She Caught the Light Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer

From Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes a nonfiction picture book about the stars! Lasky tells the inspiring true story of astronomer Williamina Fleming, who helped lay the foundations for modern astronomy and overcame impossible odds as an immigrant and a woman. For stargazers and trailblazers everywhere! Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it. Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe that paved the way for astronomers. Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky shares her incredible true story. Use this book to encourage conversation at home and the classroom about women and STEM. This is a captivating picture book that centers around women and empowerment, perfect for Women's History Month and to be shared alongside such powerful titles as Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton. Kathryn Lasky's nonfiction book Sugaring Time was a Newbery Honor Book, and the books she authored in the Dear America and Royal Diaries series have sold over 3 million copies. Julianna Swaney is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Lasky
• Assisted by: Julianna Swaney (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.01.2021
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment
• EAN: 9780062849304
• ISBN: 978-0-06-284930-4
• Pages: 40
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Dimensions (packing): 22.9 x 27.9 x 0.6 cm
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