(2) K-3 Illustrated by Diana Sudyka. In 1847, at age twenty-nine, Maria Mitchell became the first person to sight a comet through a telescope, garnering international recognition from the scientific community and a medal from the King of Denmark. Sudyka's gouache illustrations, filled with swirls of motion, help convey a sense of wonder about the heavens. "A Bit More About Maria Mitchell--Astronomer, Educator, Activist" and an author's note are appended.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019

(2) 4-6 The stories, in poetry, of three self-taught female scientists: in seventeenth-century Germany, Maria Sibylla Merian studies silkworm metamorphosis; in eighteenth-century England, Mary Anning develops paleontological skills selling fossils to keep her siblings fed; and Maria Mitchell joins her father at his telescope on nineteenth-century Nantucket. Atkins guides readers through themes that connect the women's scientific quests and zeroes in on small but telling moments. Bib.

Reviewer: Sarah Rettger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2016

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Deborah Lanino. A fictionalized, first-person story of the childhood of Maria Mitchell, America's first female astronomer, is recounted in quietly poetic text. Maria longs to "sweep the sky" with a telescope as her father does, instead of sweeping the floor with a broom. Acrylic paintings nicely suit the story's nineteenth-century Nantucket setting and Maria's dreamy but determined nature. An afterword provides more information. Glos.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute