'We swooned over California Dreamin', French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu's biography of the Mamas & the Papas singer Cass Elliot, and now Bagieu is back with a look at a wider array of influential women throughout history. 'Bagieu chooses 29 different women to give the comic spotlight to, and a major part of the book's success is the variety of her subjects, representing a wide range of experiences that takes readers from Ancient Greece to seventh-century Japan to present-day Afghanistan.'- AV Club '.Parisian cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu us Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World!, a wonderful collection of comics based on some of the most incredible women who've changed history as we know it.'- Nerdist Her voice is pert and saucy, and her cartoons are darling.'- NPR 'Bagieu's brand of feminism comes with frills and curlicues galore. 'With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Pénélope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known.'- The Mary Sue 'The crisp, cartoony art is expressive and fun, and the short narratives will kick-start many a great presentation in social-studies class.'- Vulture the stories in this comic biography, told through vivid vignettes, may just inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.'- Entertainment Weekly 'Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World spans centuries across the globe, with Bagieu using her signature drawings to bring various women's indomitable spirits to life.

The book reminds you that too many great women's stories have been lost to history - and that for the greater good, that must never happen again.'- The Washington Post 'The highest praise I can give 'Brazen' is that it belongs in most every girl's - and boy's - hands by middle school. And in the end, this turns out to be just perfect.'- The New York Times

'Bagieu's pen transforms these true stories into something that has the tone of a personalized fairy tale.

A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2018

Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu