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A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon  Cover Image Book Book

A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon / written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.

Slade, Suzanne, (author.). Miller Jamison, Veronica, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316435178
  • ISBN: 0316435171
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Age 4-8.
760L Lexile.
Subject: Johnson, Katherine G. > Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Juvenile literature.
African American women mathematicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 4 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Grant County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Grant County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Grant County Library JE SLADE (Text) 37845000614169 Juvenile Easy Checked out 05/29/2025

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