intended to produce a whole new generation of activists: The rise of progressive children’s books arguably began with Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (London: Particular Books, 2017) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. The idea was a charming one; it contained profiles of exceptional women throughout history offered up as role models for young readers. Examples included Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, Yoko Ono, and even Coco Chanel, whose collaboration with the Nazis was tactfully omitted.
