Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and Raúl Colón
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2019
Word Count 1,782
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 507139, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- African American women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Johnson, Katherine G
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature
- African American women
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Women mathematicians
- African American women mathematicians
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2024
Honor, 2021
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2020
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