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Burleigh, Robert

Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer

32 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | February, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-5819-2 $16.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Raúl Colón. Burleigh brilliantly imagines details in the life and work of Henrietta Leavitt, a turn-of-the-twentieth-century astronomer whose studies as a "computer" of star patterns at the Harvard College Observatory led to significant discoveries. Paired with Colón's striking illustrations of the serious and scholarly Leavitt, this is a rich portrayal of a woman's determination to follow her unlikely dream of scientific exploration. Websites. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Devon Johnson