Little Leaders

Vashti Harrison
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2017
ISBN 9780316475112

Hardcover, 96
8.8 X 7.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.9 pounds

Vashti Harrison is the New York Times bestselling creator of Big, which was awarded the 2024 Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist. Vashti is also the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders, Little Dreamers, and Little Legends, and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong'o's Sulwe (for which she received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor), Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love, Andrea Beaty's I Love You Like Yellow, and Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic's Hello, Star, among others. A two-time recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, Vashti lives in Brooklyn, New York, and invites you to visit her online @vashtiharrison or at vashtiharrison.com.

Reviews

"Vashti Harrison's adorable, idiosyncratic drawings...are poster-worthy."
--O, the Oprah Magazine
Praise for Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History: 

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