Hidden Figures (picture book)

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race is a 2018 picture book by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling, illustrated by Laura Freeman. The picture book is adapted from Shetterly's 2016 non-fiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race.

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
First edition cover of Hidden Figures
AuthorMargot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling
Illustrator Laura Freeman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genrepicture book
Published2018 (HarperCollins Children's Books)
AwardsCoretta Scott King Award honor book for illustrator
ISBN978-0-06-274246-9

Summary

Hidden Figures tells the story of four African-American women mathematicians and the work they did at NASA from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews called the Hidden Figures "an important story to tell about four heroines."[1] Writing for School Library Journal, Megan Kilgallen said "Freeman’s full-color illustrations are stunning and chock-full of details, incorporating diagrams, mathematical formulas, and space motifs throughout . . . enhancing the whole book."[2]

Hidden Figures was named a Coretta Scott King Award honor book for illustration.[3]

See also

References
  1. "HIDDEN FIGURES: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race". Kirkus Reviews. 86 (6): 1. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2018-02-05 – via EBSCO.
  2. Kilgallen, Megan (March 2018). "Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race". School Library Journal. 64 (3): 140. Retrieved 2018-02-05 – via EBSCO.
  3. "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
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