Girls solve everything : stories of women entrepreneurs building a better world / Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2022]Description: 121 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780358106340
- 0358106346
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 338.0409 T443 | Available | 33111010645782 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 338.0409 T443 | Available | 33111010773113 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 Everything by Sibert-winner Catherine Thimmesh and Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet. For fans of Women Who Dared and Women in Science.
Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from the hospital Or, can the elderly stay in their homes and eat a balanced diet Women are 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 answers these questions, inspiring today's kids to learn from entrepreneurs and take on some of the world's biggest problems, one solution at a time.
"Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from the hospital? Or, can the elderly stay in their homes and eat a balanced diet? Women are taking on and solving these issues with their ingenuity and business acumen"-- Amazon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110) and index.