The girl who could fix anything : Beatrice Shilling, World War II engineer
Rockliff, Mara2023
Book
Total copies: 3
This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II is sure to inspire STEM readers and fans of amazing women in history. Beatrice Shilling wasn't quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, she put it back together better than before. When Beatrice left home to study engineering, she knew that as a girl she wouldn't be quite like the other engineers - and she wasn't. She was better. Still, it took hard work and perseverance to persuade the Royal Aircraft Establishment to give her a chance. But when World War II broke out and British fighter pilots took to the skies in a desperate struggle for survival against Hitler's bombers, it was clearly time for new ideas. Could Beatrice solve an engine puzzle and help Britain win the war?
Main title:
The girl who could fix anything : Beatrice Shilling, World War II engineer / Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Daniel Duncan.
Author:
Rockliff, Mara, authorDuncan, Daniel, artist
Imprint:
London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2023.
Collation:
40 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2022.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781529518153 (pbk)
Dewey class:
620.0092C920ROC
Language:
English
Subject:
Shilling, Beatrice, 1909-1990 -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureWomen engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureEngineers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 7+Science and TechnologyPicture storybooksChildren's / Teenage: general interestChildren's / Teenage general interest: People & placesChildren's / Teenage general interest: Science & technology: gen
BRN:
648483