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Grace Hopper queen of computer code

This is a children's book biography of Grace Hopper, who played a prominent role in the early days of computers.--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wallmark, Laurie (Author)
Other Authors:	Wu, Katy (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Hopper, Grace Murray > Juvenile nonfiction. Women admirals > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Admirals > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Women computer engineers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Computer engineers > United States > Biography > Juvenile. Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:	This is a children's book biography of Grace Hopper, who played a prominent role in the early days of computers.--
Physical Description:	46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience:	Age 8.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781454920007 1454920009
Author Notes:	Laurie Wallmark is passionate about getting the word out to young people about successful women in science. She has degrees in Biochemistry from Princeton University, Information Systems from Goddard College, and Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut book was a picture book biography of Ada Byron Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books) received four starred reviews ( Kirkus , Publishers Weekly , Booklist , and School Library Journal ), praise in The New York Times , and numerous awards. Laurie lives in NJ. Follow her on Facebook: @lauriewallmark. With a BFA in Illustration and Entertainment Arts from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 2007, Katy Wu has worked for Google, Laika, Pixar, CinderBiter, and Simon & Schuster. Grace Hopper is her first picture book; her second, Dumpling Dreams , written by Carrie Clickard (Simon and Schuster), is scheduled for fall 2017. Having worked on such projects as the feature film Coraline , and various shorts ( La Luna , Car Toons ) as well as CG, 2D, stop motion, online games, and content for social media platforms, Katy is an incredible talent. She lives and freelances in New York City. Follow her online at katycwwu.tumblr.com.