by Jane O'Connor · Penguin Young Readers Group · ISBN 9781524784034
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«Who Is Ralph Lauren?» is Jane O'Connor's children's biography, published by Penguin Young Readers Group in 2017 (107 pages, in English).
It tells the story of Ralph Lauren, from his childhood in the Bronx to becoming an icon of American fashion. Ralph Lauren stood out for his preppy and vintage style; he started selling ties and ended up creating a global empire. It also explains how a fashion collection comes about, from initial sketches to the runway.
It is part of the «Who Was?» series and is illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. It includes bibliographic references.
For young readers who enjoy illustrated biographies and want to learn about great figures in fashion.
Fancy Nancy is a 2005 children's picture book series written by Jane O'Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Its first book entry spent nearly 100 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, resulting in the launch of a series that now spawns over 100 titles, with sales of more than 50 million volumes. Fancy Nancy has been on Publishers Weekly's bestseller list for picture books, was a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. It also won a "Borders 2006 Original Voices" award and has been translated into 20 languages, including Hungarian and Hebrew. In April 2012, Nancy was featured in her first chapter book, Nancy Clancy: Super Sleuth. The Fancy Nancy book series have now spent 330 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and in the autumn/fall of 2012, Fancy Nancy the Musical was produced by Vital Theatre Company in New York City. On March 27, 2015, Disney Junior signed for the rights to create an animated television series starring Fancy Nancy, which premiered on July 13, 2018.
