Vera Wang Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans)

by Ai-Ling Louie, Cathy Peng (Illustrator)

Imagine growing up like a princess. That's what Vera Wang's childhood was like. Vera Wang is now one of the top fashion designers. Women all over the world wear her bridal gowns and clothes. The little princess has transformed herself into a hardworking, successful businesswoman. This is a book about her life.

48 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published March 24, 2007

About the author

Ai-Ling Louie is the author of the children’s classic, Yeh-Shen; A Cinderella Story from China (Philomel/Putnam). Her children’s biography series, "Amazing Asian Americans" currently contains three books: "Vera Wang, Queen of Fashion", "Yo-Yo and Yeou-Cheng Ma, Finding Their Way", and her book, the first children's biography published in the US about a South Asian American, "Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Reaching for the Stars." In December 2018, "Patsy Mink, Mother of Title 9" will be published. All her books are for the elementary school child. The reading level is 4th grade

Ms. Louie was born in New York and became an elementary school teacher and children's librarian. Her pets are her aquarium fish.

Reviews

[Ai-ling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Biography. 2nd grade and up. I wrote this about my college friend, Vera. We were in the same class at Sarah Lawrence and in the same ice-skating session.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overall.

[AnnMarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Won this book on goodreads and loved it. It was nicly written and it's had to find biographies that children can easily read and understand.