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Shooting for the Stars - Female Astronomers 🚀

Explore these engaging picture books about women and the impact they made on astronomy.

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14 items

  • The Stuff Between the Stars

    How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe

    Nickel, Sandra,
    Book, 2021New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, ©2021. — EB RUBIN
  • The Fire of Stars

    the Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made of

    Larson, Kirsten W.,
    Picture Book, 2023San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2023. — EB PAYNE
  • Listening to the Stars

    Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars

    Parachini, Jodie,
    Book, 2021Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021. — EB BELL
  • Counting on Katherine

    How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

    Becker, Helaine,
    Book, 2018New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — EB JOHNSON
  • How to Hear the Universe

    Gaby González and the Search for Einstein's Ripples in Space-time

    Valdez, Patricia,
    Book, 2022New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2022. — EB GONZALEZ
  • Comet Chaser

    the True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer

    Turner, Pamela S.,
    Picture Book, 2024San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2024. — EB HERSCHEL
  • She Caught the Light

    Williamina Stevens Fleming : Astronomer

    Lasky, Kathryn,
    Book, 2021New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, ©2021. — EB FLEMING
  • Hidden Figures

    the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee,
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2018. — E510.92 SHETTERLY
  • Book, 2020United States : Grow Grit Press, © 2020. — 629.450092 23
  • Margaret and the Moon

    How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing

    Robbins, Dean, 1957-
    Book, 2017New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017] — E629.45 ROB