Look Up! Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
Henrietta Leavitt was fascinated by the stars as a child and studied them when she went to college. She got a job at an observatory, but, as a woman, was rarely allowed to use the telescope. She worked in a room with other women recording, measuring, and calculating the results of what the men had observed. She was not expected to think. But she did. Henrietta began recording patterns she noticed in the blinking of stars, and eventually realized what they meant: She’d figured out the way to determine the true brightness of a star, which was essential to measuring its distance from earth. “Yes, I am an astronomer!” An artful picture book account of this late-nineteenth-century pioneer captures a sense of wonder and also Henrietta’s curiosity and intelligence. End matter provides more information about Henrietta and her discovery, as well as source information. © Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Raul Colon
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Formats:
Biography, Autobiography and Memoir
Picture book
Subjects:
19th Century
Biography
Curiosity
Girls and Women
History (Nonfiction)
Science and Scientists
Space/Astronomy
Publishers:
Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 2013
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781416958192
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Leavitt