Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World
By (Author) Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Clarion Books
6th July 2022
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Money
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Work, politics and society
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
338.09252
Physical Properties
Hardback
128
Width 178mm, Height 229mm
481g
Description
Brave women from diverse backgrounds make the world a better place through their businesses in this inspiring companion to the best-selling Girls Think of Everythingby Sibert-winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet.For fans of Women Who Dared and Women in Science.
Women all over the globeare askingquestions that affectlives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from thehospital Or, can the elderly stay in their homes andeat a balanced diet Womenare taking on and solving these issues with their ingenuity and business acumen.
How did they get their ideas Where does the funding for their projects come from And how have some of these businesses touched YOUR life Girls Solve Everything answersthese questions, inspiring today's kids to learn fromentrepreneurs and take on some of the world's biggest problems, one solution at a time.
Reviews
"The team behind Girls Think of Everything return to spotlight an inclusive, international range of 16 female 'social innovators.'...A hearty nonfiction tome as likely to educate as it is to inspire." Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
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.
