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The League of Extraordinary Ladies

"The League of Extraordinary Ladies" is a book funded by crowdfunding where, through short stories, the wonderful lives of 30 extraordinary women of all ages and continents is explained to children.
 
the illustrations was made expressly for this book whose stories were written by 30 women close to me. The book had a first printing of 600 copies sold in 40 days.
 
Finally, the project won the "Racimo" prize, awarded by the city of Jerez, and was a finalist for the awards "Stories of Light", awarded by the Andalusian agency of the same name.
pictures from first edition book.
The foreword was written by Lolo Rico, Spanish journalist and filmmaker of great prestige, well known in our country for their dedication to the development and intellectual growth of children and well remembered for his legendary TV show "La Bola de Cristal".
8 pictures from the set of 30. (They are Maria Callas, Joan d'Arc, Francesca Caccini, Benazir Bhutto, Valentina Tereshkova, Sarah Bernhardt, Luisa Roldán and Mary the Jew).
(Left) making corrections in press. (Right) with some of my kind friends who helped me writing the stories.
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The League of Extraordinary Ladies

"The League of Extraordinary Women" is a series of illustrations based on profiles of women who wrote the history pages in the most varied human Read More

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