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Frida Kahlo (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Gee Fan Eng

When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she...

Pre-K - 2nd

Rosa Parks (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Marta Antelo

Rosa Parks grew up in Alabama, where she learned to stand up for herself at an early age. Rosa went...

K - 3rd

Kylie Minogue (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon

Little Kylie grew up with her parents and her younger sister, Dannii, in Melbourne, Australia. She...

Pre-K - 2nd

Beyonce' (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Jade Orlando

Beyoncé was quiet as a child but always enjoyed singing and dancing. At a young age, she went to see...

Pre-K - 2nd

Alan Turing (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Ashling Lindsay

Alan grew up in England, where his best friends were numbers and a little boy called Christopher...

Pre-K - 2nd

Freddie Mercury (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Ruby Taylor

Born on the tiny island on Zanzibar off the coast of modern-day Tanzania, young Farrokh dreamt of...

Pre-K - 2nd

Dwayne Johnson (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Lirios Bou

Born into a family of Samoan and Black wrestlers, little Dwayne travelled with his parents and...

Pre-K - 2nd

Martin Luther King, Jr. (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan

Little Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher...

Pre-K - 2nd

Muhammad Ali (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Brosmind

When he was little, Muhammad Ali had his bicycle stolen. He wanted to fight the thief, but a...

Pre-K - 2nd

Leo Messi (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Florencia Gavilan

As a child, Leo developed his passion for soccer playing games with his brothers and cousins in the...

Pre-K - 2nd

Simone Biles (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Nadia Fisher

Growing up in foster care, Simone's gymnastics training was an anchor in her life. She first tried...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

Written by Margarita Engle and Illustrated by Rafael Lopez
As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird

Written by Misty Copeland and Illustrated by Christopher Myers
In her debut picture book, Misty Copeland tells the story of a young girl--an every girl--whose...
K - 3rd
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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

Written by Janet Halfmann and Illustrated by London Ladd
Lilly Ann Granderson, who was enslaved, secretly learned to read and write as a child and passed on...
K - 3rd
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Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer

Written by Bill Wise and Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth

On a Maine summer day in 1884, twelve-year-old Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis first fell in love...

1st - 5th
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

A boy in a drought-ravaged village in Africa wonders how things work. Teaching himself English from...

1st - 3rd