As a little boy, Stephen Hawking looked up at the stars and wondered what the universe was. Although he was never top of his class, his curiosity led him to Oxford and Cambridge, England's most prestigious universities. He also developed one of the most significant scientific concepts of the 20th century: "Hawking radiation."

Little People, Big Dreams tells the inspiring life stories of great people: each of these personalities, whether artist, pilot or scientist, has achieved the unimaginable. Yet it all began when they were still little: with big dreams.