Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Ana Albero Read about the incredible life of David Hockney, the inspirational British artist.   Little David loved to draw and looked at the world in his own unique way. He always knew what his path in life would be… he would be an artist! He went to art school and worked day and night to hone…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Miguel Bustos Meet Bruce Lee, the martial artist and Hollywood film star. Born in San Francisco but raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was the child star of Hong Kong cinema. But, after getting into trouble as a teenager, his father sent him to live in America. Starring roles were hard to come by for Asian-American…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Anke Weckmann Meet Greta Thunberg, the environmental activist. When young Greta learned of the climate crisis, she stopped talking. She couldn’t understand why people in power were not doing anything to save our Earth. One day she started protesting outside the Swedish Parliament, creating the „School Strike for Climate.” Soon, lots more young people joined her…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Beatrice Cerocchi Meet Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.  When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong love of animals, and she went to study them in the wild as soon as she could. Jane lived with chimpanzees in their natural habitat and became famous…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Christophe Jacques Meet Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. Little Neil’s dreams took flight when he rode on his first airplane as a child. After studying aeronautical engineering and time spent in the navy, he became a pilot. From there, he was selected to take a trip to where no human had…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Alison Hawkins Meet Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president and his fight for equality. Little Nelson’s given name was Rolihlahla, which means ‘troublemaker’ in Xhosa, his native language. But his rebellious nature would lead him to become one of the world’s most inspirational civil right’s leaders and anti-apartheid revolutionaries. Despite the many years of imprisonment…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Jean Claude Meet Albert Einstein, the legendary scientist. Little Albert grew up in Germany, where it took him four years to formulate his first word. He was fascinated by how objects worked and, although he didn’t love school, he loved physics and math books. His brilliant mind contemplated space and time, and he eventually came up with the theory…

Autorė: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Iliustravo: Momoko Abe Meet Yoko Ono, the artist. When Yoko was little, she had everything she could dream of in Japan, except time with her busy parents. She used to write wishes and tie them to the branches of the trees in the local temple to be less alone. When war broke out, Yoko was often hungry…