Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer (She Made History)

by Laura Gehl (Author) Alex Oxton (Illustrator)

Always Looking Up: Nancy Grace Roman, Astronomer (She Made History)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

This empowering picture book biography tells the story of Nancy Grace Roman, the astronomer who overcame obstacles like weak eyesight and teachers who discouraged women from pursuing astronomy to lead the NASA team that built the Hubble Space Telescope.

A testament to women in scientific careers and a record of an important NASA milestone.

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Laura Gehl
Laura Gehl is the author of several picture books, including Delivery Bear, and a former science and reading teacher. Louise Pigott creates vibrant, detailed, and atmospheric illustrations for children's books and greeting cards that have appeared around the world. Alex Oxton grew up in the East Midlands of England and studied illustration at university. An avid competitive player of real-time strategy games like Starcraft and Age of Empires, she initially set her sights on becoming a video game concept artist, but fell in love with children's book illustration during her studies.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780807502969
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
October 20, 2019
Series
She Made History
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF051010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
JNF051040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
United States
Astronomers
Officials and employees
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Women astronomers
Roman, Nancy Grace

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