She caught the light Williamina Stevens Fleming : astronomer
"Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a r...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2021]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lasky, Kathryn, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a She caught the light : |b Williamina Stevens Fleming : astronomer / |c written by Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Julianna Swaney. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, |c [2021] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2021 | |
| 300 | |a 34 unnumbered pages : |b color illustrations ; |c 29 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (page [33]). | ||
| 521 | |a Ages 4-8. | ||
| 520 | |a "Ever since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it. Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe that paved the way for astronomers. Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky shares her incredible true story." -- Amazon.com. | ||
| 520 | |a Presents the life of Scottish-born astronomer Williamina Stevens Fleming and how her work chipped away at sexist barriers of the late nineteenth century. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Fleming, Williamina P., |d 1857-1911 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women astronomers |v Biography |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women in astronomy |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astronomers |v Biography |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies |v Juvenile. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Creative nonfiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Picture books. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Swaney, Julianna, |e illustrator. | |
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