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“Girls think of everything: stories of ingenious inventions by women” by Catherine Thimmesh and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

This book offers us interesting short texts about the creation processes of different inventions ordered by the name of their inventor accompanied by illustrations and precious
"collage". A different way of approaching the world of invention and reminding the youngest that women have not been left behind in the field of innovation.

“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?

Taken from Amazon.

See also:

http://www.catherinethimmesh.com/books/girls.html

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/girls-think-everything-0#cart/cleanup

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13460.Girls_Think_of_Everything

The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in having access to them, you can check their availability in the catalog of the library

Girls think of everything [Print] : stories of ingenious inventions by women / Catherine Thimmesh ; Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. — Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, cop. 2000.

57 pages : ill. ; 23cm

ISBN 978-0-618-19563-3

T39 .T45 2000

R. 201166172