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Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders

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Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, is back with a brand new wildly brilliant and accessible book about incredible women in the world of work.

What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a BIG question that everyone is asked from an early age. Discover eye-opening facts about a collection of go-getting women who have pioneered careers in a kaleidoscope of different industries. Join scientists, doctors, athletes, hot-air balloonists and more, journey back in time with these brave, bold and brilliant women and discover that anything is possible when you make the most of YOUR talents.

Prepare yourself for a celebration of women who opened doors and made it possible for more women to achieve amazing things today. Overflowing with beautiful illustrations and astounding facts, Fantastically Great Women Who Worked Wonders is the perfect introduction to just a few of the most incredible women who helped shaped the world we live in.

List of women featured: Junko Tabei, Sophie Blanchard, Maria Merian, Elizabeth Magie, the London Matchgirls, Rosa May Billinghurst, Katherine Johnson, Annette Kellerman, Katia Krafft, Rosalind Franklin, James Barry, Madam C.J. Walker, Lotte Reiniger.

ISBN: 9781408899274
Pub Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 32

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Stephi Adult 20 book reviews

18th March '19

I read it to R aged 4 to 5

Absolutely fantastic book especially during International Women's week. The children really enjoyed listening to the stories of some amazing women from the past. The illustrations were absolutely fantastic and really brought the stories to life.

HappyMum Adult 236 book reviews

17th February '19

I read it to Alexandra aged 6 aged 6

Beautifully illustrated book in a contemporary style that appeals to adults, young adults and children alike. Fascinating stories of great women and their breakthrough, challenges and achievements!
It really is an inspirational book for young girls, featuring a huge variety of women who have excelled in different fields. My daughter's favourite one is Dr James Barry - she said it was so cheeky of her to pretend a boy.
It's a brilliant book - good introduction to some very famous and unfortunately not so well known women.

Addie Aged 8 125 books

21st February '19

Addie read it themselves aged 8 aged 8

Another great book in a fantastic series. This book, as in the ones before tells the stories of interesting and influential women in history. The illustrations are great and I love that each page has so many different facts about each woman. I have learnt about so many women I had never heard of before by reading these books. I just love this one and I especially liked the story of The Matchgirls.

Mandy2003 Adult 271 book reviews

10th March '19

I read it myself (an adult) & to Rubiroo aged 6 aged 6

Wow what an book we were very excited to receive this book.
We have read the book person at a time. Myself as an adult has learned so much I didn’t know and has very much enjoyed reading with my daughter.
The book layout is fun, bright with fantastic illustrations.
She loves the way the writing is in boxes and speak bubbles. She has taken on board each person and read most by herself with help. She has asked questions and highlighted information and bits she has liked or doesn’t quite understand. Today we have looked at dr James Barry and has conversations about why women couldn’t go to university, army or become a doctor.
From looking ahead in the book she is asking for the matchsticks girls.
A fantastic fabulous book that is thought provoking to us all and a great way to start conversations and opportunities for our very strong confident girls.

FLJS Adult 63 book reviews

18th February '19

I read it myself (an adult)

The third book in this fabulous series. The illustrations are beautiful, the stories are inspiring and even as an adult I feel like I learn a great deal about the difference women have made throughout history. It’s also shocking that some of their ideas and findings were stolen by men, who took all the credit. A must read for everyone - it’s inspiring for young girls but also highlights to boys that women have just as much to offer as their male counterparts. Love it and looking forward to sharing at school.

HParry Adult 19 book reviews

1st March '19

I read it to AParry aged 3 aged 3 & to ESParry aged 7 aged 7

As the mother of three daughters I think this book is absolutely brilliant!! Many of the women featured in it I had never heard of before so I was genuinely interested in finding out about them while I read to my daughters. My 7 year old daughter enjoyed reading all of speech bubbles while the quirky layouts and illustrations kept my 3 year old entertained throughout (although I know she'll appreciate the content much more when she's older). The use of a wide variety of fonts, images, styles, arrows and shaped segments of text meant that my 7 year old daughter didn't want to put this book down. Each page is layed out completely differently and uses bitesize chunks of text to keep the reader interested. The content is completely fascinating (as suggested by the title!), featuring scientists, adventurers, a film maker, a suffragette, entrepreneurs and many others. Very inspiring and educational. It even contains a very handy glossary. Having read this book my elder daughter will certainly be wanting to read Kate Pankhursts other books.

The Book Whisperer Adult 24 book reviews

26th March '19

I read it to PG School Students aged 4 to 11

Read this beautiful book as a bedtime story to my children. Daughter (8) and Son (9). We all loved the illustrations, and personally I was pleasantly surprised that the women featured were lesser known figures from history. We really enjoyed learning about these inspirational women and what they achieved, despite the odds stacked against them. Kids were enjoying it so much that when I tried to stop halfway through saying 'we'll read the rest tomorrow night' they both yelled 'NNNOOOOOOOO!!! Keep reading mum!' That says it all ::)
It will now be donated to our school's library for lots of other children to enjoy as well!

Panda Aged 10 42 books

28th April '19

Panda read it themselves aged 10 aged 10

A wonderful book which describes different women and the amazing things they’ve achieved. I really liked learning about The Matchgirls. The illustrations are very colourful and I think this book is a very good read.

Lottie12 Aged 6 16 books

19th February '19

Lottie12 read it themselves aged 6 aged 6

I found this book really interesting. The illustrations are amazing. My favourite one was Dr James Barry! She was a doctor. But because women couldn’t be doctors she dressed herself up to be a man and nobody new she was a women until she died in 1865! This book has made me want to read more books like this. Very interesting.

Lucy2 Adult 59 book reviews

25th February '19

I read it to CaptainT aged 8 aged 8 & to GiggleGirl aged 6 aged 6

Fascinating, educational and inspiring for both boys and girls! This factual book tells the stories of about 12 fascinating, and often forgotten, women.

I read this book to both my 6 year old daughter and 8 year old son and they both love it. I was delighted to see a whole host of women, most of whom I had never heard of, covered in this book. They are wonderful role models for young people, especially girls, and very inspiring.
We read about a few women per night over a few days and I'm pleased to say both children remember quite a bit about them (although they are struggling to retain most of the names but we will get there). We've only had it a week and I've already been asked to read it again and saw my 8 year old reading some of it on his own too which means he's definitely interested.

It's given us a lot of discussion points on how things have changed so much both for coloured people, disabled people and women in general. They were shocked by several of the facts - such as Dr James Barry having to pretend to be a man in order to have a career as a doctor and Katherine Johnson having more challenges just because she was black.

Layla123 Aged 10 24 books

27th February '19

Layla123 read it themselves aged 10 aged 10

great book

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About Kate Pankhurst

Holly Webb lives with her husband, sons and three cats. She started writing several years ago while working as a children's books editor. She has written over ninety books including the Animal Stories, My Naughty Little Puppy and Maisie Hitchins series for Stripes Publishing. In 2012 she wrote The Clever Little Kitten for World Book Day. Holly lives in Tileh...

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