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. Elena Hager is a Russian-American artist. She was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. Her love of drawing and painting began when she first held a crayon as a child. She worked with oil paint on canvas for eight years and studied for a year to be a fine painting restorer but had to leave when she moved to the United States. She enjoys reading books with her son, and those treasured moments reminded her of her innermost dream to become a children’s book illustrator and create vivid, vibrant, colourful art.
