ADA Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine Contributor(s): Wallmark, Laurie (Author), Chu, April (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1939547202 ISBN-13: 9781939547200 Publisher: Creston Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2015 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Computers - Coding & Programming - Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts - General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2015017771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 4-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: PreK-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 780(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.2" W x 11.1" L (1.10 lbs) 36 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Cook Prize, Finalist, Picture Book, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2015 Publishers Weekly 10/12/2015 Shelf Awareness 10/23/2015 Booklist 11/01/2015 pg. 44 PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 43 School Library Journal 12/01/2015 pg. 140 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 179119 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world's first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Chu, April: - April Chu began her career as an architect. She lives and works in Oakland, California. Her previous book, In a Village by the Sea, received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. Wallmark, Laurie: -Laurie Wallmark is the author of several award-winning STEM picture books about women, including Ada Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine. She teaches Computer Science when she's not writing books. |
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