GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS

Brief profiles of young changemakers working toward a better future.

A foreword by young conservationist Bindi Irwin opens the latest entry in this series of inspiring collective biographies of women and girls. This volume, written by 13 authors and with full-color illustrations by 80 artists, focuses on young people following their passions toward innovation and success. A few are widely recognized names, such as Jazz Jennings, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Greta Thunberg. The rest are less well-known young women who are diverse in age, race, ability, sexual identity, country of origin, and field of expertise, from Dewmini, a Sri Lankan teen whose home garden helped her impoverished family, to Judit Giró Benet, a Spanish biomedical engineer in her 20s working on early breast cancer detection. What they all have in common is a belief in their own strength and ability to bring about change. The profiles include a good balance of subjects from the sciences, arts, sports, business, and activism; for example, Bulgarian anti-bullying activist Milena Radoytseva, Māori artist and mental health advocate Te Manaia Jennings, and Canadian wheelchair basketball player Puisand Lai. Each one-page biography is accompanied by a full-page portrait that captures the subject’s energy and determination. Fans of motivational vignettes will enjoy browsing through this title. Those interested in learning more are directed to the app and QR codes linking to longer audio stories.

Inclusive and inspirational.