| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 audio disc (40 min., 33 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (unpaged : color illustrations ; 29 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
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Biography marcgt |
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Age group: age Children lcdgt |
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Educational level group: edu School children lcdgt |
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Educational level group: edu Kindergartners lcdgt |
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Educational level group: edu First grade students lcdgt |
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National/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt |
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Author: National/regional group: nat Virginians lcdgt |
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Author: Ethnic/cultural group: eth African Americans lcdgt |
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Illustrator: National/regional group: nat Georgians (State of Georgia) lcdgt |
| Series |
Weston Woods read-along CD |
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Weston Woods read-along CD.
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| Note |
Accompanying book originally published: New York : Harper Collins, 2018. |
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Compact disc. |
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Title from disc surface. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Octavia Spencer and Margot Lee Shetterly. |
| Credits |
Music by Michael Bacon. |
| Audience |
Ages 4-8. |
| Contents |
track 1. Story with page-turn signals (14:20) -- track 2. Story without page-turn signals (14:06) -- track 3. Timeline (3:00) -- track 4. Meet the computers: Dorothy Vaughan (1:18) -- track 5. Meet the computers: Mary Jackson (1:42) -- track 6. Meet the computers: Katherine Johnson (1:37) -- track 7. Meet the computers: Christine Darden (1:23) -- track 8. Glossary (1:43) -- track 9. Author's note (1:24). |
| Summary |
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ). |
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Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were all good at math. Really good. And it was their understanding of numbers that helped them do what seemed impossible. They were women, and they were African-American, and they lived during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were hardworking and persistent and, most important, smart. And that's why NASA hired them to do the math that would one day send the United States into space for the very first time. New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring to life the inspiring story of the struggles of these four "hidden figures" and what they overcame to succeed. The math work they did would change not only their own lives, but the face of air and space travel forever. -- From dust jacket. |
| Audience |
980L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader LG 5.8 0.5. |
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Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.8 0.5 193339. |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book, 2019 |
| Subject |
Vaughan, Dorothy, 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
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Jackson, Mary, 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
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Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
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Darden, Christine M. -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
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Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Space race -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Women mathematicians.
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African American women.
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African American mathematicians.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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Children's audiobooks.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Conkling, Winifred, author.
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Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
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Spencer, Octavia, narrator.
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Adaptation of (expression): Shetterly, Margot Lee.
Hidden figures.
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Weston Woods Studios, publisher.
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| Added Title |
True story of four Black women and the space race |
| Other Editions: |
Adaptation of (expression): Shetterly, Margot Lee. Hidden Figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2016] 9780062363596 (OCoLC)950004289 |
| ISBN |
9780062742469 (hardcover) |
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0062742469 (hardcover) |
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9781338581058 |
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1338581058 |
| Music No. |
CD3065RA Weston Woods/Scholastic |
