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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100618195637

ISBN-139780618195633

eBay Product ID (ePID)2147463

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Book TitleGirls Think of Everything : Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Girls & Women

Publication Year2022

IllustratorSweet, Melissa, Yes

FeaturesReprint

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorCatherine Thimmesh

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN99-036270

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"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, "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

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal609.2520973

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisIn 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. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities? Features women inventors Ruth Wakefield, Mary Anderson, Stephanie Kwolek, Bette Nesmith Graham, Patsy O. Sherman, Ann Moore, Grace Murray Hopper, Margaret E. Knight, Jeanne Lee Crews, and Valerie L. Thomas, as well as young inventors ten-year-old Becky Schroeder and eleven-year-old Alexia Abernathy. Illustrated in vibrant collage by Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet., Award-winning author-illustrator 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. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities? From Sibert winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott honor winner Melissa Sweet, this collective biography tells the stories of women and girls, their obstacles, and how they changed the world with their inventions., 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 vitality--empowering them to think big, especially in the face of adversity., Award-winning author-illustrator 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.

LC Classification NumberT39.T48 2000

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