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In the bag! Margaret Knight wraps it up

Recounts the life of Margaret Knight, eventual holder of twenty patents, who fought discrimination and proved that she was just as intelligent an inventor as a man.

Main Author:	Kulling, Monica.
Other Authors:	Parkins, David.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Tundra Books, c2011.
Series:	Great idea series
Subjects:	Knight, Margaret E., > 1838-1914 > Juvenile nonfiction Women inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile. Children as inventors > United States > Biography > Juvenile.

Summary:	Recounts the life of Margaret Knight, eventual holder of twenty patents, who fought discrimination and proved that she was just as intelligent an inventor as a man.
Physical Description:	[30] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Audience:	For ages 5-8.
ISBN:	9781770492394 1770492399
Author Notes:	Monica Kulling was born in Vancouver, BC and received a BA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. She has published over 30 books for children, including picture books, adaptations of classic novels, movie tie-ins, and biographies. Known for introducing biography to young children, Monica has written about, among others, Harriet Tubman, Houdini, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart. Monica's first book for Tundra, It's A Snap! George Eastman's First Photograph, was voted an OLA 2009 "Best Bets" selection. It is nominated for a 2011 Silver Birch Award. Monica Kulling lives in Toronto. Tundra's David Parkins is the award-winning illustrator of over fifty children's books. He began his career at Dyfed College of Art in Wales, studying wildlife illustration. He then went to Lincoln College of Art for three years, and has been a freelance illustrator since his graduation in 1979. He spent several years at the beginning of his career producing illustrations for educational publishers, and has earned most of his keep drawing for the British cartoon, The Beano . David Parkins lives near Lansdowne, Ontario.

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