Awards

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

Overview

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.

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9780618195633

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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

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

Author Information

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.

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