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Author:

Wilkins, Ebony, author.

Title:

Katherine Johnson / by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm

Subject:

Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women physicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women physicists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Ager, Charlotte, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Counting on Katherine -- Asking questions -- Separate and unequal -- Breaking barriers -- A new journey -- Woman at work -- Pushing for change -- The space race -- Apollo 11 -- "One giant leap" -- An incredible career -- Awards and acclaim.

Summary:

"It was an incredible accomplishment when the United States first put a person on the moon--but without the incredible behind-the-scenes work of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, such a feat could not have been possible. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, follow Katherine's remarkable journey from growing up in West Virginia, to becoming a teacher, to breaking barriers at NASA and receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015."-- provided by publisher.

Series:

DK life stories

ISBN:

1465479120
9781465479129
1465479627
9781465479624

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1080519524

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)