Big-hearted Storytelling with Vashti Harrison (suitable for wee ones)

Schedule

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop | Edinburgh, SC

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The award-winning creator of the bestselling Little Leaders series and bookshop fave BIG, Vashti Harrison joins us to talk stories and illustration and nourishing young minds.
Vashti Harrison is the New York Times bestselling creator of Big, which was awarded the 2024 Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist. Vashti is also the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders, Little Dreamers, and Little Legends, and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong’o’s Sulwe (for which she received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor), Matthew A. Cherry’s Hair Love, Andrea Beaty's I Love You Like Yellow, and Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic’s Hello, Star, among others. A two-time recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, Vashti lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop, 43-45 West Nicolson Street,Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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