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I think this is a great informative story about figures who are often forgotten or not recognized in the overall teaching of history.

“ Christine wanted to become an engineer and thanks to Dorothy, Mary and Catherine she knew it was possible.”

Since this is a bigger, book it would be best for third fourth or fifth graders who are independent readers. this book could also work well as a long-term read aloud.

I think this book is a great storyline in the pictures were also really cool. The storyline is very inspiring would be great for all readers.

Hidden Figures Young Readers‘ Edition audiobook was a great listen to and from work. NASA has a web page highlighting the book and calls it “Modern Figures”

An interesting subject, but this was really disjointed. Maybe because it‘s the YRE, I don‘t know. The figures don‘t get equal coverage (I don‘t even know why Christine Darden was included, her bit was so small and generic), and it jumped around from one to another so much that I often had to flip back a few pages to see if it was Mary or Katherine we were discussing. Just over a meh for me.

I haven‘t read the adult version of this book yet. I haven‘t seen the movie. But this picture book version is a damn treasure. Written simply but not simplistically, it addresses both the struggles and accomplishments of these amazing women. The repetition of the phrase “really good at math” is extremely effective. I love this one.

This review is for the picture book version, which isn‘t in the Litsy database.

#ReadingResolutions Day 26: A wonderful example of #📖🎬. As Fats noted in her review of the picture book version: “The picturebook edition of Hidden Figures focused on the struggles that Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine faced when they worked at NASA. Writers Shetterly and Conkling shared each of their story, highlighting the challenges that they faced and how they had overcome them.” Full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-icS

I'm impressed that the local coffee shop gave me a plate that matches the book cover almost exactly!

Saw this during my #bookstorewander this afternoon -- what a good idea to adapt the story for a younger audience!!

An important story and it needed a better telling of it. This was about 4 African American women who work for the government as computers (mathematicians) during WWII and after. They eventually begin to work for NASA during the space race.
Author doesn't give us the danger these women had to face or the awe of that these women would have inspired. Yes, she tells, but she never really shows us.
Might have been better to focus on just one of them.

Our Women's History Month display on our librarian recommend shelf. It was very sweet; when one of our 8 year old patrons' saw I was picking books to put on the shelf, he immediately started sharing books of women he admired and books he had read- he wanted to be of help with choosing ! I love it when our kids share books they enjoy! 📚👏🏻 #TheChildrensLibrarianStories

#RiotGrams #BlackHistory It's time I read about these awesome ladies, having to do the Young Readers' edition because I'm still only number 33 on OverDrive...I've made some progress, I started at number 56!

I inadvertently borrowed the Young Readers' version but I highly recommend it no matter what your age. At just over 4 hours long it provided just enough of the story and details to stay interesting.

I read the young readers edition because I *loved the movie but I knew I wasn't going to get through the the adult one right now. It was perfect!

Great material for teen readers!

I've been waiting ages for this audiobook hold and it finally was available today. Now I realize it is the young readers edition. I found this especially humorous since I'm an engineer and should have caught this important detail!

Just finished listening to the young readers edition of this great book, narrated by Bahni Turpin. It is excellent. 👍

Saw the movie with my oldest last night and we both loved it! Her copy of the young reader's edition should be here today, and I need to move my copy of the book up on my TBR. I rarely rewatch movies, but I really want to see this one again.

Thanks to HarperCollins for these fantastic children's books celebrating Black History Month. I'm so excited to read them! #harpercollins #blackhistory

So, what do you think? Does this work for a book about technology for the #readharder challenge? I'm reading the young reader version because I teach children and like to have a broad range of titles and topics to suggest. Although I am very curious to compare the adult version. While this is a very interesting topic, the writing at this point (I'm about 1/3 through) seems distant and impersonal; I'm not making connections with the subjects.