Girls Think of Everything
Stories Of Ingenious Inventions by Women
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2018
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-1-328-77253-4 (ISBN)
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-1-328-77253-4 (ISBN)
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
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.
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.
Catherine Thimmesh is the award-winning children's-book author of Team Moon, winner of the Sibert Medal. Visit her online at www.catherinethimmesh.com. Melissa Sweet is one of Australia's most respected specialist health journalists, and has been covering health and medical issues for over 15 years. She is a columnist and feature writer with The Bulletin and Australian Doctor magazines. She has also published widely in medical literature, with articles appearing in the British Medical Journal, The Medical Journal of Australia, and Australian Prescriber. Previously, Sweet has worked for the Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Associated Press. This is her third book.
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.10.2018 |
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Illustrationen | Melissa Sweet |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 185 x 237 mm |
Gewicht | 434 g |
Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik |
ISBN-10 | 1-328-77253-5 / 1328772535 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-328-77253-4 / 9781328772534 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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