You Should Meet: Mae Jemison (Ready to Read: Level Three)

by Laurie Calkhoven (Author) Monique Dong (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: You Should Meet

Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison--the first African-American woman to ever go to space--with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people "you should meet."

Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut! Did you know before Mae was an astronaut, she went to medical school and joined the Peace Corps? But she never forgot her childhood dream to travel to outer space. So in 1985 she applied to NASA's astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, Mae flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and made history--just like you can if you follow your dreams! A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a fun timeline filled with interesting trivia facts about space! 

With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!

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Laurie Calkhoven
Laurie Calkhoven is a children's writer and editor living in New York City. She has written many historical children's books, including George Washington: An American Life and Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom. You can visit her at lauriecalkhoven.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781481476508
Lexile Measure
880
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Publication date
September 20, 2016
Series
You Should Meet
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF051010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
JNF045000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
United States
Astronauts
Jemison, Mae
African American women astronauts

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