Girls Solve Everything, Catherine Thimmesh
Girls Solve Everything, Catherine Thimmesh
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Girls Solve Everything
Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World

Author: Catherine Thimmesh

Narrator: Courtney Patterson

Unabridged: 1 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 03/01/2022

Synopsis

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.

About Catherine Thimmesh

Catherine Thimmesh is the award-winning author of many books for children, including Girls Think of Everything and Team Moon, winner of the Sibert Medal. Her books have received numerous starred reviews, appeared on best books lists, and won many awards, including the IRA Children's Book Award and Minnesota Book Award. She lives in Minnesota with her family. www.catherinethimmesh.com. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan

I absolutely loved this book, and wish it existed when I was younger. It’s so inspiring to read about these female change makers, and how one seed of an idea sprouted into a new way to think about a problem. For example, Ting Shih was given an assignment in a class and turned it into a revolutionary......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World, written by Catherine Thimmesh and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, is currently scheduled for release on March 1 2022. Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them......more

Goodreads review by Susan

In this follow-up book to “Girls Think of Everything,” author Catherine Thimmesh and illustrator Melissa Sweet team up again to share stories of innovative solutions created by women for everything from healthcare and education to life skills for people with special needs. I’d heard of some of these......more

Goodreads review by Wren

I like the concept of this book, and I think it would work for an activity that highlights women entrepreneurs just once a week. The book is packed with information, and the prose is complex because it conveys details and nuanced ideas. I had a hard time "entering" the chapters about these women an......more

Goodreads review by michelle

There are people all over the world who invent solutions to problems. The forthcoming book Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World (3/1/22, Clarion Books) by Catherine Thimmesh and illustrated by Melissa Sweet does an amazing job of highlighting a number of wom......more

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