My heroes growing up were boys. In the books I read, boys got dirty, flew to the moon, sailed pirate ships and generally had a lot more fun.

So I was happy to see these books for children advertised at the Cell Biology meeting. It's a series about women scientists doing cool stuff: designing robots, camping with gorillas, and busting apart moon rocks.

The series,"Women's Adventures in Science" is a project of The National Academy of Sciences. I haven't read any of these books, but I'm intrigued. I hope some little girls are too.