Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World - Vashti Harrison
The follow-up to New York Times-bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History--a beautifully illustrated collectible featuring the true stories of 40 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists. Illustrations.ions. \nThe instant New York Times bestseller! \nFrom the author of Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History comes the highly anticipated follow-up, a beautifully illustrated collectible detailing the lives of women creators around the world. \nFeaturing the true stories of 35 women creators, ranging from writers to inventors, artists to scientists, Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World inspires 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. \n \nThe 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. \n \n\n