Another absolutely stunning instalment for the Rebel Girls series of books!
This one brings 25 incredible women’s stories for us to share with all of the aspiring your women - and young men - in our lives.
I love how you have chosen well known women, as well as a large number of lesser well known, or even previously unknown women. I learnt a lot myself reading through their stories and absolutely loved reading it aloud to my children!
Can’t wait to buy the hard copy and also gift it to many others!!

This was such a cool and good grouping a rebel women! I really loved that I didn't know some of these women are. It just goes to show that so many women around the world are making impacts everyday just in their worlds. I also really liked how the art was different on each page and they were all so pretty!

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

This, like all the other books in the series, is a good book for young children, especially girls. I will certainly be adding it to my classroom book corner in the near future.

It is well written in language that is easy to understand for younger readers but doesn’t patronise. And the illustrations are beautiful as always.

My only negative about the book would be the lack of obvious LGBT (particularly T) representation in the book. The choice of women had some nice variety with the inclusion of indigineous people, women of colour, low income women etc. But there were a lot of American women featured and no trans women. I feel like better LGBT representation would have made this book a 5.

**Thank you to NetGalley and Rebel Girls for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.**

I absolutely love and appreciate this book. Every young reader should read this book or have it read to them because the stories within are inspiring, informative, and strong. Each story holds its own unique power and knowledge, and we need to spread this power and knowledge to young children everywhere.

I love how this collection highlights strong, amazing women from all over the globe. It has representation in culture and career. I do, however, wish there was more representation of Transgender Women, women with disabilities, and neurodivergent women.

I find the illustrations that accompanied the stories awe-inspiring. The uniqueness and detail in each of them are amazing, and the fact that they are all drawn by different female artists is wonderful. And the activities at the end of the book, I think, are a wonderful addition. It allows readers of all genders to tell their stories and learn about what kind of leader they can be.

Besides the representation mentioned above, the other hesitation keeping me from a 4.5- or 5-star rating is that some of the highlighted biographies felt a bit rushed. I know with only one page to put down words, things can get tight, but a few of the stories felt like they lost a little bit of punch because they were so short.

I can't wait to see a final print copy of this book when it is published!

A couple of years ago I read Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 and I really enjoyed them; and this is really a continuation of those two volumes. It is so important, especially for little girls (I say little girls because I am pretty sure that is the main target audience, after all it is a children’s book about powerful women, but it can apply to anyone), to be made aware of the many wonderful women who have existed and the extraordinary things that they have done, because sometimes they are not as acknowledged as they should be.

I think that this book is very well done, considering the target audience for it. The illustrations are beautiful and very eye-catchy, and the lives of the women are concise and straightforward, only highlighting the most important events of their lives.

Incredible as always! We have a few is the Rebel Girls books and will definitely be adding this one too our collection.

Rebel Girls Lead is a great book for younger girls to learn about strong women who have pushed past the standards held for women and made something of themselves. I don't think this book is just for younger girls or women though. I think everyone could learn something from this book about feminism and strong leading women.

I really enjoyed reading this book and learning about all of these women. This book was very inspiring and I can't wait to check out more books from REbel Girls.

What a brilliant book. I haven't really read any of the other 'rebel girls' titles so was new to it. I think this book is great. It tells brief stories of a number of inspirational women. Some of whom I had heard of, Michelle O'Bama, Aly Raisin etc but other were new to me. The illustrations and quotes are a really nice touch and I like the brief overview of each person's life and achievements
This is a great starter for kids and perfect to share in the classroom. It also inspired me to find out more about some of the women I'd never heard of.
Will definitely be getting a copy for my classroom. Highly recommend!

My love for Rebel Girls knows no end. Love the inspirational and positive messages of leadership, agency and girl power! Illustrations are always top notch. Definitely will be part of our gift giving!

A great story highlighting important female leaders throughout history. The last few pages were particularly my favorite, encouraging children to be proactive, applying the readings to their own lives and beyond. A powerful book for children across all genders and a great starting point towards thinking about how to make a difference at a young age.

A brilliant and gorgeously illustrated book about twenty inspiring women in leadership who have made their mark in the world. Each story is told in an engaging and very readable fairy tale style. This will make a great addition in so many libraries and classrooms! Looking forward to buying the hard copy of this.

Rebel girls Lead is a short non-fiction book which has the stories of 25 female leaders.
I was aware of the stories of some of these women like Malala, Michelle Obama and Cleopatra, but the others were so inspiring like Kamala Harris, Lady Gaga and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Also loved the illustrations and the concept of adding one of their quotes.

3.5
i enjoyed reading this book, it's written sweetly as to show women in positions of power in a positive light. i also liked how, after reading so much about other women all over the world, the reader has the opportunity to write their own story and see themselves in the book. the illustrations are beautiful and i would buy this to gift a niece or a younger cousin

Each tale is a few paragraphs and is accompanied with a drawing of the woman. All of the drawings in the book are by women from around the world! I loved seeing all of the different art styles, they were all really nice and added a vibrancy to the book. The stories were a bit on the short side, more a summary of motivations, accomplishments, and insights of each woman, but I think since this book is aimed toward younger audiences, it's good. I think children reading this book, maybe with their parents, will lead to some great conversations about how women impact communities and the world. I learned about some new leaders I hadn't known about previously, which is pretty awesome.

Both myself and my children really enjoyed these inspiration tales about inspirational women, and I can't wait to share what I learned with the students in my class when we return to school. It's full of confidence building, thought provoking incidents, that tell young people, both boys and girls alike, to shoot for the stars because life is what you make it.

Thank you Netgalley and Publishers for an eARC of this book.
This was an empowering read! Little girls, and boys for that matter, will find comfort in seeing such powerful women take action for what they care about. Passion and determination are what makes life vivid and exciting. 'Rebel Girls Lead' captured that beautifully! The art was also stunning, and I liked how there was a different illustrator for each woman. It prevented the book from getting boring, and was really refreshing to see! For younger kids, 'Rebel Girls Lead' will be easy to understand as it's written in simple language.

The only thing I didn't like was how some of the people mentioned were already mentioned in the previous books. That was unfortunate because there are so many amazing women in the world that no one knows about, so I feel they could have shed light on other empowering women.

Nevertheless, it was still a fun read!

Overall Review: 6/10 or 3.5 stars

Rebel Girls Lead is a brilliant book for young readers, it includes 25 life stories about powerful women who accomplish a wide variety of goals. There's also a section at the end with activities and questions to get kids thinking which was a nice touch.

I enjoyed the stories, I actually think they could have been a bit longer if anything. Each story was accompanied by a beautiful illustration by a female illustrator which I absolutely loved.

The women's stories that were chosen were all strong women who fought for what they believed in, there was a good amount of diversity in terms of race but I would have liked to see some LGBTQ+ representation.

All in all, I think it's a really motivating book and I would definitely buy it for my own kids one day!

An inspirational book for young girls.
- Excellent illustrations
- Inspiring read-ups on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lady Gaga, Malala Yousafzai, Kamala Harriss etc.

Some things that I kept thinking about:
- This isn't really Rebel Girls Lead but more of American Rebel Girls lead. There are hardly any girls from other places. Malala represents the whole of Asia! This is published in US and aiming American readers probably, with a very narrow lens of inspirational women. But I kept thinking about it, especially given the title 'Rebel Girls'.

I have to be honest, I didn’t expect much from this book. As I began reading I initially wanted the entries to be longer and more involved. However, the more I read and the more I considered the desired demographic was younger than I am, I could really enjoy this beautiful collection of women.

My favorite things:
•I really enjoyed that this book is easy to consume in whatever way you see fit — whether that’s all in one sitting or to read about one incredible woman a day or something in between.
•I was grateful for the variety of time periods. I think this is important. Women have been strong in every time of our existence. It’s especially vital our young women understand and absorb this in a real, concrete way.
•Something else to appreciate here is the choices made when it came to the twenty five different women: some were modern and somewhat unexpected takes (Michelle Obama, Pat Summit, Kamala Harris!) while others were steady, expected, welcomed choices (Harriet Tubman, Oprah, RBG) and no matter which category the women fall into I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the choices within this book!
•The reader WILL learn something new. I think this will be true for readers of all ages. Of all people I was surprised to learn something new about it was Cleopatra! A woman who was alive more than 2000+ years ago!
•I absolutely adore the illustrations and especially that there were multiple *female* illustrators. This was not lost on me. Beautiful choice. And I so appreciated the accompanying quotes as well!

I am grateful for books like this for myself, for my children, and for rebel girls everywhere. Having this as part of your at home library would be a great resource. Upon reading I was reminded that women are “natural, beautiful, and resilient...” (thank you Eufrosina Cruz!) and it was exactly the right message to begin this new year.

Similar to other Rebel Girl books, this is a compendium of short bios with gorgeous illustrations. This particular one is short, with only 25 women profiled. But they were all very important stories, some of which need to be better known, and I hope this book will help with that. The election of Kamala Harris as the first woman vice president of the United States was, apparently, the impetus for this edition, and she is one of the 25 women profiled, along with other American women, such as Aly Raisman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Richards, Harriet Tubman, Tammy Duckworth, Lady Gaga and Wilma Mankiller. Other women are from Germany, Guatemala, ancient Egypt (Cleopatra!), England, Mexico and a few more. The book also includes space for a girl to “write your story” and “draw your portrait” plus a quiz to find out what the reader’s leadership style is and a few exercises in leadership training.

The publisher says this book is recommended for ages 5-10. I imagine it would most appeal to readers in the older end of that range but that is just based on my 7-year-old granddaughter whose interests right now seem to be mainly princesses and unicorns. I look forward to the day I can gift her some of these Rebel Girl books!

Thank you to NetGalley and Rebel Girls for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.