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40 pp.
| Little
| November, 2024
|
TradeISBN 9780316565486$18.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Veronica Miller Jamison.
This biography about a lesser-known African American figure follows Montague’s inspiring path from her 1940s Arkansas childhood to her groundbreaking work with the U.S. Navy, emphasizing the countless race- and gender-based obstacles placed in her way. With determination and vision, Montague eventually became the first person to create a computer program that could “calculate every part of a [navy] ship’s design.” Jamison’s engaging illustrations enhance Swanson’s clear-eyed text about this STEM trailblazer. Back matter includes more about Montague’s life, an author’s note, and sources.
40 pp.
| Innovation
| September, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1943147-42-7$17.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Daniel Rieley.
This verse picture-book biography of Raye Montague (1935–2018) seems tailor-made for kids not quite ready for Hidden Figures. Montague was an African American female engineer who was doubly discriminated against along the way to designing the first ship by computer in 1971. The art is tastefully cartoony, and the rhymes have a vigor that makes up for the occasional word-contortion. Timeline. Bib.