Good night stories for rebel girls
Subtitle: 100 tales of extraordinary women
By: Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Contributors: Cavallo, Francesca, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780997895810
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Biography; Women
Description: "To the rebel girls of the world: dream bigger, aim higher, fight harder, and, when in doubt, remember you are right." -- Introduction

"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the stories of 100 heroic women from Elizabeth I to Serena Williams. Illustrated by 60 female artists from every corner of the globe, this is the most-funded original book in the history of crowd-funding."--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Ada Lovelace, mathematician; title: Alek Wek, supermodel; title: Alfonsina Strada, cyclist; title: Alicia Alonso, ballerina; title: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President and scientist; title: Amelia Earhart, aviator; title: Amna Al Haddad, weightlifter; title: Ann Makosinski, inventor; title: Anna Politkovskaya, journalist; title: Artemisia Gentileschi, painter; title: Ashley Fiolek, Motocross racer; title: Astrid Lindgren, writer; title: Aung San Suu Kyi, politician; title: Balkissa Chaibou, activist; title: Brenda Chapman, Director; title: The Brontë sisters, writers; title: Catherine the Great, empress; title: Cholita Climbers, mountaineers; title: Claudia Ruggerini, partisan; title: Cleopatra, Pharaoh; title: Coco Chanel, fashion designer; title: Cora Coralina, poet and baker; title: Coy Mathis, elementary school student; title: Elizabeth I, Queen; title: Eufrosina Cruz, activist and politician; title: Evita Perón, politician; title: Fadumo Dayib, politician; title: Florence Nightingale, nurse; title: Frida Kahlo, painter; title: Grace Hopper, computer scientist; title: Grace O'Malley, pirate; title: Harriet Tubman, Freedom Fighter; title: Hatshepsut, Pharaoh; title: Helen Keller, activist; title: Hillary Clinton, presidential candidate; title: Hypatia, mathematician and philosopher; title: Irena Sendlerowa, war hero; title: Isabel Allende, writer; title: Jacquotte Delahaye, pirate; title: Jane Austin, writer; title: Jane Goodall, primatologist; title: Jessica Watson, sailor; title: Jill Tarter, astronomer; title: Jingu, Empress; title: Joan Jett, rock star; title: Julia Child, chef; title: Kate Sheppard, suffragette; title: Lakshmi Bai, queen and warrior; title: Lella Lombardi, Formula One racer; title: Lozen, warrior; title: Mae C. Jemison, astronaut and doctor; title: Malala Yousafzai, activist; title: Manal Al-Sharif, activist; title: Margaret Hamilton, computer scientist; title: Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; title: Margherita Hack, astrophysicist.; title: Maria Callas, opera singer; title: Maria Montessori, physician and educator; title: Maria Reiche, archaeologist; title: Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist; title: Marie Curie, scientist; title: Mary Anning, paleontologist; title: Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon; title: Mary Kom, boxer; title: Matilde Montoya, doctor; title: Maud Stevens Wagner, tattoo artist; title: Maya Angelou, writer; title: Maya Gabeira, surfer; title: Melba Liston, trombonist; title: Michaela Deprince, ballerina; title: Michelle Obama, lawyer and First Lady; title: Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, drummer; title: The Mirabal sisters, activists; title: Miriam Makeba, activist and singer; title: Misty Copeland, ballerina; title: Nancy Wake, spy; title: Nanny of the Maroons, Queen; title: Nellie Bly, reporter; title: Nettie Stevens, geneticist; title: Nina Simone, singer; title: Policarpa Salavarrieta, spy; title: Rita Levi Montalcini, scientist; title: Rosa Parks, activist; title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice; title: Ruth Harkness, explorer; title: Seondeok of Silla, Queen; title: Serena and Venus Williams, tennis players; title: Simone Biles, gymnast; title: Sonita Alizadeh, rapper; title: Sylvia Earle, marine biologist; title: Tamara de Lempicka, painter; title: Virginia Woolf, writer; title: Wang Zhenyi, astronomer; title: Wangari Maathai, activist; title: Wilma Rudolph, athlete; title: Xian Zhang, orchestra conductor; title: Yaa Asantewaa, warrior queen; title: Yoko Ono, artist; title: Yusra Mardini, swimmer; title: Zaha Hadid, architect; title: Write your own story; title: Draw your portrait; title: Rebels' Hall of Fame; title: Illustrators.