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Ada's Ideas
Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer | Fiona Robinson
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Ada Lovelace (18151852) was the daughter of Lord Byron, a poet, and Anna Isabella Milbanke, a mathematician. Her parents separated when she was young, and her mother insisted on a logic-focused education, rejecting Byrons mad love of poetry. But Ada remained fascinated with her father and considered mathematics poetical science. Via her friendship with inventor Charles Babbage, she became involved in programming his Analytical Engine, a precursor to the computer, thus becoming the worlds first computer programmer. This picture book biography of Ada Lovelace is a compelling portrait of a woman who saw the potential for numbers to make art.
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lowellette
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Gorgeous illustrations!!! This is a visual wonderland! Tells the story of Lord Byron's daughter, now recognized as the first computer programmer. I also listened to this on audiobook and it holds up. 👍🏼👍🏼

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The illustrations in this #picturebook biography of 19th c mathematician Ada Lovelace are fascinating. Watercolour paintings are cut out, assembled and glued to make a 3-D effect. The artist's note says she used more than 500 X-acto blades.
Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, had an unusual upbringing, to say the least. Even the bare bones of her story—you can't fit a whole lot into 32 pages—are remarkable.
All ages.

Hobbinol Wow! I know nothing about her. How fascinating! 7y
Lindy @Hobbinol Children's picture book biographies are a wonderful way to learn the basic facts about famous people. You get an attractive presentation of art with carefully chosen text. 7y
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It's rare to see positive representation of a child with an ereader or tablet in #picturebooks, so I was surprised by this image. Especially since the book is a biography of someone who was born in 1815. Ada Lovelace is said to have been the first computer programmer, so it does make sense to show the relevance and inspiration she can be for today's girls. (That's a tiny image of the book's cover on the screen that she's holding.)

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A librarian friend of mine started a STEM club for girls at her school and asked me to be her first speaker! I talked about how I got into technology, what I do and explained the basic idea of bits and bytes. They did a cute activity to go along with my mini lesson. So fun! And of course I had to bring a book to donate to the library. 😄 I love the paper cut outs and it's a great intro to the first woman programmer. #girlswhocode #raisingreaders

mklong I love everything about this post! 7y
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CandycaneBelle
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Oh sweet Ada Lovelace. This biography geared towards children is beautiful and informative! #girlpower. 5/5⭐️

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onesmartcupcake
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Excellent Byron shade here.

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Anabnieto
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I just bough this book for my son. I want him to grow up knowing about strong, intelligent women that very few people know about in spite of their brilliance against all odds. The fact that there are so few women in tech is an absurdity that has to be changed and educating kids about it is a good starting point. The book is great and the illustrations wonderful