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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World

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Imagine a nighttime read-aloud with your children that will offer them beautiful stories of strong, courageous and brave women from all over the world. Now imagine that the more your children hear about these worldly heroes, the more they want to grow up to be just like these amazing women. Look no further, “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World” is exactly what you need. This book will inspire, encourage and entertain children of all ages, as well as the adults who support them.

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I really enjoyed this collection of immigrant women's stories and how they changed the world as we know. Accessible for middle school age kids, I think this will be a good read for parents who want to introduce their kids to the changes in the world, immigrants, female empowerment, as well as a good classroom read. As a librarian I think we will have to push this one a bit.

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This book is fantastic! I highly recommend this book to everyone and all libraries, especially school libraries. Empowering for those who identify as women and believing they can make a change in the world as well.

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Great bedtime story book about amazing women. Some inconsistencies bothered me a bit, such as some had year of birth and death (if deceased) and some did not, and some had location of the person and some did not. The variety of accomplishments of these women, as people in general, is greatly impressive and wonderful to teach young people about.

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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children by Elena Favilli and consists of the tales of various women who left their home in search of a better life. Each story is one page long and is concise enough to hold on to the attention of a young reader. 100 stories for a 100 nights will leave the reader inspired because these women's struggles prove that resilience is worth it.
With beautiful illustrations and Stories this book lives up to the expectations we have after its previous predecessors.
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Rated 10/10
Melina L.

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Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this children’s book in exchange for an honest review.

I first picked this up as I enjoyed the premise of having something to read to my own daughter and teach her about all those incredible women out there whose names are not as known. And this book did exactly that.

Told in a story manner starting with Once, there was this girl named .. we explore the lives and achievements of 100 different women around the globe. Athletes, singers, activists, artists, a good mix of various personalities that did sth noteworthy!

The only thing that puts me off is the title. I wouldn’t call all women in this book, a rebel and that to me felt a bit misleading as I don’t believe in individualism let alone becoming rich an act of rebellion. But that is just my personal opinion.

Also, sadly, the kindle version did not provide the reader with the illustrations which I think would have accompanied the book greatly.

Thanks again for this opportunity! And Happy publication day!

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I just can't get enough of these books. The artwork the stories, if you have already read the other two books you know how it works. Beautiful Artwork by different artist to go with a story about an immigrant woman who did something major in this world. I love the stories and it makes it an easy read to you children before they go to bed. I loved this one just as much as I loved the other two.

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I absolutely loved this book! I don't have kids (yet) but when I do I will read this to them no matter what their gender is! Such a great book and illustrations about strong powerful women!

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I loved the first book in this series and this one lived up to my expectations. I love reading books like this because they are quick and you get to learn so much from them! Thank you so much for sending me this ARC. I can't wait until it comes out because the ARC formatting was a bit strange.

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"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women who Changed the World" was as fascinating as it was exciting. I couldn't stop myself from reading sections aloud to my family! I loved that the book was about immigrants who live all over the world and that their accomplishments are so varied. I can't wait to share this book, especially with my own children!

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I just love the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, and this newest addition is no exception! GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS: 100 IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD by Elena Favilli was recently released, and is already one of our favorites. I love reading them myself and being able to learn about individuals like Carolina Guerrero (illustrated here in this photo), who moved from Colombia to the U.S. and started an amazing storytelling podcast by and for Spanish speakers entitled Radio Ambulante.

The author Elena Favilli is an immigrant herself who moved from Italy to the U.S. when she was twenty-three years old. As defined in the book, a “Rebel Girl is someone who tries to make the world better for herself and the people around her, no matter the risks.” Readers will learn about women who embody the spirit of the Rebel Girl, leaving their birth countries for a multitude of reasons. They will explore the amazon with Emilie Snethlage, part scientist, part explorer, who moved from Germany to study the plants and animals of the Brazilian rainforest. They will dance with Yuan Yuan Tan whose career as a brilliant ballerina began with the flip of a coin and brought her from China to her new home in the U.S. And they will fight for what’s right with Muzoon Almellehan, who fled war in Syria to settle in England, finding strength in books, campaigning for girls’ education, and becoming one of the youngest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors to date.

Things I Love about This Book:
- Seventy women and people of marginalized genders who come from all over the world illustrated the trailblazing Rebel figures in the book.
- Immigration is rarely thought of as a woman’s story, but more than half of all immigrants are women.
- Many of the profiles feature immigrants who went to the United States, but not ALL of them. For example, Fatma Ipek Alci is an activist who moved from Turkey to Sweden.

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A book full of beautiful illustrations and stories to learn about these lovely women. I read a few with my niece and she absolutely loved them. Thank you to NetGalley and Rebel Girls for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Good Night Stories is a brilliant book for children aged four and upwards. The beautiful illustrations of the inspiring immigrant women are exquisite. With these books, I like how you can dip in and out of these books, read about one or two women every evening, or keep returning to your favourites.

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This series is excellent to share quick stories of women, past and present, from across cultures, ethnicities and different walks of life to inspire and motivate youngsters. I love reading these stories with my daughter and highly recommend for parents and educators alike.

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This book will be available at my middle school library. The short, visually appealing biographies will be a good starting point for students of all genders as they investigate people who have made and are making a difference in the world. The wide variety of backgrounds, cultures, and immigration stories is sure to appeal to a wide audience.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.

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This is a phenomenal collection of stories about immigrant women who changed the world. I’m excited to send a copy to all of my nieces and nephews and put multiple copies in my classroom library.

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My daughter and I thoroughly LOVED the newest Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book! It was so inspiring and wonderful to learn about so many truly extraordinary women who've broken barriers and made such amazing breakthroughs in the world....and we were embarrassed that we hadn't even heard of many of these women!

5 out of 5 stars for Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World by Elena Favilli.

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These are so beautiful! There was such a lovely mix of women, as far as birthplace, career, race, backstory, etc and I felt like it contained a good amount of facts in a short enough story that my kids would enjoy 1-2 before bed. However, the prose itself I struggled with, it felt very stilted to me, in some stories more so than others.

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My daughter and I read a few stories every night and we love learning all about all of these amazing women!

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The Rebel Girls books are always an insta-buy for me as they contain incredible stories about women who've bucked the system and made the world better because of it.
Filled with beautiful drawings and well told short stories, the Rebel Girls book of 100 immigrants Who Changed the World reminds so many of us that greatness comes from everywhere.

Wonderful teaching tool for any child and probably a whole lot of parents should read this as well as it gives a basic overview that will lead to increased interest in reading so much more about the women in this book.

Very much enjoyed this project.

*I received a copy of this book for an honest review.
Thank you Rebel Girls.
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