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Girls Think of Everything

Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Catherine Thimmesh author Melissa Sweet illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Published:13th Jul '15

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Award-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared and Women in Science.

In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. What inspired these girls, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?

Retaining reader-tested favorite inventions, this updated edition of the best-selling Girls Think of Everything features seven new chapters that better represent our diverse and increasingly technological world, offering readers stories about inventions that are full of hope and vitalityempowering them to think big, especially in the face of adversity.

"GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING is a wonderful book, as surprising as it is inspiring .... Buy this book for the girl you love today, and she may well become a mother of invention tomorrow." -- Pulitzer Prize winner Natalie Angier, author of WOMAN: AN INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY, 1999 National Book Award finalist BOX "This very attractive, informative book will find an audience among browsers and report writers alike." —Booklist, boxed review (3/15/00) Booklist, ALA, Starred Review "An outstanding collective biography of women and girls who changed the world with their inventions." —School Library Journal (4/00) School Library Journal "This book is an inspired ode to women inventors." —Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly —

  • Winner of William Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas) (United States).
  • Winner of IRA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award (United States).
  • Winner of Disney Adventures Book Award (United States).
  • Winner of Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children (United States).

ISBN: 9780618195633

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

128 pages