Catherine Thimmesh

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1) Girls think of everything: stories of ingenious inventions by women

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Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.

2) Team Moon: how 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the moon

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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Culled from direct quotes from the people behind the scenes, NASA transcripts, national archives and NASA photos, the whole story of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing emerges.

3) Camp Panda: helping cubs return to the wild

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.

4) Girls Solve Everything: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs Building a Better World

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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eAudiobook, eBook

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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...

5) A Baby Like You

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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Sibert Medalist Catherine Thimmesh connects babies across our ecosystem with compelling photographs and a poetic text that shows how the everyday milestones babies take parallel animals in the world. For fans of Zooborns.

6) Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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Catherine Thimmesh's inspiring look at the role of women in American politics-past, present, and future-is now available with updated sections on Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Nancy Pelosi. From the time our government was being formed, women have fought their way from behind the scenes to the center of power and decision making. So, why not a woman in the White House? Two thousand eight may be the year!

7) Scaly spotted feathered frilled: how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like?

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Thimmesh, Catherine

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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[2013]

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Introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to bring us face-to-face...