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'Iris Apfel' , by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara & Kristen Barnhart Title: Iris Apfel Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara Illustrator:  Kristen Barnhart Genre (s): Graphic Novel, Nonfiction, Children Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group Language: English  Publication Date: 24th August 2021 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. This new book in the collection Little People, Big Dreams talks about Iris Apfel , a vivacious and accidental fashion icon who grew up in New York . Iris grew up between fabrics and colors and patterns. She never dressed for anyone to see her, she dressed for herself, which is so important. The principal message in this biographical story is: be yourself just for yourself. Dress like you like, dress for you. Be you . She has a documentary, has written a book about herself,... "She dressed to express herself." She loves and admires her work . The illustrations are so fu...

' Michelle Obama' , by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara (writer) & Mia Saine (illustrator) Thank you to the authors, Frances Lincoln Children's Books (Quarto Group) and Edelweiss for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.  In this new installment of Litte People, Big Dreams , written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara, we can read about Michelle Obama's life .  It's a short , and illustrated biography about her infancy, her college years, and adulthood.  I really enjoyed it because Michelle Obama is one of the public figures I want to know more about.  The illustrator, Mia Saine, did a great job with the illustrations , which are so beautiful and lovely. I loved them!  In this book, we get to know more about Michelle Obama's life: how she became one of the most influential public figures around the world.  We get to know about how she became a lawyer, how she met her husband, Barack Obama, and how she supported Obama's campaign to become President of the...

' Ruth Bader Ginsburg ', by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara Thank you to the author, Frances Lincoln Children's Books and Edelweiss for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.  In this new installment of Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara's Little People, Big Dreams book Series, the author explores the life of the judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020). It is a beautiful, inspiring human story about a girl, a woman, who believed in herself , who never gave up. It is lovely, and it is so beautifully written, with illustrations. Ruth became one of the symbols for female lawyers. She fought for women's rights , for equality of gender. She spent all of her life fighting for it. She wanted to become the person her mother believed she could be. Her mother died before she graduated from high school.  Ruth and Martin's story is so sweet- how Martin cared for her, how he admired her and saw her as his equal. She became the leader of a feminist law group, and worked to e...