Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic

By Rebel Girls
Price $35.00
Age 6 - 12 yrs.

This fantastic fourth volume in the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series shares the inspiring true stories of 100 Black women and girls whose lives and achievements have made a lasting beneficial impact on the world. The book's foreword and introduction, warmly and thoughtfully written by CaShawn Thompson (originator of the term Black Girl Magic) and editor Lilly Workneh, respectively, pull the reader in from the get-go while setting the stage beautifully for the remarkable stories to come. The writing throughout is wonderfully accessible and feels just right for the targeted age range. Glorious full-page illustrated portraits that accompany each story serve to magnify the reader's engagement and enjoyment. In the end, it is the impressive and heartening lives of the Black women we learn about that generates a very special kind of magic, a cumulative sense of possibility that transfers from the page to the heart, instilling in young readers a strong sense of their own limitless potential.