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Audiobook

A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon

Call Number

  • J WONDER 921 JOHNSON (CEN)

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Performers

Read by Jeannette Illidge.

Publication Information

[Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, 2020]

Physical Description

1 audio-enabled book (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm

Audience

Grades K-3.

Summary

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.

Notes

Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book.

Powered by a rechargeable battery ; USB charger required for recharging.

Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story. Learning mode asks questions related to the story.

Print book published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Audiobook originally released by Hachette Audio.

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