Coco Chanel (Little People, Big Dreams) - Children's Hardback Book

Frances Lincoln Publishers

Regular price $13.40 Sale

Discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The first book follows Coco Chanel, from her early life in an orphanage – where she is a genius with needle and thread – to her time as a cabaret singer, hat maker and, eventually, international fashion designer. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Coco's life at the back.

Author: Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Ana Albero

Series: Little People Big Dreams

Format: Hardback

Publishers: Frances Lincoln Publishers

Publication Date: 4th Feb 2016

Pages: 32

Product Dimensions: 198 x 244 x 11mm

Weight: 354g

Review

"Strikingly illustrated, they’re superb first biographies for younger readers."

(The Huffington Post)

'Sumptuously illustrated hardbacks, they take the life stories of famous women in history and retell them in a child-friendly way'

(Daily Mail)

“Brilliantly accessible and inspiring”

(Rhino Reads)

Books for Style Hunters - "Charming"

(Smallish)

"A QUIRKY kids biography series"

(The Voice)

“One children’s books series trying to fight back… by telling the inspiring stories of women who overcame adversity and made history by pursuing their childhood dreams.”

(Toronto Star)

“The kind of books that adults will covet and collect as well… The language and structure is simple enough for young readers, while a biographical timeline at the end of each book offers greater historical complexity”

(Irish Times)

About the Author

ISABEL SÃNCHEZ VERGARA, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books. 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.

ANA ALBERO was born in Alicante, Spain. She studied Visual Communication at the Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin. She is now based in Berlin, where she works primarily in graphite and colored pencil creating vibrant textured images inspired by old pictures and movies.