Stephen Hawking: My First Stephen Hawking (Pequeño & GRANDE #2)

Stephen Hawking is a new biography for the very youngest readers in the Little People, Big Dreams series. I've reviewed a number of these titles and I'm always impressed and enchanted by how much detail they manage to include in these little books in an age-appropriate and accessible manner.

Released 4th Feb 2020 by Quarto on their Frances Lincoln imprint, it's 24 pages and available in boardbook format.

Written by Isabel Sánchez Vegara it's well written in clear accessible language.  I really loved the illustration (p. 4) of the whole family with Stephen and siblings reading at the dinner table and talking. The art by Matt Hunt is appealing and colorful and supports the text very well. The illustrations are rich in small subtle details which bear a closer look. I like that his neurological health issues were mentioned, but not dwelt on, and that they mentioned his relatively normal family life (he married, had 3 kids and a wife).

Well written and appealing, I am really enjoying all of these books. This one is a worthy addition. I received an electronic ARC for review purposes, so I can't speak to the robustness of the physical copy, but the others in the series are quite well made and will stand up to a fair bit of abuse. I imagine this one is no different.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes