Video from CalArts, where she snuck into animation and illustration classes to learn from Disney and DreamWorks legends. There, she rekindled a love for drawing and painting. Now she uses her love of both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.

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