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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, ActivistThe 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.
Review
"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
About the Author
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.
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.