Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2: 100 more stories of extraordinary women

by Francesca Cavallo

Ebook, 2018

Status

Available

Call number

920.72

Publication

Timbuktu Labs (2018), Edition: 1, 427 pages

Description

While still inspiring rebel girls of the world to dream bigger, aim higher, and fight harder, this sequel is bigger than each of us, bigger than our individual hopes, and certainly bigger than our fears.

User reviews

LibraryThing member BillieBook
I loved the mix of narrators (I did the audio from libro.fm), but felt like the stories could have been slightly longer. At just two or three minutes each, they felt like snippets more than stories. That being said, I discovered some women who were heretofore unknown to me and who I will be
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exploring further, so job well done on that front.
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LibraryThing member Moniica
Synopsis: There are no stories where Princesses are rescued by Prince's here! This is a collection of 200 females who have succeeded on their own terms, perfect for a good night story to young children. Some are household names; others have very much gone under the radar in the history books. Each
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female is presented with an illustration and their country and date of birth (and death, if applicable).
My Opinion: Although a children's book, I very much enjoyed it as an adult. Some of the lessor-known heroines I googled to get a bit more information on. A quick and enjoyable read.
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LibraryThing member decaturmamaof2
I loved the first book in this series, and so did my daughter. I feel that this second volume - while featuring fascinating women - doesn't have the same quality of writing. Also - for a book targeted at a younger audience - it uses quite sophisticated language. The brief bios also sometimes really
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skim the surface of what's compelling about the featured woman. It feels as though this 2nd volume was rushed or 'phoned in' to meet a deadline, vs. the care taken with the first one. NOTE - the ART in both of these books is wonderful.
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Language

Original publication date

2017

ISBN

9780997895827

Barcode

3876
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