Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition)

100+ Tales of Extraordinary Women

Ebook
On sale Mar 04, 2025 | 248 Pages | 9780593971000
Grades 6-8
A contemporary classic, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women.

The most successful book ever crowdfunded is back with a brand-new, updated edition featuring 12 new stories written by best-selling author—and original Rebel Girl—Elena Favilli.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition) features 100+ whimsical stories about women and girls who have done extraordinary things. Readers will marvel at the accomplishments of well-known women like Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Malala Yousafzai, and they’ll discover the powerful stories of Colombian spy Policarpa Salavarrieta, Afghani rapper Sonita Alizadeh, Brazilian poet and baker Cora Coralina, Mexican doctor Matilde Montoya, and American surgeon Mary Edwards Walker.

This revised edition will feature 12 new stories about women such as:
- Greta Thunberg, environmental activist
- Amika George, activist
- Michelle Yeoh, actor
- Taylor Swift, singer
- Melanie Perkins, entrepreneur

Each story in this gifty collection is written in the signature Rebel Girls style of storytelling: a biographical, real-world fairy tale, where women are the heroes of their own stories.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls ignited a publishing movement when it was first published in 2016. The book is now published in 50 languages and found in more than 110+ countries.
Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform entertainment brand, dedicated to inspiring and instilling confidence in a generation of girls around the world. Rebel Girls started from a 2016 international bestselling children's book, featuring real-life, extraordinary women throughout history, geography and field of excellence, focusing on creators, innovators, leaders and champions. Its community of self-identified Rebel Girls spans more than 100 countries, with six million books sold in 51 languages and 13 million podcast downloads. View titles by Rebel Girls

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A contemporary classic, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women.

The most successful book ever crowdfunded is back with a brand-new, updated edition featuring 12 new stories written by best-selling author—and original Rebel Girl—Elena Favilli.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition) features 100+ whimsical stories about women and girls who have done extraordinary things. Readers will marvel at the accomplishments of well-known women like Cleopatra, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Malala Yousafzai, and they’ll discover the powerful stories of Colombian spy Policarpa Salavarrieta, Afghani rapper Sonita Alizadeh, Brazilian poet and baker Cora Coralina, Mexican doctor Matilde Montoya, and American surgeon Mary Edwards Walker.

This revised edition will feature 12 new stories about women such as:
- Greta Thunberg, environmental activist
- Amika George, activist
- Michelle Yeoh, actor
- Taylor Swift, singer
- Melanie Perkins, entrepreneur

Each story in this gifty collection is written in the signature Rebel Girls style of storytelling: a biographical, real-world fairy tale, where women are the heroes of their own stories.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls ignited a publishing movement when it was first published in 2016. The book is now published in 50 languages and found in more than 110+ countries.

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Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform entertainment brand, dedicated to inspiring and instilling confidence in a generation of girls around the world. Rebel Girls started from a 2016 international bestselling children's book, featuring real-life, extraordinary women throughout history, geography and field of excellence, focusing on creators, innovators, leaders and champions. Its community of self-identified Rebel Girls spans more than 100 countries, with six million books sold in 51 languages and 13 million podcast downloads. View titles by Rebel Girls

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