Book review of Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride
This book includes 25 inspiring short biographies of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These stories are filled with motivating stories of these amazing individuals. Keeping with the multi-platformed empowerment brand Rebel Girls represents. All of the stories are uplifting even during moments when others try to keep them from thriving and being themselves.
Read the stories from Janelle Monae (Singer/Songwriter/Actor and Author), Billy King Jean (Tennis player), X González (Activist), and Lauren Esposito (Arachnologist) to just name a few. You also read about stories of individuals that will be new to you. In my case, those were the stories of Will Larkins (Activist), Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Activist), and Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju (Lawyers) to name a few.
Rebel Girls provides scannable QR codes on some of the mini-stories within the book. The QR codes let you listen to the longer stories of some of these people who are women, girls, and nonbinary via the Rebel Girls App.
Keep Celebrating!
The beautiful additions to this book are endless. There’s an area where the reader can write their own story and draw a portrait of themselves. You can also find special activities to do once you’ve finished the Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride book. From “Sing It Loud and Proud” to answering the “Dream Dinner” activities. There is also a “Terms to Know” where there is information about the definition and meaning of certain terms that one can come across while reading this book. Always with the understanding that if the children have questions they should ask a parent or a grown-up.
The Illustrators
I noticed something when I read the first story in the Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride book about Alana Smith. Smith is a nonbinary skateboarder who competed in the Olympics in 2021. What captured my eye was the illustration of Alana Smith. It was illustrated by Rut Pedreño (website) from Spain. I recognized the illustration style immediately from following Rut online. That’s when I quickly realized the amazing team of Rebel Girls had full-page portraits from the book created by female and nonbinary artists from all around the world. Not only are you reading about amazing members of the LGBTQIA+ community but you now have a list of wonderfully creative illustrators to also give a follow and support.
Happy Pride!
Celebrate Pride by purchasing Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride in a bookstore near you. To order your Rebel Girls books online, you can check out Bookshop.org*. At Curating Edits we support Bookshop.org in its commitment to supporting local bookstores. Looking to buy your copy on Amazon? Click on the link*. If you want to order the Kindle version click HERE*.
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