Mighty Mommies and Their Amazing Jobs: A STEM Career Book for Kids

Summary of Book

Join 18 amazing moms in an empowering, informative, and fun lesson about women in STEM and service careers!

Mighty Mommies and Their Amazing Jobs is an engaging and easy-to-read rhyming picture book that teaches children about STEM careers (doctor, dentist, scientist, paleontologist) and service careers (firefighter, police officer, teacher). This book is packed with colorful illustrations and a simple discussion of what each job entails.

Paisley’s mommy is a programmer.
She works on a computer.
If you need help writing code,
She’d make an awesome tutor!

Mighty Mommies and Their Amazing Jobs celebrates an awesome and diverse group of women in science and technology, which works both to encourage young girls to pursue those careers and to promote gender positivity. Seeing women in these careers is critical to help girls picture themselves in these important roles. But this book isn’t only for girls. It’s equally as important to demonstrate to boys that girls can be (and are) on equal ground with them in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math!

Benefits:
Inspires girls (and boys!) to picture themselves in STEM and service careers
Helps kids understand what people do in different jobs
Promotes gender equality
Builds confidence in young readers ages 2-7 with simple vocabularies
Bonuses:
Free lesson plan resources
Printable coloring pages
Free eBook edition with the purchase of the paperback

Author Biography

Donald Jacobsen is a husband, father, registered nurse, and sometimes-writer living and working in Memphis, Tennessee.

Donald's clinical nursing experience comes from 10 years in the field, with a background in emergency nursing and EMS, case management, nursing informatics, and a variety of other settings.

Donald's experience otherwise comes from living an amazing life with his wondrous wife, two beautiful daughters, and their mopey rescue dog, Yoda.

Learn more at http://www.donaldjacobsen.com

Illustrator Biography

Graphic designer, artist & illustrator, Wood engraver, visiting lecturer in Paris. Ex RCA, member of SWE.