Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison was the first Black woman to go to space. She is an astronaut, doctor, engineer, writer, teacher, and dancer. Her adventurous spirit has taken her from healing people around the world, to dancing on stage, to orbiting the earth on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. In all her work, she inspire...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Sunbird Books,
[2024]
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| Series: | It's her story.
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| Summary: | Mae Jemison was the first Black woman to go to space. She is an astronaut, doctor, engineer, writer, teacher, and dancer. Her adventurous spirit has taken her from healing people around the world, to dancing on stage, to orbiting the earth on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. In all her work, she inspires others to follow their curiosity, believe in themselves, and reach for the stars. This is her story.--from back cover |
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| Physical Description: | 44 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781503769861 1503769860 |
| Author Notes: | Lesley Williams is a respected Murri (Aboriginal) Elder. She is best known for instigating the domestic and international Justice for Aboriginal Workers campaign. In 2003 she was awarded the Centenary Medal for her distinguished services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Lesley has co-produced and consulted on a number of documentary films including The Ration Shed and For Their Own Good, and co-wrote On The Banks of the Barambah: A History of Cherbourg. She won a Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance 2016 with the title Not Just Black and White: A Conversation Between a Mother and Daughter, which she co-wrote with Tammy Williams. (Bowker Author Biography) |
