Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo

Overview

Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales with a collection of 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women, from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams. Illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world, Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls inspires young girls to dream big. From athletes to activists to musicians to lawmakers, each true tale is a celebration of bold women. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy tale. Each story has a full page, full color portrait that captures the spirit of the portrayed hero. Hardcover, with an extra smooth matte scuff-free lamination, 100lbs beautiful paper, a double satin bookmark and an extraordinary print quality, Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls is a beautiful object. It's printed with soy and vegetable based inks and it's FSC certified.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997895810
Publisher:	Timbuktu Labs, Inc.
Publication date:	05/26/2017
Series:	Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	27
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 11.70(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

ELENA FAVILLI is a media entrepreneur and a journalist. She has worked for Colors magazine, McSweeney’s, RAI, Il Post, and La Repubblica, and has managed digital newsrooms on both sides of the Atlantic. She holds a masters degree in semiotics from the University of Bologna (Italy) and she studied digital media at U.C. Berkeley. In 2011, she created the first iPad magazine for children, Timbuktu magazine. She is the founder and CEO of Timbuktu Labs.

FRANCESCA CAVALLO is a published writer and theater director. Her award-winning plays have been staged all across Europe. A passionate social innovator, Francesca is the founder of Sferracavalli, an International Festival of Sustainable Imagination in Southern Italy. In 2011, Francesca joined forces with Elena Favilli to found Timbuktu Labs, where she serves as Creative Director. Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls is her seventh children’s book.

Editorial Reviews

03/01/2017
Gr 3–6—Packaged as a "heartwarming and thought-provoking" bedtime selection, this offering aims to inspire readers with brief biographies of notable women. As an introductory text, the volume is a browsable resource that promotes a multifaceted view of womanhood: scientists and supermodels are presented alongside activists and athletes. But as a collection of biographies, it lacks depth. Each entry is a single page in length, with the subject's birth (and death, when applicable) date at the bottom of the page. Relevant details are often omitted, eliminating context from accomplishments: an entry on the Brontë sisters includes talk of "when [their] novels came out," without mentioning what these influential novels were or in what year they were published. The entry on Malala Yousafzai does not specify at what age she was shot or when she won the Nobel Peace Prize—only that she is the youngest person to have been awarded it. However, a note on the title page verso states that "this is a work of creative nonfiction…not an encyclopedic account of events and accomplishments of [the subjects'] lives." Full-color portraits, illustrated by a number of artists, add visual interest. VERDICT Though inspirational, this book will be of little use to school libraries.—Brandy Danner, Coakley Middle School, Norwood, MA

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