
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (New Edition)
100+ Tales of Extraordinary Women
Author: Rebel Girls, Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo
Narrator: Alicia Keys, Anita Kalathara, Ashley Judd, Danai Gurira, Esperanza Spalding, Irene Bedard, Janeane Garofalo, Mozhan Marnò, Phillipa Soo, Samira Wiley, Rowan Blanchard, Elena Favilli
Unabridged: 3 hr 46 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 03/04/2025
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Diversity & Multicultural, Activism
Synopsis
A contemporary classic, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls reinvents fairy tales, inspiring girls with the extraordinary true stories of 100+ heroic women.
The book that changed bedtime is back with a brand-new, updated edition featuring 22 new stories written by best-selling author – and original Rebel Girl – Elena Favilli.
This revised edition features 22 new stories about women and girls across 70+ professions and over 40 countries, including:
Greta Thunberg, environmental activistJudy Blume, activistMichelle Yeoh, actorTaylor Swift, singerMelanie Perkins, entrepreneur
Listeners 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.
Each story in this 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 available in 50 languages and found in more than 110+ countries.
* This audiobook edition contains a downloadable PDF that features the "Rebels Throughout History" timeline and the “Write Your Story” and “Draw Your Portrait” exercises.