$35.49
Author: Favilli Elena
Brand: Rebel Girls
Edition: Illustrated
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 224
Details: Product Description
A New York Times bestseller!Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children’s book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the lives of extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female and non-binary artists from all over the world.
Created out of the most successful publishing project in crowdfunding, this must-have volume brings readers on an empowering journey, introducing them to the real-life adventures of trailblazing women from Elizabeth I to Malala Yousafzai.
The unique narrative style of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls transforms each biography into a fairytale, filling readers with wonder and a burning curiosity to know more about heroes such as:
Ada Lovelace, Mathematician Amelia Earhart, Aviator Frida Kahlo, Painter Malala Yousafzai, Activist Jane Goodall, Primatologist Julia Child, Chef Marie Curie, Scientist Maya Angelou, Writer Michelle Obama, Lawyer and First Lady Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
Each woman’s story is also accompanied by a full-page, full-color portrait that captures her rebel spirit.
This hardcover edition, with an extra-smooth matte scuff-free lamination, 100lbs paper, a satin ribbon bookmark, and extraordinary print quality, is the perfect gift for any young reader and begs to be read again and again.
Review
“Reading can inspire you to do great things—what a great gift for a preteen! This series features boundary-breaking women and includes stories about some who have moved me the most—like Toni Morrison. They even included me!” – Oprah says on OprahDaily.com
“I hope this beautiful book will continue to inspire girls to set high goals for themselves—because you don’t need to be an adult to change the world.” – Malala Yousafzai
“This amazing book shows young girls they can be anything they want.” – Melinda Gates
“When I want to impart the message to my daughter that she can aspire to anything, be whoever she needs to be, the opinions of others be damned, this book becomes an inspiration.” – The Guardian
“The anti-princess book teaching girls to rebel.” – BBC News
“A welcome reminder to girls that nothing stands in their way – except a lack of self-belief. This book started as a crowd-funded project and has become a best-seller which is the best news of the year.” – Daily Mail
“Elegant, colourful… and captivatingly told… In an ideal world, not only would mothers read this aloud to daughters, but teachers would read it to schoolboys.” – Sunday Times
“A must-have for the nightstand of every girl or young woman you know.” – Forbes
“Modern and fundamentally feminist, this riot grrrl reinvention of the fairytale is so inspiring adults are also reading it in droves.” – i Newspaper
“You have to buy it for the little ones in your lives, but you also need a copy for your grown-up bookshelf… There is serious girl power between the covers of this book.” – Bustle
About the Author
Elena Favilli is an New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and breaker of glass ceilings. Elena is the founder and CCO of Rebel Girls, a media company dedicated to inspiring the next generation of brave and confident girls. In 2016, she co-wrote and published the most crowdfunded literary project in history, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, now translated into nearly 50 languages. She has written for the Guardian, Vogue, COLORS magazine, McSweeney’s, RAI, Il Post, and La Repubblica. She lives in Los Angeles.
Francesca Cavallo is an Italian author living in Los Angeles.
She is the bestselling author of the “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” book series. Her books sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into 50 languages. Francesca launched the two most successful crowdfunding campaigns in the history of publishing and created the #RebelGirls movement in 2016.
Francesca is an activist and an entrepreneur at the forefront of the fight for gender equality and LGBTQA representation in children’s media.
Release Date: 10-11-2016
Package Dimensions: 26x248x800
