Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: The Chapter Book Collection

By Rebel Girls
Price $35.00
Age 6-9 yrs.

This fabulous boxed set takes young readers into the lives of five remarkable women whose stories make for thoroughly engrossing reading. Each of the set's five historical fiction hardcover chapter books tells a different life story, beginning in girlhood and on through the hopes, dreams, challenges and extraordinary achievements that followed. The stories are as fascinating as they are entertaining and include that of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire; Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest; Alicia Alonso, the ballerina who overcame blindness; Ada Lovelace, prominent mathematician and key figure in the evolution of computing; and Dr. Wangari Maathai, environmental activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. That these women hailed from disparate circumstances and geographical locations only enhances the distinctive appeal of their respective stories, not to mention the grand outcomes realized as a result of their unique gifts and exemplary work.