Counting on Katherine How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon

Meet Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius who helped make the historic Apollo 11 moon landings possible and made sure that Apollo 13 returned home safely when the mission was in critical danger. Counting on Katherine is a beautiful biography, sure to inspire young readers. Winner of the information book category of the UKLA Book Awards 2020. As a child, Katherine loved to count. She counted the steps on the road, the number of dishes and spoons she washed in the kitchen sink, everything! Boundless, curious, and excited by calculations, young Katherine longed to know as much as she could about maths, about the universe . . . Helaine Becker interviewed Katherine and her family for this authorized biography. From Katherine''s early beginnings as a gifted student to her heroic accomplishments as a prominent mathematician at NASA, this is the true story of a groundbreaking African-American woman who went above and beyond what was expected of her in the 1960s, saving lives and making enormous contributions to history. Featuring Dow Phumiruk''s gorgeous full-colour illustrations throughout.

Info autore

Helaine Becker has written over seventy books. She attended high school in New York before graduating from Duke University. She is married with two sons and is an active swimmer, runner and cyclist, as well as being a compulsive read-aholic. She has an orange belt in karate and is contemplating going for her grapefruit belt.

Her award-winning non-fiction includes Counting on Katherine, Worms for Breakfast and Zoobots, and she has written many picture books and young adult novels. She also writes for children’s magazines and for children's television.
Dow Phumiruk is a retired pediatrician and has found her passion in children's book art. Her favourite subjects are children (especially girls) and animals. She lives in Lone Tree, Colorado with her husband of over 2.5 decades, three artistic daughters, one dwarf rabbit, one hamster, one tiny frog, and a really cool bearded dragon named Sparkles. Dow also enjoys fast and furious sewing projects and limited hiking and biking. She is the illustrator of Helaine Becker's Counting on Katherine.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Helaine Becker, Becker Helaine
• Con la collaborazione di: Dow Phumiruk (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Macmillan Children's Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2020
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Scienze naturali, tecnica
• EAN: 9781529005615
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-0561-5
• Numero di pagine: 40
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 5 a 9 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 19.3 x 24.2 x 0.7 cm
• Categorie: NASA, Apollo 13, Space, biography, Space Race, maths, astronomy, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Historical, female, Hidden Figures, Mathematics, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, Moon Landing, spaceship, People & places (Children's / Teenage), c 1960 to c 1970, Man on the Moon, c 1960 to c 1969, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, International Women’s Day, African-American, Black Woman, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Katherine Johnson; hidden figures; NASA; space race; apollo 13; moon landing; maths; mathematics; biography; female; historical; black woman; african-american; space; spaceship; astronomy; walking on the moon; man on the moon; moon landing anniversar, international womens day, walking on the moon, moon landing anniversary