Reviews

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: Baby's First Book of Extraordinary Women by Rebel Girls

kmarford's review

5.0

Rebel Girl launches a new board book for little readers! I’m sure children just beginning to explore books will be attracted to the bright colors and fun illustrations in this book.

I love that young readers will be able to learn about such amazing women so early in life.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a free ARC.

jdalton's review

5.0

Thank you to Rebel Girls and Netgalley for a review copy of this book.

This series of books is my favorite and I love that there’s now a board book version! The stories of each girl are short but informative and the illustrations are colorful and interesting to help keep the attention of young minds.

eramhussain's review

5.0

Women from different eras and areas, some of them are famous some not so famous are presented in 1-3 sentences. It is very easy to understand for young children. Loved the bright illustrations.

shannanh's review

5.0

A variety of women from different ethnicities and backgrounds and how they changed their and for some our world for the better. Some are well known, and some are not and make me want to do more research about them. Perfect for little ones. I would be willing to purchase for any little girls that will be born in my circle.

I received a copy of the book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review of my own thoughts and opinions.

ljrinaldi's review

4.0

Cute board book of some of the famous and not so famous women that have appeared in Rebel Girls books. We get women who are well known, such as Amelia Earhart, and well as less known such as Sylvia Earle, who studied ocean ecology. We get Joan Jett, and Maria Sibylla Merian who discovered the caterpillars became butterflies.

It is a great starting point for kids, and the illustrations are bright and colorful.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

ruthie_the_librarian's review

2.0

Whilst I think this is a great idea for a book, I didn't feel the execution of it was very good. Board books for babies need to have something that will entertain them...I thought it would be written in rhyme, because the pattern and cadence of language is important for baby books. Or I thought it would be an interwoven story, simple of course, but bringing together some inspirational women to an interesting tale. Instead, it is a non-fiction baby board book, and I felt it fell flat because each figure has to be reduced to a sentence, obviously, and so you don't get a story about any of them. There is real skill in creating a good board book. In reading this I thought back to the many, many stories I have sat and read my children on repeat in those early days, and the board books that we read until their binding was almost gone. They had snappy text. They were rhyming. They were funny. They contained surprises.

The illustrations in the book are great - lively and bright and beautiful, and the figures chosen are interesting and diverse. But as a parent, I know however much I love the idea of this book, it wouldn't be one I would sit and read over and over.

I'm sure it will do well, and perhaps it is enough just that lots of babies are seeing a book full of women, but I was disappointed.

With thanks to Net Galley for my review copy.

charireads's review

5.0

Start them small! Great picture book showing strong women and their accomplishments.

ninas_nook's review

4.0

This board book is a must for all baby shelves!

What a great overview of so many women who did wonderful things. I loved the diversity included in this book, not only do we have the expected Marie Curie and Amelia Earheart, we also have Joan Jett and Jane Austen!

So many women are given a spotlight that it’s a must read for boys and girls alike.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

thewoollygeek's review against another edition

5.0

Another wonderful contribution from the Rebel Girl series, 5 chapter stories about different women, aimed at a younger reader, they could be read to a more advanced child too they are that good, great illustrations and very appealing, great for teaching girls that nothing is out of reach


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

naomi_marshall_murray's review

5.0

A fantastic introduction for the youngest of Rebel Girls - Baby’s!

Raising young girls into strong women is one thing, and it’s all about the foundations set for them - and this is one of those foundations!

The vibrant imager will be enjoyed by even the youngest of readers, and short sentence structure will support the early stages of learning to read… nothing better than starting young children with reading about Amelia Earhart & Harriet Tubman!

The language used in this book is visibly simplified in comparison to other, older Rebel Girl offerings, again making it ideal for its target audience.

The use of onomatopoeia and alliteration gives the book that poetic tone which is very inviting for younger readers (and older!) making it a soft lullaby of strong, feminist leaders - nothing better to go to sleep too!

Lastly, as always the diversity and equality within the Rebel Girls series is displayed perfectly in this book showing that any and every girl, can be a rebel girl.

Thank you to Rebel Girls and NetGalley for the review e-copy of this book!