A Curious Mind and a Very Big Heart: The Story of Designer and Innovator Sara Little Turnbull

Meet the girl with a big heart and a bigger imagination who grew up to be an innovative international designer in this illuminating nonfiction picture book biography.

Sara Little Turnbull was a curious child. Her creativity and curiosity led her to the world of design, a world of imagining, planning, and making useful--and beautiful--things. She grew up to become an acclaimed innovator whose creative and celebrated design solutions spanned the gamut from housewares and furniture to toys, finger foods, cake mixes, textiles, spacesuits--and to a new medical mask, which inspired the design for the masks we wear today.

Sometimes Sara's work was a tricky puzzle, and sometimes her ideas did not pan out like she'd planned, but she stuck with it, always hoping her designs would make the world a little bit better.

And...they did!

Author: Aura Lewis
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Published: 07/18/2023
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781665904452
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2023
Booklist 06/01/2023 pg. 71
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2023

About the Author
Aura Lewis is an author-illustrator and designer. She studied design at Parsons School for Design, as well as illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Along with her books for children and adults, Aura's work is also featured on stationery, in ad campaigns, and in editorial publications. Her picture books include Gloria's Voice, The Illustrated Feminist, and We The People. You can find her work at AuraLewis.com.