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Girls Are Best
Sandi Toksvig
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Description for Girls Are Best
Paperback. For as long as history has been recorded, girls haven't had much of a look in amongst all the great men we remember. But that doesn't mean they weren't there. And it doesn't mean that they didn't achieve great things, come up with wonderful inventions or win battles! This book shows that History is actually Her-story. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YNH; YNU. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
It has never been more important to remember the girls and women who were written out of history. Just because we don't know about them and aren't taught about them in schools, it doesn't mean they weren't there. They achieved great things, concocted wonderful inventions and won battles. In this book, Sandi Toksvig tells us about the sheroes that have been ignored or overlooked, despite the fact that they changed our world.
Perfect for fans of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls and Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, this is the book to show young people that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Red Fox
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862304291
SKU
V9781862304291
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Sandi Toksvig
Following a first-class degree from Cambridge, Sandi Toksvig went into the theatre, where she both wrote and performed before becoming one of the founder members of the Comedy Store Players. She is well known for her television and radio work, as a presenter, writer and actor. She has written many books for children.
Reviews for Girls Are Best
The book to buy for daughters . . . It would make a fine stocking filler with its lively, entertaining, illustrated snippets about the great women in history and the restrictions that they overcame, and will arm readers for arguments about gender equality
Nicolette Jones
The Sunday Times
A little ego-boost for the girls . . . ... Read more
Nicolette Jones
The Sunday Times
A little ego-boost for the girls . . . ... Read more