Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women 

By Catherine Thimmesh and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Published by HMH Books for Young Readers

Did you know that a woman invented Liquid Paper commonly known as “white-out” and a woman invented the “space bumper” that was used to protect spacecraft and the astronauts? These are only a few of the woman profiled in this collective biography. Colorful and inventive collage artwork by Melissa Sweet illustrates this unique book.

 

 Headstrong

By Rachel Swaby

Published by Broadway Books

The title of this book intrigued me the beginning. Swaby has written a collective biography of fifty-two women who had an amazing impact on the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).  Bravo Ladies!

 

Girls Who Rocked the World: Heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa 

By Michelle Roehm McCann and Amelie Welden

Illustrated by David Hahn

Published by Aladdin/Beyond Words

This is an inspirational book profiles forty-six “movers and shakers” who  made their mark on the world before they were 20 years old. Go Girl Power!

 

 

 

Girls Who Looked Under Rocks: The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists 

By Jeannie Atkins and Illustrated by Paula Conner

Published by Dawn Pubns

This collective biography profiles six women who were curious about nature and due to their passion for science overcame obstacles in male dominated arena.  This book was selected by the Children’s Book Council and National Science Teacher’s Association as one of the “Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children for 2001.”