*'It's hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who wouldn't be inspired' BOOKSELLER*
*'An absolute must-have for every young person's bookshelf' HUFFINGTON POST*
Created by Kate Pankhurst, relative of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, the Fantastically Great Women series has inspired a generation of readers to dream big, stand proud and speak out. How will you change the world?
Be inspired by thirteen true stories of pioneering women who forever changed how women are seen in the workplace! Meet mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to conquer Everest, and mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations helped send the first men into space. This inspiring illustrated collection celebrates women who dreamed big and proved that no job is too big – or too small – for a woman to conquer.
Including: James Barry, Rosa May Billinghurst, Sophie Blanchard, Rosalind Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Annette Kellerman, Katia Krafft, the London Matchgirls, Elizabeth Magie, Maria Merian, Lotte Reiniger, Junko Tabei and Madam C.J. Walker.
- Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
- 'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIAN
- Now an award-winning hit musical from the creators of SIX!
Other books in the series: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, Fantastically Great Women Who Made History, Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet, Fantastically Great Women Scientists and their Stories, Fantastically Great Women Artists and their Stories, Fantastically Great Women Sports Stars and their Stories
This is Book 2 in the FGW Anniversary Editions Series. See all FGW Anniversary Editions books here.
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Kate Pankhurst illustrates and writes from her studio in Leeds with her spotty dog, Olive. She loves a good story, the funnier the better and gets her best ideas by doodling in hers sketchbook; because even quick wonky drawings can spark ideas for amazing plots. As a child Kate spent most of her time drawing silly characters and thinking up funny things for
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