• Soft blush or dusty rose-pink background; Coco Chanel in large flowing black handwritten script; young Coco with a sleek voluminous blue-black Marcel-waved bob parted in the centre, dark round eyes, pale skin and a small closed smile; bold black and canary yellow horizontal-stripe long-sleeved top; cradling a small blonde-haired rag doll in a matching black and teal striped outfit with a tiny quilted burgundy handbag in one arm; fine sewing needle threaded with a long strand of thread and a spool of dark bu
  • Muted melancholy exterior scene; a nun in full black habit, cream wimple and gold cross standing in an arched stone doorway, leaning forward and gesturing to welcome two small girls; two young girls on the sandy path — one in dark grey coat over a black and yellow striped top with a small wicker basket (young Gabrielle), one in dark grey coat with a coral-pink blouse; small cream-coloured dog with a sad expression between the girls' feet; bare round-topped trees, cream stone cottage with circular arched win
  • Grey stone orphanage courtyard with tall ornate lattice-patterned windows and large dark wooden arched doors; four girls in identical black uniform dresses with white Peter Pan collars; one girl sitting on the ground left holding a red flower; one girl playing on a yellow chalk hopscotch grid numbered 1–5; one girl cradling a brown knitted rag doll; young Gabrielle at the far right in her black and yellow striped top, holding a needle and thread working on a small pink fabric piece, spool of orange thread o
  • Victorian school classroom with warm yellow walls and horizontal wood panelling; stern nun in full black habit and white wimple with arms folded and a frowning expression at the front; large green chalkboard behind her showing "To be irreplaceable one must always be different" written twice in elegant white chalk cursive; young Gabrielle in her black and yellow striped top standing at the board smiling with one hand raised, small round pink eraser and chalk at the base; four girls in dark uniforms sitting a
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LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: COCO CHANEL (HB)

LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: COCO CHANEL (HB)

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Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series — beautifully illustrated biographical picture books that introduce young children to the lives of remarkable people who changed the world. This volume tells the story of Coco Chanel, the girl from an orphanage who became the most influential fashion designer of the twentieth century.

This is the story of a young girl called Gabrielle. When she was little, Gabrielle lived in an orphanage, where the nuns thought her very strange — because while the other girls played, Gabrielle liked to sew with a needle and thread. She was different, and they didn’t like it. But Gabrielle had a quiet certainty about who she was. She would go on to sing in cabarét, make hats, and eventually — under the name Coco — build a fashion empire that would transform the way women dressed. She replaced corseted, fussy, over-decorated clothes with something radical: simple, elegant, comfortable designs that gave women freedom. She invented the little black dress. She put women in trousers. The philosophy she lived by was written in chalk on a classroom blackboard long before the world knew her name: To be irreplaceable one must always be different.

Told in simple, engaging language with hauntingly beautiful illustrations by Ana Albero, this is a captivating introduction to Coco Chanel’s extraordinary life. A facts and photos section at the back brings her story into the real world.

  • Part of the Little People, BIG DREAMS series
  • Written by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara
  • Illustrated by Ana Albero
  • Publisher: Aurum Press / Quarto
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • Dimensions: 240 x 195mm
  • Publication date: 4 February 2016
  • For readers aged 4 and up
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