Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing

10 best books like Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing (Dean Robbins): Before She Was Harriet, Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, Caroline's Comets: A True Story, Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion

Before She Was Harriet

Author	Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN	0823420477

A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse and illustrated by an award-winning artist.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad....

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

Author	Helaine Becker
ISBN	1250137527

The story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the book and film Hidden Figures.

You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo...

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Author	Margot Lee Shetterly
ISBN	0062742469

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.

They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for America's first journeys into space. And they did so during a time when being black and a...

The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague

Author	Julia Finley Mosca
ISBN	1943147426

Meet Raye Montague--the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy!

After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping...

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

Author

Brian Floca

Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great machines in all their detail and monumentality, the...

Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain

Author	Cheryl Bardoe
ISBN	0316394289

The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.

When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

Author	Patricia Valdez
ISBN	0399557261

For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female scientist--who loved reptiles!

Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups...

Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

Author

Laurie Wallmark

“If you’ve got a good idea, and you know it’s going to work, go ahead and do it.” The picture book biography of Grace Hopper—the boundary-breaking woman who revolutionized computer science.

Who was Grace Hopper? A software tester, workplace jester, cherished mentor, ace inventor,...

Caroline's Comets: A True Story

Author	Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN	0823436640

Caroline Herschel (1750 1848) was not only one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived but also the first woman to be paid for her scientific work. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, she was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus and used by her parents as a scullery...

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion

Author

Chris Barton

This book is stunning. The gorgeous cover caught my attention while I was cataloging it, and I had to pause to read through. I can't decide which element of it is the best (that's a lie, it's obviously the spectacular illustrations)—but the subject itself is fascinating, and even the author's and illustrator's...

How to Be an Elephant

Author	Katherine Roy
ISBN	1626721785

The savanna is not an easy place to live, even for African elephants, the largest land animals on earth. If it's a challenge for these 7,000-pound giants, what's it like for their newborn babies?

An infant elephant has precious little time to learn the incredible array of skills that are necessary...

You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood

Author	Aimee Reid
ISBN	1419736175

A heartwarming picture book that celebrates the work of Mister Rogers and carries on his legacy of kindness
 
Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Though...