Little People Big Dreams: Oprah Winfrey

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Oprah Winfrey Children’s Book

Discover how a young girl with a love of reading and storytelling became one of the world’s most influential media figures in Little People, BIG DREAMS: Oprah Winfrey. This illustrated children’s biography follows Oprah from performing poems and Bible verses at church to earning a university scholarship and becoming a television news anchor at just nineteen.

Young readers will learn how Oprah’s warmth, honesty and ability to connect with people changed television. Her story also explores her work as an actor, producer, businesswoman and philanthropist, and the ways she has supported education and social justice.

Key Features

• Introduces children to the life and achievements of Oprah Winfrey
• Follows her journey from a young storyteller to a television presenter and media leader
• Explores themes of empathy, ambition, courage and determination
• Highlights her work supporting education and social justice
• Features illustrations by Sera Latterell
• Includes extra facts, historical photographs and a biographical timeline

Product Details

• Series: Little People, BIG DREAMS
• Author: Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
• Illustrator: Sera Latterell
• Product type: Illustrated children’s biography
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 32
• Dimensions: 195 × 240 mm
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
• ISBN: 9781836007494

Whimsy & Wonder recommends this biography for young readers who enjoy storytelling, television and learning about people who have used their success to help others.

Available for delivery throughout New Zealand or pickup from Whimsy & Wonder in Christchurch.