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BIOGRAPHIES

Wallmark, Laurie

Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

48 pp. | Sterling | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4549-2000-7 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Katy Wu. Grace Hopper was mechanically, scientifically, and mathematically minded since childhood, as this biography playfully explains via several anecdotes. Then, while serving almost fifty years in the Navy, she broke barriers for women--and for computer science. A biographical poem graces the front endpapers; the back endpapers mention Hopper's honors. Kid-appealing digital cartoons are reminiscent of Hopper's own propensity for doodling. Reading list, timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Christina Dorr