100 tales of extraordinary women - the most highly supported original book ever in the history of crowdfunding.
Elena Favilli (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. In 2011, she created the first iPad magazine for children, Timbuktu magazine. She is the founder and CEO of Timbuktu Labs. Francesca Cavallo (Author) Francesca Cavallo is a writer and theatre 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.
A revolution at bedtime... Esther Walker thought she had parenting
down until she read the hit book to her daughter. It has changed
their lives * Sunday Times Magazine *
The publishing sensation of the year * Evening Standard, Books of
the Year *
The definitive book of the year in our house, for both parents and
offspring. It offers celebratory, non-judgmental paeans to the
varied lives of influential women. Anyone needing an antidote for
certain oversexualised, underoccupied screen heroines need look no
further -- Maggie O'Farrell * Guardian Books of the Year *
A welcome reminder to girls that nothing stands in their way -
except a lack of self-belief. This book started as a crowd-funded
project and has become a best-seller which is the best news of the
year -- Sally Morris * Daily Mail Books of the Year *
This amazing book shows young girls they can be anything they want
-- Melinda Gates
Trust me, your life needs Good Night Stories for Rebel
Girls... Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to
inspire a woman in your life -- Sarah Shaffi * Stylist *
Featuring spies, pirates, astronauts, activists, scientists,
writers, sports stars and more, many of the stories are so
thrilling and uplifting your child's heart may beat a little
faster, her mind racing with possibilities. If she leaps out of bed
to get to work, blame the authors -- Emine Saner * Guardian *
Modern and fundamentally feminist, this riot grrrl reinvention of
the fairytale is so inspiring adults are also reading it in droves
-- Heather Saul * i newspaper *
Elegant, colourful... and captivatingly told... In an ideal world,
not only would mothers read this aloud to daughters, but teachers
would read it to schoolboys -- Nicolette Jones * Sunday Times *
A book to keep, treasure and read again, and the end pages are a
call to arms: space for readers to write their own story and drawn
their own portrait. Essential reading for girls and indeed boys;
children who read this at bedtime are guaranteed some big and
inspirational dreams -- Fiona Noble * Observer *
In a sign of the times - that rebellion is good - there's a book
dominating the Christmas bestsellers list this year. It is Good
Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca
Cavallo... what the title says to girls is that history has placed
laurels on the heads of men, that children's books have left them
out, and that this is their time for revolution * Evening Standard
*
Forget passive simpering princesses and damsels in distress - the
heroines of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls are famed for
their real-life achievements * Red *
The all-female team behind a pioneering new book called Good
Night Stories for Rebel Girls are confronting the tired,
patriarchal narrative head-on. It sets out to challenge gender
stereotypes and inspire young girls to aim high in their career
goals * Daily Mail *
A must-have for the nightstand of every girl or young woman you
know -- Geri Stengel * Forbes *
The feminist bedtime story book you'll wish you had growing up --
Harriet Hall * Stylist *
The exceptional women included here come from many times and
places... Each is celebrated in a brief biography written in the
style of a modern fairy tale - with the twist that she is often an
unsung shaper of our society. Illustrations by female artists add
to the joy of this ebullient, inspiring collection -- Julia
Eccleshare * Guardian *
A worldwide hit -- Helena de Bertodano * The Times *
Really inspiring for all young girls, they should all read it --
Sarah * The Late Late Toy Show, RTE *
A cracking book... beautifully illustrated, a great source for
young women to be inspired -- Ryan Tubridy * The Late Late Toy
Show, RTE *
The feminist book every child needs in their bedroom... bedtime
stories which tell of real women shattering the glass
ceiling and challenging patriarchy should be read to all children -
not just to little girls, but to little boys, too -- Ellie
Wiseman * Grazia *
Go out now and add Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls to
your bookshelf. Gripping and beautiful, Sofya has paused her Harry
Potter obsession to tell me all about Aung San Suu Kyi and Anna
Politkovskaya. Be still my feminist heart -- Rebecca Schiller * The
Pool *
The key message is perseverance rather than success. Crucially, the
book also gives exposure to female illustrators. Their diverse
styles are universally attractive, with bright appealing colours
and expressive faces. Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
would be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of any child
interested in history, regardless of their gender -- Sara Keating *
Irish Times *
You have to buy it for the little ones in your lives, but you also
need a copy for your grown-up bookshelf... There is serious girl
power between the covers of this book * Bustle *
From politics to sport to technology to entertainment, Good
Night Stories for Rebel Girls wonderfully celebrates the power
of a woman's touch. It is a book that makes you proud to be a woman
and allows little girls to dream big! * Curious Mum *
Potted biographies of lots of great women - not just rebels
(although many of them are), but scientists, writers, artists,
politicians. A great ethnic and historical mix too, and lots of
women who did great things as children and teenagers -- Sally
Nicholls
An excellent book... it should be top of every girl's reading list
- and boys too, so they can see the vital role played by women
throughout history. This crowdfunded book has become a smash hit,
and quite rightly so * Parents in Touch *
Our favourite bedtime read * Little London *
If you're looking for something to help your daughter (or son)
dream big tonight, there's one book up for the task... Uncovering
the art of asking a lot of questions, Good Night Stories for
Rebel Girls is about the moments that make a life truly
extraordinary - the trying, the failing, and most importantly, the
trying again * Mama Mia, Australia *
It's a pretty safe bet to say that, if your child goes to school
dressed as one of the Rebel Girl heroines for World Book
Day, rather than as Hermoine Granger, Cinderella or Katniss
Everdeen, say, she's absolutely on-trend for 2018 -- Joanna
Moorhead * Daily Telegraph *
There's a book my younger daughter asks me to read to her every
night. . . this book is different, because when I put it down and
turn off her light, she sometimes says: "I want to be in it." It
will come as no surprise that the book is Elena Favilli and
Francesca Cavallo's Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, and
has become a publishing sensation -- Paul Laity * Guardian *
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