VISIONARY WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD - LITTLE LEADERS
From the New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow up, celebrating the lives of inspirational women around the world.
Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world.
Featuring the true stories of 40 inspirational women creators - from writers to inventors, artists to scientists - this book is as inspirational as it is educational. Readers will meet trailblazing women such as revolutionary architect, Zaha Hadid, actor inventor Hedy Lamarr, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, modernist painter and animator Mary Blair and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names will be familiar, some will not - but all these women had a lasting impact on their fields.
Edad recomendada: A partir de 6 años.
HARRISON VASHTI
Vashti Harrison nació en 1988 en Virginia, Estados Unidos, hija de padre afroamericano y madre originaria de Trinidad y Tobago. Estudió en la Universidad de Virginia donde obtuvo el título de grado y posteriormente realizó una maestría en cine y video en el California Institute of the Arts. Es escritora, ilustradora y cineasta, residente en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Ha publicado obras como Little Leaders, Little Dreamers y Little Legends, además de ilustrar libros como Sulwe de Lupita Nyong'o y Hair Love de Matthew A. Cherry. En 2024 recibió la Medalla Caldecott por su libro Big.
