PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books and the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series of picture books that explore the lives of outstanding people. Working for more than fifteen years for clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship between children and pop culture. Ana Albero was born in Alicante, Spain. She studied Visual Communication at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, and illustration at the University of the Arts Berlin. She is now based in Berlin, where she works primarily in graphite and colored pencil creating vibrant textured images inspired by old pictures and movies. She is the illustrator of Coco Chanel,David Bowie and Marilyn Monroe from the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series.
‘Cult series Little People, Big Dreams, whose books tell the life stories of key figures from history, are charmingly designed to tempt discerning adults as well as appeal to the collector mentality of kids. The latest artist in the series is the pleasingly irreverent David Hockney’. * Art Quarterly *
