When Malola is tasked with sharing with her class what she wants to be when she grows up, she runs to the one place she knows will help her - her favourite room in her favourite museum. As a magical exhibit of paintings come to life and tell her their stories, from being the first woman to drive taxis to being the oldest woman to go to law school, Malola realises that she can be anything she wants to be and there's no deadline on dreams.
Author Biography
Joelle Avelino and is a Congolese and Angolan London based Illustrator. She graduated from the University Of Hertfordshire with a BA (Hons) in Illustration with Marketing degree in 2012. She works with both traditional and digital methods of drawing and painting to create her vibrant and distinctive illustrations. She is greatly inspired by phenomenal women, everyday life and her African heritage particularly. Having grown up in the UK, Joelle aims to bring these two worlds together through her work.
