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Kulling, Monica

Spic-and-Span!: Lillian Gilbreth's Wonder Kitchen

32 pp. | Tundra | August, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-77049-380-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-77049-381-0

(3) K-3 Great Idea series. Illustrated by David Parkins. Lillian Gilbreth's background as a psychologist, efficiency expert, industrial engineer, and widowed mother of eleven enabled her to--among many other accomplishments--design improvements for kitchens in the early twentieth century. The straightforward narrative and droll pen-and-ink with watercolor illustrations pay tribute to the spirit of a remarkable modern inventor, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter