Good night stories for rebel girls. 2 / Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli.
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world. This book inspires girls with the stories of great women.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780997895827
- ISBN: 0997895829
- Physical Description: xii, 212 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: [Venice, California] : Timbuktu, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | Sequel to: Good night stories for rebel girls. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Agatha Christie, writer -- Aisholpan Nurgaiv, eagle huntress -- Alice Ball, chemist -- Andrée Peel, French Resistance fighter -- Angela Merke, Chancellor -- Anita Garibaldi, revolutionary -- Anne Bonny, pirate -- Audrey Hepburn, actress -- Beatrice Vio, fencer -- Beatrix Potter, writer and illustrator -- Beyoncé, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman -- Billie Jean King, tennis player -- The Black Mambas, rangers -- Boudicca, Queen -- Brenda Milner, neuropsychologist -- Buffalo Calf Road Woman, warrior -- Madam C.J. Walker, businesswoman; -- Carmen Amaya, Dancer -- Celia Cruz, singer -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writer -- Christina of Sweden, Queen -- Clara Rockmore, musician -- Clara Schumann, pianist and composer -- Clemantine Wamariya, storyteller and activist -- Corrie Ten Boom, watchmaker -- Eleanor Roosevelt, politician -- Ellen Degeneres, comedian and TV host -- Florence Chadwick, swimmer -- Gae Aulenti, architect and designer -- Georgia O'Keeffe, painter -- Gerty Cori, biochemist -- Giusi Nicolini, mayor -- Gloria Steinem, activist -- Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor -- Hortensia, orator -- Isadora Duncan, dancer -- J.K. Rowling, writer -- Jeanne Baret, housekeeper and explorer -- Joan Beauchamp Procter, zoologist -- Johanna Nordblad, ice diver -- Katherine Johnson, Doroty Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, computer scientists -- Katia Krafft, volcanologist -- Khoudia Diop, model -- Lauren Potter, Actress -- Leymah Gbowee, peace activist -- Lilian Bland, aviator -- Lorena Ochoa, golfer -- Lowri Morgan, ultramarathon runner -- Luo Dengping, extreme rock climber -- Madam Saqui, acrobat. Madonna, singer, songwriter, and businesswoman -- Marie Tharp, geologist -- Marina Abramović, performance artist -- Marta Vieira da Silva, soccer player -- Mary Fields, mail carrier -- Mary Kingsley, explorer -- Mary Seacole, nurse -- Mary Shelley, writer -- Maryam Mirzakhani, mathematician -- Mata Hari, spy -- Matilda of Canossa, feudal ruler -- Merrritt Moore, quantum physicist and ballerina -- Molly Kelly, Daisy Kadibill, and Gracie Fields, freedom Fighters -- Nadia Comaneci, gymnast -- Nadia Murad, human rights activist -- Madine Gordimer, writer and activist -- Nefertiti, Queen -- Oprah Winfrey, TV host, actress, and businesswoman -- Pauline Léon, revolutionary -- Peggy Guggenheim, art collector -- Poorna Malavath, mountaineer; -- Qui Jin, revolutionary -- Rachel Carson, environmentalist -- Rigoberta Menchú Tum, political activist -- Rosalind Franklin, chemist and x-ray crystallographer -- Ruby Nell Bridges, activist -- Samantha Cristoforetti, astronaut -- Sappho, poet -- Sara Seager, astrophysicist -- Sarinya Srisakul, firefighter -- Selda Bağcan, singer and songwriter -- Serafina Battaglia, anti-mafia witness -- Shamsia Hassani, graffiti artist -- Simone Veil, politician -- Sky Brown, skateboarder -- Sofia Ionescu, neurosurgeon -- Sojourner Truth, activist -- Sonia Sotomayor, Justice of the Supreme Court -- Sophia Loren, actress -- Sophie Scholl, activist -- Steffi Graf, tennis player -- Temple Grandin, professor of animal sciences -- Troop 6000, Girl Scouts -- Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut -- Valerie Thomas, astronomer -- Violeta Parra, composer and musician -- Virginia Hall, spy -- Vivian Maier, photographer -- WisÅ‚awa Szymborska, poet -- Yeonmi Park, activist -- Write your own story -- Draw your portrait -- Glossary -- Rebels' Hall of Fame -- Illustrators -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors. |
Target Audience Note: | 960L Lexile |
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Subject: | Women > Biography > Juvenile literature. Women > Biography. Women. Womyn. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Marion Library | JUV 920 GOO (Text) | 37810435367916 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |