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Book SynopsisMy favourite part of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is how many extraordinary women Rebel Girls have opened up to me and my two daughters. There are so many women and girls who have inspired us. I am honoured to be a part of the Rebel Girls community.Drew Barrymore, actress and entrepreneurThe New York Times bestseller is back with a brand-new, updated edition featuring 22 new stories written by best-selling authorand original Rebel GirlElena Favilli. With a new foreword from Melinda French Gates, philanthropist and founder. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition) features 110 empowering 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, Frida Kahlo and they'll discover the powerful stories of Colombian spy Policarpa Salavarrieta, Afghani rapper Sonita Alizadeh, Sierra-Leonean ballerina Michaela dePrince, Mexican doctor Matilde Montoya, and American surgeon Mary Edwards Walker. This revised edition will feature 22 new stories about women such as:- Greta Thunberg, environmental activist- Judy Blume, author- Michelle Yeoh, actor- Taylor Swift, singer- Melanie Perkins, entrepreneurEach 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.
