Little People, Big Dreams: Trailblazing Women 5 Books Gift Set by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Little People, Big Dreams: Trailblazing Women 5 Books Gift Set by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara brings together five illustrated biographies celebrating women whose lives and work made a lasting impact. The set spans aviation, science, civil rights, the fight against slavery and pioneering animal research, presenting each story from childhood through to later achievements.

Across the collection, readers follow Amelia Earhart’s ambition to fly, Marie Curie’s determination to pursue science, Rosa Parks’ role as a civil rights activist, Harriet Tubman’s repeated journeys on the Underground Railroad and Jane Goodall’s early fascination with chimpanzees that shaped her research. Each book includes a facts and photos section at the back.

Included titles

• Amelia Earhart
• Marie Curie
• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman
• Jane Goodall

Key details

• Five-book gift set
• By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
• Includes a facts and photos section at the back of each book
• Focuses on the lives of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Jane Goodall

Synopses

Amelia Earhart

As a child, Amelia imagined she could stretch her wings and fly like a bird. As an adult, she set a new female world record by flying up to 14,000 feet, and later flew across the Atlantic and the Pacific. She eventually undertook a mission to fly all the way around the world.

Marie Curie

Marie Curie could not attend university when she was young because she was a woman. Later, her scientific work gained worldwide respect, including her discoveries of radium and polonium, which helped in the fight against cancer. She went on to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, and the book includes a facts and photos section at the back.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks grew up in Alabama and learned early on to stand up for herself. She became a civil rights activist whose courage and dignity helped spark the movement that ended segregation, and she continued working for equal rights. The book features a facts and photos section at the back.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland, U.S.A., and persisted through a hard life. She escaped slavery and travelled north on the Underground Railroad, then returned to the South many times to help others reach freedom. The book includes a facts and photos section at the back.

Jane Goodall

When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee called Jubilee, inspiring a lifelong love of animals. She went on to study animals in the wild, living with chimpanzees in their natural habitat and becoming known for her pioneering approach to research. She now educates the public on animal rights, and the book features a facts and photos section at the back.