A breath of fresh air. A book for girls taking them through mother and daughter partnerships. Some duos save the world and some make a tiny bit of it better but all tales are told in a heart warming way and giving strength to those that need courage and support. A great collection that is eclectic and should give all readers a few moments of recognition and empowerment at the very least.
Some good actions and next steps at the end of the book too to motivate closeness between mothers and daughters as well as to continue to look for the greatness in women,

One of the brands I wish was around when I was younger and growing up was the Rebel Girls brand as I definitely would have appreciated them more back then, than I do now. I still enjoy reading them and they are quick reads as each story is just one page long. I think if you have children aged 5-9 years old, these would make great bedtime stories as they are single pages -so not too long and then you can also have a great discussion afterward and also instil some positive and strong female role models into your daughters and nieces. Also, the other thing that I loved about Powerful Pairs was it helps celebrate that amazing and strong bond between Mothers and Daughters. For me, I lost my mother when I was 27 and at the end of this month on the 29th December, it will be 8 years since she passed away. In this collection, we also read several different profiles from past heroes and icons like Marie Curie to modern-day heroes like Beyonce. The other thing I did enjoy was it also spotlighted and told the story of lesser-knowns like athletes Lena and Bhakti Sharma who were the first mother-daughter duo to swim the English Channel in 2008. As this book doesn't come out till February, why not put a pre-order on it and get it as a post- Christmas present for your daughters and nieces. As I said this book is perfect for all ages as if you are aged 5-9 it can be used as a read-aloud between parent/child and if you are 9-15 years - you can read it by yourself and still enjoy not only the stories but the artwork and who knows, by reading this you may discover a new role model and a new potential career path to go down.

I didn’t know the Rebel Girl books but I really enjoyed this one. Wonderful
Mother and daughter tales from the US and other places in the world. Highly recommended for all mothers and daughters!

Rebel Girl has done it again! This is an amazing collection of inspiring stories of mother-daughter duos from around the world. The book has a diverse collection of stories, from Somalia to India to Venezuela, featuring women from various backgrounds; fashion, science, acting, activism, sports etc. I really enjoyed this book and wish every mother could read these stories to her daughters. The artwork is fantastic as usual. Though I was a little disappointed to not see Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley on this list.

Wonderful book of bedtime stories! Highly recommended for young girls as there are many good tales in this book.

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This series of Rebel Girl books are such fun to read but i loved the mother and daughter book best. My daughter and i learned about great mother and daughter pairs who have accomplished great things and relied on each other for support and comfort. It made us consider our bond and the possibilities for us to accomplish great things too and to keep dreaming.

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Another fabulous title from the Rebel Girls team. I loved that this looked at mother/daughter teams, especially when the two found ways to merge completely different passions. This is a great addition to the collection and shows how the mother/daughter relationship can blossom as the child grows.

Following in the path of all Rebel Girls books so far, this latest instalment of the popular series focusses on mothers and daughters. The title indicates that they are “powerful pairs” but the meaning of “power” here is open to interpretation. The myriad relationships depicted in the mini biographies range from inspiring to supportive to creative to adventurous. There is a lot of variety and for a change, I wasn’t aware of most of the pairs mentioned in this book, something that isn’t usually the case when I read a Rebel Girls book.

The tales, as always, come from all over the world, though the maximum number is, as always, from the USA. The 25 mother-daughter tales in this book range from the expected such as Marie and Irene Curie to the baffling such as Beyoncé and Blue Ivy. (Why!??! I really mean, why Blue Ivy?!?!? Not to take anything away from the little one’s talent, but surely her parents’ position has been instrumental in her getting a Grammy.) Still, most of the bios are worth a read and if you can ignore the few celebrity ones who don’t seem to be that impactful, the rest are worth knowing about. The only exception to the celebrity bios is that of Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, as they both jointly write children’s fiction, something I wasn’t aware of! They deserved a mention here for sure.

There are so many not-so-known pairs also mentioned in this collection. My overall favourite entry was that of Kayuula and Shina Novalinga, Inuit throat singers from Canada. I had never heard of this concept of throat singing and googling it proved to be a very enlightening. There are many other fabulous entries such as the story of Susan Holland and Brittney Wacasey (who are into barrel racing though the daughter is legally blind!) and Linda and Shara Davis (who are health aides in Alaska and kept their village safe during the covid pandemic without any doctors or hospitals.)

Of the two Indian pairs in the book, I loved the story of Leena and Bhakti Sharma. I can’t imagine someone from tropical Indian swimming in the frigid Antarctic waters and setting a record. That would have taken some guts!
I’ve already mentioned seven mother-daughter pairs here in my review, so I better stop and leave the rest for you to discover through the book.

Overall, this isn’t my favourite Rebel Girl book, quite anti-climactic actually because I have been looking forward to this specific title since ages. But for the exposure it provides to what would otherwise have been inspiring yet mostly unheralded women from around the world, the book deserves a read.

My thanks to Rebel Girls and NetGalley for the ARC of “Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs: 25 Tales of Mothers and Daughters”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.

There is a special bond between mothers and daughters. This is a lovely book about a few mothers and daughters that either worked together or had similar careers. From both history to modern day, this is a must read for anyone who has a great relationship with their mother.

I received a copy from NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

I think this book is a fail. I did not feel inspired by any of the mother-daughter combination. I was hoping for some historical figures, but Beyonce and her daughter, really? Is that the best that we have to offer as an example? Not all the figures is the original book are worth the title of “hero”. I really think we need to get our terms right. What is a hero? A role model? What do I want to be remembered for ?

The Rebel Girls series has done it again! Another amazing installment in this series. Rebel Girls Powerful Pairs highlights 25 incredible stories of mother-daughter teams and the uniqueness that is found in this relationship.
Adventure. Curiosity. Love. Beauty. Equality. Determination. These are the celebrated themes woven into these quick bedtime-story length essays. Each story is a highlight of how, because of the special bond between mother and daughter, these women have made each other and their world a better place. I love that both born-to or adopted-by mother/daughter love is highlighted within the stories too!
Some of the names are easy to recognize: Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton. Others, may not be household names… yet! But their journeys together are no less special. A few of our favorites (because yes, I absolutely had my daughter help me read and reflect on this compilation!):
- Briana and Cambyr Sullivan, who hiked the Appalachian Trail together.
- The Parkhurst women, who fought the frontlines on the English Suffragette movement.
- Laurie and Arianna Strand, pilots with purpose!
- Leena Sharma coaching her daughter, Bhakti, through a world-record swim in the Southern Ocean.
- Kim and Dechen Yeshi, who upcycle shed Khullu to weave it into Yak Wool clothing, bringing stable jobs and economy to nomadic people in Tibet.

The illlustrations are gorgeous, vividly colorful and capturing the beauty of each soul and the magical love unique to all mother-daughter pairs.

All in all, 5 stars. I only wish it were longer and highlighted more powerful pairs!

Thank you to Net Galley for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Another smaller addition to the Rebel Girls franchise. It continues to make me so happy that there’s so many inspiring and amazing women to tell more about.

I liked the focus of this book, as I think it is the first one that really focus on the collaborative achievements. There have been entries about multiple women in all of the other works too, but I felt a sort of comfort from this theme.

I learned about a lot of new women in this book, which is great when I’ve read so many of these books already. There’s quite a range of stories, from personal achievements, record breakings and pivotal societal and scientific changes.

There’s a new addition to this book in the form of QR codes on certain pages which gives access to more information, I’m curious about how that works and how much that is going to be used by readers of the physical book when it comes out.

This is all in all another insightful addition to the line. There’s not much to be said about the writing style that I haven’t already said before. I always enjoy looking at the artwork. These more thematic books are very interesting and I like them a lot.

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Once again another awesome book from Rebel Girls. Love reading these books with my girls.

Love this! It's such a female-empowering book and I think this is super great for young girls. I will definitely be reading this to my younger nieces.

I received an eARC copy from Rebel Girls via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Rebel Girls Series never seize to impress me. This instalment talks about the mother-daughter duos that dedicated their knowledge and passion to something they both loved and took to a higher level. Whether we talk about science, music industry, fashion - these mother-daughter pairs have it all.

The diversity of ladies mentioned in this book is, once again, outstanding. All these ladies come from different backgrounds, countries, are of different nationalities, have individual interests. Yet, all come under a single umbrella of power, inspiration, motivation. These strong women from all over the world brought their stories and illustrations to us, so we could proudly say: "I can do it too!"

Rock on, Rebel Girls!

This book is a fantastic edition to the Rebel Girls lineup. These mother-daughter relationships range from names I grew up with as a kid (in the 90s) to people I’ve recently seen TikTok famous, plus some I haven’t heard of yet. I appreciate the short story format with the optional digital audio extension if readers want to learn more.

Also, as an educator, this book would be an amazing resource to buy a few copies of and cut up (don’t come for me, hang on, let me get to the point) for students to work through the actvites at the end of the book. For example, each story goes in a paper protector sheet, kids text mark sorties of their choice (so it’s reusable class to class, year to year), and then they write analyzing the traits in common. These would be great for upper elementary and middle school.

Overall, whether you are reading for nonfiction knowledge, women empowerment, women’s history, mother-daughter relationships, or for educators purposes, you will find these stories relatable and interesting.

The book series about Rebel Girls has gotten a new book in the series.
This time it is about 25 mother and daughter relationship and three of the mothers in this book are Beyoncé, Julie Andrews and Marie Curie.
It is a quick read book since it was like only 64 pages long altough in the app NetGalley Shelf it is only 33 pages.
The illustrations as you can see on picture two and three are good and captured the bond between the mothers and their daughters.

If you wanna lay your hands on it is expected to come out in february 2022.

Thanks @netgalley for letting me read this one :)

This is one of a series pf books aimed at younger readers, highlighting powerful, adventurous, and inventive woman - in this case pairing moms and daughters. I'd have loved to have given you a list of contents, but the app was so tightly locked-down that it wouldn't even let me copy that. Why a publisher would be so short-sighted as to want to hobble a reviewer from highlighting who's who in this book, and not even list that information elsewhere is a complete mystery to me, but I sure don't have the time to manually type all that out when I have other things I need to be doing! So this review will be short!

As the book cover says, it's 25 moms and daughters, some of whom, such as Beyoncé and her curiously-named daughter "Blue Ivy," or the Pankhursts, or the Curies, you may well have heard of. Others are much more obscure to the general reader, such as Wang Changyi and Nu Mei Mei, and Kim Yeshi (aka Pema Dolkar) and daughter Dechen, but they are no less important. All have inspiring stories to tell, and they are worth reading, so I commend this as a worthy read.

This may be up there to be my favorite from Rebel Girls so far, I loved the concept of highlighting mother and daughter pairs. As with the other installments we get women/girls from all aspects of life, some historical but mostly current and from many different cultures/locations. I really enjoyed how this volume highlighted the pairs working together, even if they didn't always agree or get along. It's full of empowerment, teamwork and accomplishments with a dash of lifting each other up when it's needed. I think this will be really inspiring to young girls who already have great bonds with their mothers as well as those that want to form a tighter bond with their parents. Again the artwork and storytelling are on point, as with all other installments in the series.

This was such a fun quick read. There were quite a few mother-daughter pairs I knew about, but I was happy to learn about a bunch I'd never heard of before, too. This feels like an excellent book that mothers and daughters could read together, and there are even a few activities in the back. All of the Rebel Girls books I've read so far have been well-written, informative, and beautifully designed, and this was no exception. I especially appreciated that so many of the girls and women are still active today and that they do such a wide range of activities from barrel racing to science to fashion. I'd recommend this to readers of all ages, but especially to younger girls and women who could benefit from reading about such strong role models.