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Author:

Thimmesh, Catherine, author.

Title:

Girls solve everything : stories of women entrepreneurs building a better world / Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

121 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Businesswomen--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women executives--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Sweet, Melissa, 1956- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115) and index.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0358106346
9780358106340

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1298752524

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

XPPC367 -- Sidney Public Library (Sidney)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)