Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls
Goodnight stories for Rebel Girls is a book written by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo and is about teaching you kids about feminism, determination and the ability to believe in yourself no matter what anyone says.
In this book there are 100 stories about women who succeed in life even though people were bringing them down, each and everyone one of these women are powerful and inspiring, they are real life heroes.
What makes this book unique is the fact that all the girls come from different backgrounds and statuses showing that everyone had a chance in succeeding no matter where they come from, therefore inspiring many young girls to believe in themselves and what they want to do.
An inspiring thing that is part of the book is that all 100 women have been illustrated by 60 different people from around the world.
The reason that these authors wanted to create this book because they were both worried about the culture of young kids and what they grow up believing in and aspiring to be. Not only were Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo wanting to empower young girls and destroy the gender stereotypes but also wanted to write accounts of real women and how they changed the world.
They stated that young children "aren't interested in only dragons and princesses" They believed in showing that these women are real people who have made a difference in society.
They didn't just want to write about the notables in history, but wanted to fill the children with wonder and ignite their creativity to a world that isn't ours right now. Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo chose women that were larger than their careers, while also trying to write about loads of different women "so that every girl can find someone that reminded them of their own circumstances"
References
Laity, P. (2018). The triumphant return of Rebel Girls: ‘We are proud our book has become a symbol of resistance'. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/24/elena-favilli-francessca-cavallo-interview-rebel-girls-2 [Accessed 14 April. 2018].
In this book there are 100 stories about women who succeed in life even though people were bringing them down, each and everyone one of these women are powerful and inspiring, they are real life heroes.
What makes this book unique is the fact that all the girls come from different backgrounds and statuses showing that everyone had a chance in succeeding no matter where they come from, therefore inspiring many young girls to believe in themselves and what they want to do.
An inspiring thing that is part of the book is that all 100 women have been illustrated by 60 different people from around the world.
The reason that these authors wanted to create this book because they were both worried about the culture of young kids and what they grow up believing in and aspiring to be. Not only were Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo wanting to empower young girls and destroy the gender stereotypes but also wanted to write accounts of real women and how they changed the world.
They stated that young children "aren't interested in only dragons and princesses" They believed in showing that these women are real people who have made a difference in society.
They didn't just want to write about the notables in history, but wanted to fill the children with wonder and ignite their creativity to a world that isn't ours right now. Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo chose women that were larger than their careers, while also trying to write about loads of different women "so that every girl can find someone that reminded them of their own circumstances"
I believe that this book is a very good thing to be reading to young kids, this is because it teaches them all about real woman and the things they had to face to get to where they are. It breaks the stereotype of what girls 'should' do and teaches both young boys and girls about feminism and determination.
I feel like this book has a lot of girl empowerment as most of the woman in this book have been spoken down to by men just because they were born as a certain gender, but that shouldn't effect what we can do in life as we are all humans in the end.
Teaching young kids about feminism is very important, it teaches them that girls can do as much as boys, it gives them the power to speak up and not got discriminated. Teaching girls that they have a right to choose what they want to do and not being held up back from achieving your full potential just because of your gender.
While the book teaches women empowerment it also shows the determination of the women and encourages young kids to have determination. This is good because being determined increases the chances you have of being successful in a particular thing or achieving a goal. While also helping you stay motivated and keeps pushing you until you reach your goal.
In Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls each and every girl had a lot of determination, that is how they achieved the things they wanted, didn't listen to anyone saying they cant do.
References
Laity, P. (2018). The triumphant return of Rebel Girls: ‘We are proud our book has become a symbol of resistance'. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/24/elena-favilli-francessca-cavallo-interview-rebel-girls-2 [Accessed 14 April. 2018].
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