Katherine Johnson
Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel)2025
Book
Learn about the incredible story of Katherine Johnson! The trailblazer whose calculations changed the future of space exploration. Little Katherine loved learning and her favourite subject was maths. In class, she worked so hard that she was able to move up to high school four years early! Due to the racist laws of the time, Katherine's family had to move town for her to go to a school where Black students were admitted. After high school and college, she was accepted to one of West Virginia's top universities and was the first Black woman to attend. In 1953, she joined the US space agency, which later became NASA. Alongside other talented African American women, Katherine's mathematical skills were essential to the early successes of the space programme. She was part of the team that planned the Apollo 11 mission which landed the first people on the moon!
Main title:
Katherine Johnson / written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Jemma Skidmore.
Author:
Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), authorSkidmore, Jemma, artist
Work:
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2025.
Collation:
29 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781836001768 (hbk)
Dewey class:
510.92920J920JB/JOH
Language:
EnglishSpanish
Subject:
Johnson, Katherine G. -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureAfrican American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureMathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
BRN:
3910954