Wishes do come True!

I just Love these little books by Little People, BIG DREAMS series. So when Mary Shelley by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara came available to read I had to request and hope my wish comes true! These little books maybe small but they are full of information of lives of outstanding people, from artists to pop stars, designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. These books are do educational and great for any young child, libraries and schools etc.

Within this book.........You will find out who the person who wrote and invented The much Loved books of Frankenstein.

So who was Frankenstein?

A little girl called Mary Shelley was very young when she started to write stories beneath trees within her garden Mary was inspired by the same imagination to create great ghost stories that are told to this day! She wrote about the most famous ghost novel ever......."Frankenstein" This was a novel that scared but gripped people throughout the world.

This gripping book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the novelist's life.

Just a great brilliant little book. Plus, a great addition for your collection.

Big Thank You to Frances Lincoln Children's Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a nice biography but I’m wondering how important it was to mention in the text about Percy Bysshe Shelley’s marital status when he and Mary ran away together. Personally I think it is a moot point and I would have rather heard other things about her life and writing. I also thought that the timeline was a little too detailed for young readers. That being said it is a good book and the illustrations really set the tone.

Mary Shelley grew up without her Mother from an infant. She grew up in an era where women didn't write and if they did they definitely didn't write horror stories.

Mary met and married Shelley and moved away from London and travelled across Europe. It was there that through a competition Frankenstein was created and tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who conducts experiments on human bodies. Mary Shelley's novel was published anonymously in 1818, when she was just twenty.

I love the Big Dreams series - its a great way to familiarize ourselves with past and present artists who we need to learn about. Illustrated with gothic designs this little book deserves a spot on your bookshelf.
Thank you Net galley and Frances Lincoln Children's books for this ARC.

Disclaimer I received a copy as an ARC via NetGalley

I love this series of biographies for small kids. I was happy to see the inclusion of Mary Shelley in the series. Of course the book only provides a general outline of Shelley's life and does gloss over some things older readers might be more interested in. I think it does a good job toeing the line between what can be understood by its young readers and piquing interest to learn more about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. There is a timeline and more historical facts included in the back,

Another wonderful addition to this beautiful series. Simply story with lovely illustrations. There is even more detailed information at the end for those who want to learn more.

In this series, María Isabel Sánchez Vegara charts the lives of incredible women throughout history from their start as just young children with big dreams, to people who changed the world. Honestly, it is wonderful - we need to show children that they can follow in these people’s footsteps; that they can reach for the stars and become whoever they want to be. And, Mary Shelley is certainly someone that I have always wanted to model myself after: a pioneer, a trailblazer, a ground-breaker. Someone who did something that many at the time doubted that women could even do. Her words twirled and entwined and sprawled across the page to bring a monster, and an entire genre, to life. And, seeing as much of what I read today, comes from the work of Shelley, a woman whose delightfully frightful tales have inspired young boys and girls across the world to pick up their pens and create their own magic, I must remember to thank her always.
Read it for your children, read it for yourself - just read it and be inspired.

I love this series of books. The illustrations are always vibrant and wonderful and the story is condensed yet gives a good overview of the person's life.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I'm loving this series of biographies for kids. Easy to read and fun illustrations.

I love a lot of the books in this series, but this one was a disappointment. The artwork is muddy and not very pleasant to look at, and I don't think it would appeal to children (or to adults reading this book to them at bedtime). Mary Shelley is a brilliant writer, underappreciated in her time, with a fascinating and tragic life – and none of that comes through in this book. It mentions only Frankenstein and doesn't convey how or why it was so important as a piece of fiction, and there's no mention of what Shelley had to overcome in her personal or professional life. Such a shame as I'd love to be able to share Shelley's life story with the small humans in my life.

Mary Shelley is a book in the Little People, Big Dreams series. The book tells about Mary's life from birth through becoming an author, focusing on the most influential events in her life. Although parts of the book may be challenging for sensitive children (such as the death of Mary's mother), those events had an impact on young Mary. I appreciate the openness and honesty in this book, such as how Mary fell in love and ran off with a married man. Again, such topics may be difficult for some children to comprehend, but these events played a role in who Mary Shelley became. I appreciate the way the author approaches difficult topics in a straightforward fashion with simple sentences and does not linger on them. The timeline in the back of the book highlights important moments in Mary Shelley's life as well as events related to the success of Frankenstein.

I recommend this book for elementary children that are interested in biographies and/or horror. Frankenstein is definitely something that most children will have heard of, however few will know details about the author. Mary Shelley overcame many challenges in her time, such as being a woman and becoming a published author, and was innovative in her writing (Frankenstein includes elements of science that were newly emerging at that time).

I received a copy of this title from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Another fantastic book from this series! I didn't know much about Mary Shelley but my 5 year old and I enjoyed learning about her while reading this. I love this series!

This latest in the Little People, Big Dreams series brings Mary Shelley, the creator of Frankenstein, to life. Mary lost her mother young but did not lose her mother’s love of books and reading. Then, at one of her father’s house gatherings, she met and fell in love with Percy Bryce Shelley. From there it was a relatively short path to Byron’s challenge to multiple house guests to write a horror story. And from this challenge arose the monster, Frankenstein.

The edition I reviewed was the children’s board book edition, simplified for younger readers but still with beautiful and colorful artwork The longer book edition, intended for older young adult readers expands on the board book edition and also has more historical and biographical information.

This is an excellent addition to a wonderful series that I recommend highly. Take a look at the books and I’m quite sure you will find something perfect for the young reader in your life.

A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

'Mary Shelley' by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara with illustrations by Julie Morstad is part of the Little People, Big Dreams series.

Mary Shelley was born curious with parents that encouraged that. After losing her mother and getting a new stepmother, Mary spent a lot of quiet time writing. When she grew up, her interest in science informed her most famous work: Frankenstein.

I love this series and read all of them that I'm offered. The brief bios are well done and some times I even learn something new. The illustration style this time around has a darker color palette and it felt like the figures were all leaning to one side, but I liked the style.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Childrens, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

I have read many of the books in this series and enjoyed them. However, this installment was quite disappointing. While it covered how Mary Shelley met her husband and why she began writing Frankenstein, there was nothing about who she was as a person and what her inspirations were.

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The ‘My First Little People, Big Dreams’ series provides informative and inspirational biographies about people who left a mark on this earth, no matter what difficulties they have encountered.
These stories are very short, but that’s because they’re books for children, so it’s totally understandable.
I think they are a very smart and wonderful way to introduce little children to such important figures.
This one is about Mary Shelley, an amazing woman and writer, who, against all social rules, wrote "Frankenstein" and gave officially birth to the first modern science fiction.

Thanks to the publishers for sharing this one. It's a good short intro to Mary Shelley's life for kids. My full review appears on Weekend Notes.

Mary Shelley is one of the Little People, Big Dreams series. I have only read a few of these books but think they are a fantastic series to inspire children to aim for their dreams.

This story is quite dark compared to others I've seen but I think it was done in a good way as it shows that although Mary's life was difficult and challenging as a child that she still found a way to follow her dreams and put herself first when she might have otherwise been expected to follow a standard path for the time. I think Mary is a great character for the children to see as she is shown to be so strong and fearless and she didn't give up even when society insinuates that she shouldn't be doing certain things as it's not the norm.

The illustrations in the book are lovely with lots of darker shades and colours in a cartoon style. With the darkness of the story, this works perfectly with the book and it's great to see how Mary's life changed from when she was a baby right up to her as an adult and the details in the illustrations really helping us understand how she might've felt.

The page at the back of the book describing her story and some photos is a great way to remind the children how though it's written like a story, that it's very real and is a great way for adults to get a general or broader idea of the story before reading. This is a really lovely book on Mary Shelley, an inspiring book for children and great fun to read.

Just like the other books in this charming series for children, this biography about author Mary Shelley focuses on her childhood and how her first success - writing "Frankenstein" - came about. The illustrations are all very fitting.

I just wondered if young children - the target group for this book - have even heard about "Frankenstein" at all. Mine haven't, and I'm not likely to read it to them anytime soon. But on the other hand is this book not about Frankenstein, but about "Little People having Big Dreams", and working hard to make these dreams come true.

Just in time for Halloween month - and to prepare for the Frankenstein tour I'm hopefully taking in a couple of weeks! A truly gorgeous, dark romantic illustration style to match Mary Shelley's life story - although the fact that she eloped with a married man might be an aspect of it that children should best ignore, haha. Still, a lovely little book!

Mary Shelley is a nice illustrated book for children that quickly introduces Mary Shelley’s life and achievements. The text is solid enough, decently varied and successfully pitches its tone and vocabulary to its target audience, though I wouldn’t say it stands out in any way, either with startling imagery, metaphor, or lyrical language. The illustrations, however, are a definite strength, nicely mirroring the gothic imagery of Shelley’s novels, as when her father holds her as a child in front of her mother’s grave, stark leafless trees in the background. The author of course retells the famous night at Byron’s involving the ghost story contest that birthed Frankenstein, but what I really appreciated was that she also relates (and shows via illustration) how Shelley was inspired by her scientific curiosity/knowledge. While the author does mention Shelley wrote other works, I wish she would have given some of their names so Shelley isn’t considered a one-note, even if her first was obviously her most successful and significant. The book ends with two more dense paragraphs to give some historical context. Recommended.