One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Lifelong Mission

by Joylette Hylick, Katherine Johnson, Katherine Moore, et al.

Book Overview

A 2021 Publishers Weekly Black History Month pick!

This inspirational picture book reveals what is was like for a young black mother of three to navigate the difficult world of the 1950s and 60s and to succeed in an unwelcoming industry to become one of the now legendary "hidden figures" of NASA computing and space research.

Johnson's own empowering narrative is complemented by the recollections of her two daughters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426371934
• ISBN13: 9781426371936
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3