Dr. Mae Jemison : brave Rocketeer
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/BIOGRAPHY/629.45/JEMISON,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, [2021]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062978080, 006297808X, 9780062889706, 0062889702
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Interest age group found on book jacket
When I grow up -- Finding courage -- Letting the wind blow -- Doctor time -- Getting in -- Facing her fears -- Lift-off! -- Busy in space -- Next chapters
Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! This biography includes special sections with additional contextual details like secrets of NASA and things women couldn't do in the 1960s and 1970s
Ages 8-12