"Little People, Big Dreams: Astrid Lindgren" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Linzie Hunter is the story of a little girl with a colossal imagination.
From a very early age, young Astrid Lindgren loved to dream up stories and characters, fairy tales and adventures.
Growing up on an old farm in Sweden, young Astrid was inspired by her surroundings and her happy childhood life - so much so that she never wanted to grow up.
After she was read her first story, Astrid fell completely in love with books and stories, and vowed that one day she would write her own. Once she began to read she would read until the wee small hours.
In this mini-biography, learn how Astrid turned her love of books and stories into her eventual career as one of the world's best-loved children's authors, dreaming up the most amazing stories and her best-known character, Pippi Longstocking.
Sum this book up in a sentence: A gorgeous celebratory book all about the life of one of the world's most famous and best-loved children's authors.
"Little People, Big Dreams: Astrid Lindgren" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Linzie Hunter is out now, published by White Lion Publishing (kindly supplied for review).