Counting the Stars
Counting the Stars
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Counting the Stars

Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome & illustrated by Raúl Colón
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4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
56
Words per page
~910L
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Oct 8, 2019
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Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or astronauts walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used their knowledge, pencils, adding machines, and writing paper to calculate the orbital mechanics needed to launch spacecraft. Katherine Johnson was one of these mathematicians who used trajectories and complex equations to chart the space program. Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws were in place in the early 1950s, Katherine worked analyzing data at the NACA (later NASA) Langley laboratory. In 1962, as NASA prepared for the orbital mission of John Glenn, Katherine Johnson was called upon and John Glenn said “get the girl” (Katherine Johnson) to run the numbers by hand to chart the complexity of the orbital flight. He knew that his flight couldn’t work without her unique skills. President Barack Obama awarded Katherine Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and her incredible life inspired the Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Get to know this incredible and inspirational woman with this beautifully illustrated picture book from an award-winning duo.

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20th centuryAmericagirls and womentechnologyscience and technologyaeronautics, astronautics and space sciencemathBlack historyKatherine Johnson

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781534404755
    Publication Date
    October 8, 2019
    Publisher
    Simon and Schuster-Paula Wiseman Books
    Page Count
    32
    Words Per Page
    56
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~910L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~V
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.9
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    507139
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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