pickA pleasing mix of modern and historical female inventors and their inventions. I think the most inspiring passages are at the end, detailing inventions of 'girls', females under 18, and exhorting the reader, regardless of age, to try inventing (and remember to patent!). US-focused, but central message is internationally applicable and welcome. I picked this up because I love Melissa Sweet's collage/illustration style and she does not disappoint.
Origin of 'bug' in computers! Who knew? Also: anybody else appreciate the pink font but recognize it's not very reader friendly? 🤨
This year, on the first day of homeschool, my older girls woke up to a letter from the esteemed headmistress (baby Clara) of S‘Moores School of Innovation & Inquiry, inviting them to enter the parallel world of a boarding school where “magic is in the mind.” They were each placed in a house named for a famous woman innovator (Grace Hopper & Temple Grandin) and began their journey of imaginative exploration for a new school year. 👇
Margaret Eloise Knight was an American inventor, notably of the flat-bottomed paper bag. She has been called "the most famous 19th-century woman inventor". She was working in a paper-bag factory when she devised a new way to put together the bags.
https://www.invent.org/inductees/margaret-e-knight
pickThis was a super fun little book.... Perfect for inspiring young minds 👍
pick#MayMovieMagic Day 6: #DontStopMeNow say these 12 ingenious women presented in this fairly-thin collection of biographies. I found the stories highly compelling, and the narrative flow suspenseful and ultimately triumphant – as the ingenious inventors made the public realize the worth of their creations. Perfect for #WomenReadWomen2019. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-joF
pickFantastic children‘s book about female inventors. The illustrations are fun but I was far more focused on the stories of the women inventors.
pickThis NF (B) teaches about women who changed the world because of their inventions. The last pages of the book give info on obtaining patents for your own inventions & give resources of organizations/contests that encourage young people to be creative. This would be a great book when teaching science. Heres NSTA's list of outstanding science trade books for other quality gems http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ostb2016.aspx #UCFLAE3414su17
