Virginia Woolf

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Audrey Day (illustrator)

Learn about incredible story of Virginia Woolf! The modernist writer and feminist.

Born into an artistic household, little Virginia loved writing. At nine years old, she started a newspaper about her family—delighting relatives with her wit and wisdom. But life took a sad turn in her teens, when he mother, sister and father passed away just a few years apart. Having fallen into a depression, Virginia stopped writing. It took time, but she eventually felt well enough to pick up her pen again. As an adult, she wrote reviews, poems, essays, novels . . . using her writing to express her ideas and soothe her mind. She was determined that her books would be different from the popular Victorian novels of the time and became known for her inventive way of capturing characters' thoughts and feelings. From Mrs Dalloway to The Waves, Virginia's work surprised and delighted readers, and changed the course of literary history forever.

Virginia Woolf is a literary giant and feminist icon whose works have become classics. Her story shows the power of writing as a form of self-expression and source of comfort.

This powerful book features quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the writer's life.
 
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Genres: Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens, Biography

32 pages, Hardcover

Published August 5, 2025

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Reviews

[Karol · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely introduction to Virginia Woolf. Touches on her childhood blended family, death of family members, her marriage, her and her husband’s publishing company and her published works.

[endlessbookclub · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a beautiful book! I received this book as a review copy and I love the illustrations and the way the author tells the story. It was concise, yet in-depth enough to comprehend the gist of her upbringing. Having a glimpse of woolf’s life, i’m more determined to read both her renowned & underrated works.

[G ✨🫶🏻 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Her good friend Vita

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book about arguably the most depressive person that has ever been included in this mahoosive series. Luckily it doesn't bring us all the way down, although there is not a great deal the book can say to such a young audience – they won't be reading Orlando, or working out why there is so much lighthouse imagery here, any time soon, if at all. None of the truth about the sex lives of the Bloomsbury group is out in the open here, and I don't think this was able to bring anything like the usual aspirational ending to these pages. It only makes me wonder if this was the right topic for such a series of brief lessons into noted lives. Three and a bit stars – and the cover artwork is just far too cute to have anything of the honesty needed.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deals sensitively with the themes of mental health and mental illness and gives a nice basic understanding of Virginia Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness writing style in a way children can understand. The artwork is adorable!

[Emma Nelson]

Great addition

[Panda Incognito · Rating 2 out of 5]

Parts of this were confusing and needed more context, especially for kids. On the bright side, I learned a lot from the Wikipedia deep dive that I did after reading this.

[Tamader Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

this cute, little book made me cry on a random Wednesday morning and I’m not okay anymore.