Description: What style building do you live in? Is it a skyscraper, a Victorian home, or a modern building? In Architecture: Cool Women Who Design Structures, readers ages 9 to 12 examine the stories of women who are today designing the houses, schools, museums, and public spaces where we spend our time.
Brief description: Elizabeth Schmermund is a writer, editor, scholar, and teacher. She has written over fifteen books for students and young readers, including New Frontiers in Astronomy, The Persian Gulf War and the War in Iraq, Women Warriors, and Women in Technology, and especially enjoys writing about women in science. She lives in the New York metro area with her family.
Review Quotes: Architecture: Cool Women Who Design Structures by Elizabeth Schmermund is another great addition to Nomad's Girls in Science series. Interesting to read, its text, sidebars, and ask/answer sections stimulate and challenge readers to think "beyond the box." Definitely recommended!