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Girls Garage: How to Use Any Tool, Tackle Any Project, and Build the World You Want to See

English

By (author): Emily Pilloton

Girls Garage is the only book you'll ever need for a lifetime of building and repair. Packed with over 175 illustrated tool guides, 11 how-to projects, 21 essential skills, and 15 inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, Girls Garage will inspire you to fill up your toolbox and get building!
 
With a background in architecture and construction, Emily Pilloton started the nonprofit Girls Garage to give girls the tools to build the world they want to see. Since 2013, girls ages 9-18 have come to Girls Garages workshop eager to use power tools and build real-world projects for their community. The Girls Garage book puts that same power into girls' hands around the world, inviting them to join a thriving, diverse, and fierce movement of fearless builder girls.

Not sure which screws to buy? Need to fix a running toilet? With Girls Garage, you'll have the expertise to tackle these problems with your own hands. Or maybe you want to get creative and build something totally new. A birdhouse? A bookshelf? Girls Garage has you covered. Girls Garage will be both a trusted household resource and a wellspring of inspiration and encouragement in the vein of Women in Science and Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World.

Nonfiction books for women and girls age 14 and up
Carpentry, home repair, building projects
Inspiring DIY for teens, kids, and adults


 

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Product Details
  • Weight: 1070g
  • Dimensions: 209 x 261mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Jul 2020
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781452166278

About Emily Pilloton

Emily Pilloton is the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Girls Garage. A designer builder and educator she has taught thousands of young girls how to use power tools weld and build projects for their communities. She has presented her work and ideas on the TED stage The Colbert Report and in the documentary film If You Build It. She is currently a lecturer in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California Berkeley and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

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