by Melissa Sweet (Illustrator), Catherine Thimmesh (Author), Catherine Thimmesh (Author), Catherine Thimmesh (Author), Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 128
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 11 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0618195637
ISBN 13: 9780618195633
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