Girls Think of Everything

This is a collection of brief biographical sketches of girls and women who changed the world with an invention. Twelve women are featured including Ruth Wakefield (chocolate chip cookies), Bette Nesmith (Liquid Paper), Margaret Knight (paper grocery bags), and Patsy Sherman (Scotchgard), among others. The endpapers list another 100 women and their inventions. The text by Catherine Thimmesh and collage illustrations by Melissa Sweet make this a fun book to browse (or maybe find a little inspiration). It was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in 2001.