Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - The Chapter Book Collection

by Rebel Girls (Author)

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - The Chapter Book Collection
From the creators of the bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. An irresistible collection of five chapter books about the real lives of five extraordinary women throughout history, including Ada Lovelace, Madam C. J. Walker, Dr. Wangari Maathai, Junko Tabei, and Alicia Alonso. 

This hardcover boxed set includes:

  • Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code
  • Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business
  • Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest
  • Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains
  • Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage

This gorgeous hardcover boxed set is the perfect gift to inspire any young reader. It contains five individual, historical fiction chapter books, each exploring the life and times of an extraordinary woman in global history. Readers will meet Ada Lovelace--a nineteenth-century pioneer in computer science; Madam C. J. Walker--an early leader in the African American beauty industry; Dr. Wangari Maathai--an environmental warrior and Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya; Junko Tabei--a champion in mountaineering who became the first woman to summit Mount Everest; and Alicia Alonso--a prima ballerina and remarkable creator in the world of dance.

Each stunningly designed chapter book features at least ten full-color illustrations from a female artist, as well as bonus activities in the backmatter to encourage kids to explore the various fields in which each of these women thrived.

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"With this powerful, hope-filled story of overcoming one's obstacles, readers will close this book and feel inspired to leave a legacy of their own"— "School Library Journal"
Rebel Girls
JESS HARRITON (editor and author) is an editor at Rebel Girls, working on stories to delight and inspire girls 7 to 12. Previously, she was an editor at Penguin Random House, where she worked with best-selling and award-winning authors. Her writing has appeared in Concrete Literary Magazine and HelloGiggles.com. Jess graduated from Emerson College in 2013. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, in an apartment filled with books.

MAITHY VU (editor and author) is a Vietnamese American writer who loves surrealism and most things odd. While earning her BA in theater arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she spent time writing poetry, plays, and slightly bizarre sketches for an all-women comedy team. Maithy published her novella, Wounded Wisteria, in 2015, combining fiction in verse with her own watercolor illustrations. She earned her MLA in creative writing and literature at Harvard Extension School, where she completed her first novel, Squid Season. In early 2019, Maithy joined the editorial team at Rebel Girls. Since then, her colleagues have been given compulsory lectures about Taylor Swift on a weekly basis.

BINDI IRWIN (foreword) is a passionate wildlife conservationist, who has inherited her parents' love for wildlife and wild places. Born to Wildlife Warriors Steve and Terri Irwin, Bindi is a determined soul, destined to make a positive difference on the planet. Australia Zoo has always been her home. Every animal is part of her family. As Bindi has grown, so has her passion for conservation. She has traveled the world, visiting wild places, to learn more about the planet she wants to protect into the future. Through Wildlife Warriors, Bindi continues to work with her family to share the message of conservation.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781734264180
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Rebel Girls
Publication date
September 15, 2020
Series
A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book
BISAC categories
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV016000 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
JUV004000 - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | General
Library of Congress categories
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