Girls Think of Everything

Stories Of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Catherine Thimmesh

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Houghton Mifflin
22 September 2018

Children's & Educational; People & places (Children's&YA); Science & technology: general interest (Children's&YA)

This updated edition of the bestselling Girls Think of Everything, by Sibert-winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, retains all the integrity of the original but includes expanded coverage of inventions (and inventors) to better reflect our diverse and technological world.

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.

By: Catherine Thimmesh
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 434g
ISBN: 9781328772534
ISBN 10: 1328772535
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 22 September 2018
Recommended Age: From 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Catherine Thimmesh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including Team Moon, winner of the Sibert Medal. Her books have received numerous starred reviews, appeared on best books lists, and won many awards, including the IRA Children's Book Award and Minnesota Book Award. She lives in Minnesota with her family. Visit her online at catherinethimmesh.com. Melissa Sweet is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of many fine children's books including Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White, winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus award, Balloons Over Broadway, a Sibert winner, and The Right Word and A River of Words, both Caldecott Honors. Reviewers have described her unique mixed-media illustrations as exuberant, outstanding, and a creative delight. Melissa lives on the beautiful coast of Maine. In addition to writing and painting, she enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. For more information about the author and her work, visit her online at melissasweet.net.

Reviews for Girls Think of Everything: Stories Of Ingenious Inventions by Women

Today's readers will find a laudable increase in the subjects' diversity as well as a more contemporary focus...A resource as informative as it is empowering -Horn Book Magazine In a growing marketplace of works about women transforming the world, this title holds its own. -School Library Journal