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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection

2025 Edition
By Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Series: Little People, BIG DREAMS
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The countdown to Christmas has never been more inspiring! Each day, children can unwrap a new story featuring trailblazers, pioneers, and dreamers who changed the world. From scientists and inventors to sporting icons and musicians, every book tells the story of someone who dared to dream... Read More
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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection

Open a door to inspiration every day in December! With each window of this stunning advent calendar, children will discover the incredible stories of 24 real-life heroes, from scientists and musicians to sporting legends and world-changing activists. A magical Christmas gift that lasts all year round.

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The countdown to Christmas has never been more inspiring! Each day, children can unwrap a new story featuring trailblazers, pioneers, and dreamers who changed the world. From scientists and inventors to sporting icons and musicians, every book tells the story of someone who dared to dream big and achieved incredible things.

Part of the world's bestselling biography series for children, this advent calendar is more than just a Christmas countdown. With stunning illustrations and engaging storytelling, it introduces young readers to the power of ambition, kindness, and resilience, making it a gift that keeps on giving beyond the festive season.

Discover the incredible lives of these bold little dreamers: Simone Biles, David Attenborough, Leo Messi, Harry Styles, Florence Nightingale, Usain Bolt, Mozart, Iris Apfel, Yayoi Kusama, Vincent van Gogh, Mary Earps, Vanessa Nakate, Mae Jemison, Gandhi, Katherine Johnson, Rosa Parks, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Stevie Wonder, Stan Lee, Kylie Minogue, Mary Anning, Dwayne Johnson, Leonard Cohen.

This festive advent calendar collection celebrates the dreamers, thinkers, and pioneers who shaped history. Whether your child is passionate about sports, science, art, or activism, there is a story to inspire every young reader.

Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836008316

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 297.0mm

Height: 445.0mm

Weight: 750g

Pages: 768

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About the Author

Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara, born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children's books. In 2014, she created a book for her two twin nieces for their birthday, which shortly thereafter became the first book in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This multimillion-copy bestselling series of picture books explores the lives of outstanding people. From Mahatma Gandhi to Aretha Franklin, to Prince, Sánchez Vegara researches complex careers and makes them accessible to young children, with her unique and mindful style of writing. She works with a diverse team of illustrators to make each book lively, eye-catching and motivating. 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. ​

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