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Rebel Girls Explore: 20 Tales of Extraordinary Women
- GenresNonfiction
Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Francesca Cavallo
58 books140 followersFRANCESCA CAVALLO is a twice New York Times bestselling author, a serial entrepreneur, and a public speaker. She's the co-creator of the "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls" book series and the co-founder of Rebel Girls.
In 2018, she won the Publisher's Weekly StarWatch Award.
In 2019, she parted ways with Rebel Girls and started Undercats, Inc. with the mission to radically increase diversity in children's media and inspire families to take action for equality.
In 2020, her short story "Doctor Li and the Crown-wearing Virus" went viral and was translated into 38 languages, becoming the most shared children's story about the pandemic.
Cavallo's books have sold more than 6 million copies and have been translated into 50+ languages. She is a European Young Leader and lives in Rome.
In 2018, she won the Publisher's Weekly StarWatch Award.
In 2019, she parted ways with Rebel Girls and started Undercats, Inc. with the mission to radically increase diversity in children's media and inspire families to take action for equality.
In 2020, her short story "Doctor Li and the Crown-wearing Virus" went viral and was translated into 38 languages, becoming the most shared children's story about the pandemic.
Cavallo's books have sold more than 6 million copies and have been translated into 50+ languages. She is a European Young Leader and lives in Rome.
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February 28, 2022
Rebel Girls Explore is a collection of biographies about women in computer science, biology, chemistry, and engineering. This book provides a powerful representation of women of various cultures and ethnicities in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) field and educates students on the varying paths of successful women within STEM. Thoughtful art is included with each female’s biography which provides a beautiful representation of each female leader. Rebel Girls is a series which offers a variety of other female empowering books including Rebel Girls Lead, Rebel Girls Climate Warriors, and Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs. I personally resonate with the Rebel Girls Explore book because it provides me with historical empathy when discussing historical female figures.
I recommend this book be read aloud to children in first or second grade, although it can be read aloud to younger children the context of the biographies may be uncomprehensive due to lack of background knowledge. This book can be read independently by students in grades third through fifth and possibly second grade depending on the students reading level. This book would be a useful tool for guiding a morning meeting on female empowerment within STEM fields. I would personally do a series of morning meetings where we read one biography each morning meeting for twenty days. As a follow up lesson to complete during a Reading block each student could pick one female which we read a biography on to do a short research paper on. I would recommend this activity for students in fourth or fifth grade. Regardless of if you decide to include a lesson dedicated toward this book, I recommend you introduce this collection of biographies to your classroom to provide your students with female representation in STEM fields.
I recommend this book be read aloud to children in first or second grade, although it can be read aloud to younger children the context of the biographies may be uncomprehensive due to lack of background knowledge. This book can be read independently by students in grades third through fifth and possibly second grade depending on the students reading level. This book would be a useful tool for guiding a morning meeting on female empowerment within STEM fields. I would personally do a series of morning meetings where we read one biography each morning meeting for twenty days. As a follow up lesson to complete during a Reading block each student could pick one female which we read a biography on to do a short research paper on. I would recommend this activity for students in fourth or fifth grade. Regardless of if you decide to include a lesson dedicated toward this book, I recommend you introduce this collection of biographies to your classroom to provide your students with female representation in STEM fields.
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April 20, 2020This book covers 20 different tales of women apart from important events in United States history. I found it really cool that each story has an illustration of a different type. Each one is unique in its own way both artistic style-wise and story-wise. I would want to recommend this book to any child interested in US history.
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