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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: October 9, 2018
Review
"Counting on Katherine" by Helaine Becker and illustrated by Dow Phumiruk is a must-buy for any children's biography collection. It is the perfect combination of a picture book with relatively simple sentences that still gets a lot of information to the reader. The repetitive phrase "count on me" is a great way to show how she used math to do important things (including sending Apollo 11 to the moon and getting the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth). The illustrations are lovely and detailed, but not overly busy. An excellent book for any library. ~Reviewed by Kate Radke
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Becker, Helaine
Illustrator: Phumiruk, Dow
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre: biography / autobiography
Audience: grades k-3
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9781250137524
Price: 19.99