About this item
The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn't have the same rights as others--as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses--as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon!Award-winning author Suzanne Slade and debut artist Veronica Miller Jamison tell the story of a NASA "computer" in this smartly written, charmingly illustrated biography.
About the Author
Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children. A Mechanical Engineer by degree, Ms. Slade lives near Chicago with her husband and two children. Visit her at www.suzanneslade.com.
Her newest books:
OUT OF SCHOOL AND INTO NATURE: THE ANNA COMSTOCK STORY
*Kirkus Starred Review
THE MUSIC IN GEORGE'S HEAD: GEORGE GERSHWIN CREATES RHAPSODY IN BLUE
*Four Starred Reviews (Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers' Weekly, School Library Journal)
*Parents' Choice Gold Award
*Booklist's Top 10 Arts Books for Youth List
*Junior Library Guild Selection
*California Reading Assoc. Eureka! Gold Award
*2017 CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
*2017 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (PreK-3rd)
*2017 Bank Street College of Educ. Best Books of the Year (Ages 5-9)
*2017 Golden Kite Winner for Picture Book Illustration
THE INVENTOR'S SECRET
*2017 NSTA Best STEM Book List
*2016 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book
*CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
FRIENDS FOR FREEDOM
*Amelia Bloomer Recommended Titles List
*CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People
*Starred Review - Publishers Weekly
THE SODA BOTTLE SCHOOL
*2015 Reading is Fundamental Multicultural Booklist
*2015 Green Prize
THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT
*a Junior Library Guild Selection
*a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
*2016 ILLINOIS READS selection
CLIMBING LINCOLN'S STEPS
*Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
*Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People
*Available in most Scholastic School Book Fairs
MULTIPLY ON THE FLY
*California Reading Assoc. Eureka! Silver Honor Book
*Illinois READS selection
WHAT'S NEW AT THE ZOO?
*Teachers' Choice Children's Book Award
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
*Amelia Bloomer Recommended Titles List
