Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Tells the story of astronaut Mae Jemison’s life. She grew up in Chicago, dreamed of being an astronaut, and found inspiration in Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek. She graduated high school at 16 years old, danced ballet, went to Stanford, got a medical degree, and worked for the Peace Corps. Eventually she became the first woman of color in space, as a US astronaut.

Perfectly fine. I like this series much better than the similar “I Am…” series, because the stories are shorter, more straightforward, and don’t have a weird adult narrator. The focus of the subject’s accomplishments is on the dreams they had as kids, not on them being particularly special people, which is nice. The art is lovely, and each book has a different artist, usually from the same background as the biography subject, so they each have a different style.… (altro)

En este libro de la aclamada serie Little People, BIG DREAMS, descubre la increíble vida de J. R. R. Tolkien, autor y precursor del género fantástico.

El pequeño John experimentó muchos cambios en su vida desde muy joven. Tras mudarse de Sudáfrica a una gran ciudad de Inglaterra, añoraba la naturaleza en torno a la que creció.

Tras la muerte de sus padres, John encontró consuelo contando historias y construyendo mundos imaginarios con sus amigos. Y siguió contando historias durante el resto de su vida, creando relatos épicos de hobbits, enanos, elfos y magos como J. R. R. Tolkien.

Este libro inspirador presenta ilustraciones elegantes y extravagantes y datos adicionales en la contraportada, como una cronología biográfica con fotos históricas y un perfil detallado de la vida del escritor.… (altro)

Leonard grew up in Canada to be a man who wrote and played music and poetry, but first he was a child who knew that for things to be beautiful they did not have to be perfect.
The illustrations by Agathe Bray-Bourret are fun, simple, brilliantly colorful, and expressive.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or your local public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Quarto Publishing Group/Frances Lincoln Children's Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
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