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Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction

j510.9252 L4813h

Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction

j510.9252 L4813h

East - Kids Non-Fiction

j510.9252 L4813h

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2016]	Young readers' edition.	Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers	231 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.	English	On Shelf Bordeaux - Kids Non-Fiction j510.9252 L4813h Donelson - Kids Non-Fiction j510.9252 L4813h East - Kids Non-Fiction j510.9252 L4813h Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

eAudiobook
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Online OverDrive Collection has 4

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2016	OverDrive	HarperCollins	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 4	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

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2016	OverDrive	HarperCollins	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

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Description

A Decade of Award Winners
Books Brothers
Celebrating Blackness in Children's Books
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Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.

2) Hidden figures

Author

Shetterly, Margot Lee

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Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

6 copies, 12 people are on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2018]	First edition.	Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm	English	Checked Out 6 copies, 12 people are on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2018	OverDrive	HarperCollins	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

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2018	HarperCollins	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview From the book

Description

Nashville Reads Hidden Figures | Elementary School Age Picks
Women's History for Middle Grades

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918-), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942-).

3) Who was Sally Ride?

Author

Stine, Megan

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Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
©2013	Grosset & Dunlap	103, [2] pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.	English	In Transit 5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2013	OverDrive	Penguin Young Readers Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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2013	Penguin Young Readers Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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4) A computer called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

In 1978, Sally Ride, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the U.S. astronaut program. She was accepted and, in 1983, became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space. Illustrations.

Author

Slade, Suzanne

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Blast Off With A Good Book at Madison!
Gnash and Smash Reads
New Picture Books for African American History Month

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, Talking Book

Donelson - Kids Biography

jB J677s

Edgehill - Kids Biography

jB J677s

Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography

jB J677s

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2019.	First edition.	Little, Brown and Company	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm	English	On Shelf Donelson - Kids Biography jB J677s Edgehill - Kids Biography jB J677s Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography jB J677s Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

eAudiobook
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Talking Book
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Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Hachette Audio	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook

Talking Book jB J677s

East - Kids Audiobook

Talking Book jB J677s

Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook

Talking Book jB J677s

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2020]	Findaway World, LLC	1 Wonderbook (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm	English	On Shelf Bordeaux - Kids Audiobook Talking Book jB J677s East - Kids Audiobook Talking Book jB J677s Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook Talking Book jB J677s Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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5) American moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.

Author

Brinkley, Douglas

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Book
Show Editions

Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction

629.40973 B8585a

Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.40973 B8585a

Donelson - Adult Non-Fiction

629.40973 B8585a

Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Availability
	HarperCollins Publishers	xxv, 548 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.	On Shelf Bellevue - Adult Non-Fiction 629.40973 B8585a Donelson - Adult Non-Fiction 629.40973 B8585a East - Adult Non-Fiction 629.40973 B8585a Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold
Young readers' edition.	Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers	260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm	On Shelf Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction j629.40973 B8585a Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction j629 .40973 B8585a Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction j629.40973 B8585a Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

eAudiobook
Show Edition

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Pub. Date	Source	Edition	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Unabridged	HarperAudio	English	Checked Out 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive Preview Part 1 Preview From the book

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Harper	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

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2019	Harper	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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6) Astronauts: women on the final frontier

As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon. On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the...

Author

Ottaviani, Jim

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.45 O893a

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2020.	First edition.	First Second	157 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm	English	On Shelf Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction j629.45 O893a Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2020	OverDrive	First Second	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Publisher	Language	Availability
2020	First Second	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

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7) The Wright brothers and the airplane

"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty...

Author

Niz, Xavier

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Edmondson Pike - Kids Comic/Graphic

j741.5973 N737w

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2007	Capstone	32 p. ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Comic/Graphic j741.5973 N737w	More Info Place Hold

Source	Language	Availability
Hoopla	English	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

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"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Wilbur and Orville Wright developed, tested, and successfully flew the first powered airplane"--Provided by publisher.

8) Who were the Wright Brothers?

Author

Buckley, James

Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction

j629 .1300922 B9246w

Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.1300922 B9246w

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2014.	Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA)	106 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.	English	On Shelf Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j629 .1300922 B9246w Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j629.1300922 B9246w Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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9) The Wright brothers: how they invented the airplane

Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

Author

Freedman, Russell

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MNPS Summer Reading - High School

Formats

Book, CD audio book

CD audio book
Show Edition

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1991	Holiday House	129 p. ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Goodlettsville - Kids Audiobook

jCD AUDIO 629.130922 F8537w

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2010	Brilliance Audo	2 sound discs (2 hr., 3 min.) : digital ; 4 3/ 4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)	English	On Shelf Goodlettsville - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO 629.130922 F8537w	More Info Place Hold

Description

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

10) NASA

Author

Zobel, Derek

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.40973 Z83n

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2010	Bellwether Media	24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Non-Fiction j629.40973 Z83n	More Info Place Hold

Source	Language	Availability
Hoopla	English	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

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11) Reaching for the Moon: the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson

"Introductory text and full-color images explore the role of NASA in space. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Author

Johnson, Katherine G

Formats

Book, Playaway

Bellevue - Kids Biography

jB J677r

Bordeaux - Kids Biography

jB J677r

Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography

jB J677r

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	First edition.	Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division	248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm	English	On Shelf Bellevue - Kids Biography jB J677r Bordeaux - Kids Biography jB J677r Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography jB J677r Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Playaway
Show Edition

Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook

Playaway jB J677r

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	Unabridged.	Findaway World, LLC	1 audio media player (approximately 5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Audiobook Playaway jB J677r Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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12) First flight: the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers

"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11." --

Author

Shea, George

Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.13 S53f

Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.13 S53f

Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.13 S53f

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c1997	HarperCollins Publishers	46 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.	English	On Shelf Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction j629.13 S53f Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction j629.13 S53f Southeast - Kids Non-Fiction j629.13 S53f Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

13) What is NASA?

Author

Formats

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House	107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	OverDrive	Penguin Young Readers Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

Online OverDrive Collection

Pub. Date	Publisher	Language	Availability
2019	Penguin Young Readers Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive Preview From the book

Description

"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in...

14) To fly: the story of the Wright brothers

Author

Old, Wendie C

Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.1300922 O445t

Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.1300922 O445t

Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction has 3

j629.1300922 O445t

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
c2002	Clarion Books	48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.	English	On Shelf Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction j629.1300922 O445t Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j629.1300922 O445t Main Library - Kids Non-Fiction has 3 j629.1300922 O445t Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

Inspiring Portraits in Women's History (for kids!)
Nashville Reads 2019 | Hidden Figures
Nashville Reads Hidden Figures | Elementary School Age Picks
New Picture Books for African American History Month

Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.

15) Counting on Katherine

Author

Becker, Helaine

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Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography has 2

jB J677b

Madison - Kids Biography

jB J677b

North - Kids Biography

jB J677b

16) The Wright brothers: inventors whose ideas really took flight

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2018.	First edition.	Henry Holt and Company	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography has 2 jB J677b Madison - Kids Biography jB J677b North - Kids Biography jB J677b Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Author

Venezia, Mike

Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 V4581w

Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 V4581w

Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 V4581w

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2010	Children's Press	32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.	English	On Shelf Bellevue - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 V4581w Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 V4581w Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 V4581w Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

An introduction to the lives and careers of brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, who built and flew the first successful powered airplane.

17) Counting the stars

Author

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography

jB J677c

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	First edition.	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography jB J677c Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

"The story of Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician whose work was critical to the first US space flight"--

18) Birthday on Mars!

Author

Formats

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2019]	Penguin Workshop	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 x 21 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Source	Language	Availability
Hoopla	English	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

Description

"Mars is one of our closest neighbors, and a NASA robot named Curiosity is in charge of exploring the surface. Take a journey across a new planet along with Curiosity." -- back cover.

19) Katherine Johnson

Author

Feldman, Thea

Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography

jB J677f

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2017.	Simon Spotlight edition.	Simon Spotlight	47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.	English	On Shelf Edmondson Pike - Kids Biography jB J677f Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

Meet Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician who worked at NASA in the early 1950s until retiring in 1986. Katherine's unparalleled calculations (done by hand) helped plan the trajectories for NASA's Mercury and Apollo missions (including the Apollo 11 moon landing). She is said to be one of the greatest American minds of all time.

20) The Wright brothers: a flying start

Author

MacLeod, Elizabeth

Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 M1652w

Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 M1652w

Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction

j629.130092 M1652w

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2002	Kids Can Press	32 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.	English	On Shelf Goodlettsville - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 M1652w Green Hills - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 M1652w Hermitage - Kids Non-Fiction j629.130092 M1652w Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description