Chatting Books Online Day 214. Today's recommended book is: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo.
Just start with the introduction which simply says:
To the Rebel Girls of the World:
Dream Bigger
Aim Higher
Fight harder
And, when in doubt, remember
You are right
What a message for young girls.
The book tells the "stories" (really as in "Once Upon a Time" ) of 100 women who have accomplished greatness in our world. Each one page story is faced with an artistic illustration of that hero and a quote from them.
I have to be honest, I teared up reading them. There are those you would expect like Ruth Bader Ginzburg, Margaret Thatcher, Evita Peron, Amelia Earhart, and Misty Copeland. But then there are also quite a few I had never heard of but am so glad I now know about like Matilde Montoya, the first female doctor in Mexico,and the astrophysicist , Margherita Hack, to name just two . Then there are also the names we know but that I would not have thought to include but am so glad have been like Joan Jett, Misty Copeland and Serena and Venus Williams. Thoroughly enjoyed the book and strongly recommend it. But before I go I want to give a special shout out to some of my favorite writers that made the cut: The Bronte Sisters, Jane Austen, Isabel Allende, Maya Angelou, and Virginia Woolf - you go ladies!
This hardcover book sells for $35 a copy.
To purchase a copy of this book come see us Mondays - Saturdays between 10:00am and 4pm, and Sundays between Noon and 4pm at the shop, or you can message me and we can ship a copy directly to you. Take Care and when in doubt, remember - you are right!
