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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection
By (Author) Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Quarto Publishing PLC
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
30th September 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: General knowledge and interesting facts
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
Hardback
768
Width 297mm, Height 445mm
750g
The countdown to Christmas has never been more inspiring! Each day, children can unwrap a new story featuring trailblazers, pioneers, and dreamers who changed the world. From scientists and inventors to sporting icons and musicians, every book tells the story of someone who dared to dream big and achieved incredible things.
Part of the world's bestselling biography series for children, this advent calendar is more than just a Christmas countdown. With stunning illustrations and engaging storytelling, it introduces young readers to the power of ambition, kindness, and resilience, making it a gift that keeps on giving beyond the festive season.Discover the incredible lives of these bold little dreamers:Simone Biles, David Attenborough, Leo Messi, Harry Styles, Florence Nightingale, Usain Bolt, Mozart, Iris Apfel, Yayoi Kusama, Vincent van Gogh, Mary Earps, Vanessa Nakate, Mae Jemison, Gandhi, Katherine Johnson, Rosa Parks, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Stevie Wonder, Stan Lee, Kylie Minogue, Mary Anning, Dwayne Johnson, Leonard Cohen
This festive advent calendar collection celebrates the dreamers, thinkers, and pioneers who shaped history. Whether your child is passionate about sports, science, art, or activism, there is a story to inspire every young reader.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
MariaIsabel Snchez Vegara,born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books. In 2014, she created a book for her two twin nieces for their birthday, which shortly thereafter became the first book in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This multimillion-copy bestselling series of picture books explores the lives of outstanding people. From Mahatma Gandhi to Aretha Franklin, to Prince, Snchez Vegara researches complex careers and makes them accessible to young children, with her unique and mindful style of writing. She works with a diverse team of illustrators to make each book lively, eye-catching and motivating. Working for more than fifteenyears forclients in top advertising agencies, her books combinecreativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationshipbetween children and pop culture.