She Caught the Light
She Caught the Light From Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes a nonfiction picture book about the stars Lasky tells the inspiring true story of astronomer Williamina Fleming, who helped…
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She Caught the Light
From Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes a nonfiction picture book about the stars Lasky tells the inspiring true story of astronomer Williamina Fleming, who helped lay the foundations for modern astronomy and overcame impossible odds as an immigrant and a woman. Mina became an astronomer in a time when women were discouraged from even looking through telescopes. For stargazers and trailblazers everywhereEver since Williamina Fleming was little she was curious, and her childhood fascination with light inspired her life's work.
Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky shares her incredible true story.Use this book to Yet Mina believed that the universe, with its billions of stars, was a riddle--and she wanted to help solve it.Mina ultimately helped to create a map of the universe that paved the way for astronomers.