Little dreamers : visionary women around the world
by Harrison, Vashti,
| Print Book 2018 |
| Available at 16 Libraries 17 of 17 copies |
Summary
The instant New York Times bestseller!
From 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.
Featuring 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.
The 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.
From 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.
Featuring 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.
The 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.
Contents
Fatima al-FihriWang Zhenyi
Ada Lovelace
Marie Curie
Edith Head
Peggy Guggenheim
Grace Hopper
Frida Kahlo
Gyo Fujikawa
Katherine Dunham
Mary Blair
Chien-Shiung Wu
Bessie Blount Griffin
Hedy Lamarr
Claudia Jones
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Asima Chatterjee
Maya Deren
Amalia Hernández
Violeta Para
Sister Corita Kent
Esther Afua Ocloo
Monir Shahroudy
Farmanfarmaian
Mahasweta Devi
Vera Rubin
Yayoi Kusama
Toni Morrison
Esther Mahlangu
Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher
Eiko Ishioka
Wangari Maathai
Calypso Rose
Flossie Wong-Stahl
Zaha Hadid
Maya Lin
More little dreamers.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Women
-- Biography
-- Juvenile literature.
Women artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women -- Biography. Women artists. Women scientists. |
| Publisher | New York :Little, Brown and Company,2018 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Other Titles | Visionary women around the world |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
89 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84). |
| ISBN | 9780316475174 0316475173 |
| Other | Classic View |