"Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women ", award winning children's book signed by Minneapolis author Catherine Thimmesh.

"In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have come up with ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?

From Sybilla Masters, the first American woman with a documented invention (although the patent had to be in her husband's name), to twelve-year-old Becky Schroeder, who in 1974 became the youngest girl to receive a patent, Girls Think of Everything tells the stories of these women's obstacles and their remarkable victories. "

Ages 8 & up.

Visit Catherine Thimmesh's website here: www.catherinethimmesh.com