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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2

Elena Favilli

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


This sequel to the sensational New York Times bestseller, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, showcases 100 brand-new bedtime stories of incredible women throughout history and around the world.


In this book, readers will embark on an empowering journey through 100 new bedtime stories, featuring the adventures of extraordinary women through the ages, such as:


Agatha Christie, Writer

Angela Merkel, Chancellor

Audrey Hepburn, Actress

Beyoncé, Singer, Songwriter, and Businesswoman

Georgia O'Keeffe, Painter

Katherine Johnson, Computer Scientist

Madam C. J. Walker, Businesswoman

Madonna, Singer, Songwriter, and Businesswoman

Oprah Winfrey, TV Host, Actress, and Businesswoman

Sojourner Truth, Activist

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 each hero.

After the release of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the passionate community of supporters, spanning 70+ countries, wrote in to suggest the Rebel Girls who inspired them. As a result, the stories in Volume 2 are entirely crowd-sourced and boasts a brand-new graphic design, a glossary, and full-page, full-color portraits of each subject, created by the best female artists of our time.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Rebel Girls
  • Publish Date: Nov 21st, 2017
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.50in - 7.10in - 1.00in - 1.70lb
  • EAN: 9780997895827
  • Recommended age: 07-UP
  • Categories: Biography & Autobiography - WomenBiography & Autobiography - Social ActivistsCareers

About the Author

Favilli, Elena: - Elena
Favilli

is a 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.

Cavallo, Francesca: -

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.

Praise for this book

"Looks like bedtime just got even better." ― Huffington Post


"This is the book of bedtime stories every little feminist needs in her collection." ― HelloGiggles

"Start inspiring her young mind with tales of extraordinary women. Activists, queens, lawyers, inventors and dancers are all celebrated in these bedtime tales, which will open her eyes to all the possibilities out there for rebel girls." ― The Telegraph

"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is back for more!" ― Amy Poehler's Smart Girls

"Essential reading for girls and indeed boys; children who read this at bedtime are guaranteed some big and inspirational dreams." ― The Guardian

"The anti-princess book teaching girls to rebel." ― BBC News