Different Like Coco
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The rags-to-riches story of Coco Chanel plays out in a wonderful picture-book biography as full of style and spirit as its heroine. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was always different. And she vowed to prove that being different was an advantage! Poor, skinny, and orphaned, Coco stubbornly believed that she was as good as the wealthier girls of Paris. Tapping into her creativity and her sewing skills, she began making clothes that suited her (and her pocketbook) — and soon a new generation of independent working women craved her sleek, comfortable, and practical designs. Now an icon of fashion and culture, Coco Chanel continues to inspire young readers, showing just how far a person can come with spunk, determination, and flair. Back matter includes a fashion time line and a bibliography.
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Different Like Coco is the biography of Coco Channel for children. Channel was born very poor, and her mother died when she was young, and she was sent to an orphanage where she was even poorer.
Nevertheless, she learned to sew and was sent to school with very affluent young women; both of these things led to her career as a fashion designer who broke all the rules.
You will love both the Channel story and the illustrations in this book, and you will come away admiring the gumption of this little poor girl who made something big of her life.
