Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
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- PK-5
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- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 993
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 196205, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Math
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Mathematicians
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
- African American women mathematicians
- African American women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Johnson, Katherine G
- Women mathematicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Officials and employees
- Women mathematicians
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- Black History Biographies
- Sample: CKLA Grade 3 - Astronomy
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Helaine Becker about Counting on Katherine
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Dow Phumiruk about Counting on Katherine
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Dow Phumiruk
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 9
![Cook Prize, 2012-2023](https://www.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/28.png.pagespeed.ce.cONY4Bov3K.png)
Cook Prize, 2012-2023
Winner, 2019
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Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2023
Commended, 2019
![Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023](https://www.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/79.jpg.pagespeed.ce.Xpp4I88NBl.jpg)
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2023
Biography Selection, 2019
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Mathical Book Prize, 2015-2023
Honor, 2019
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Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2019
![Giverny Book Award, 1998-2023](https://www.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/131.jpg)
Giverny Book Award, 1998-2023
Winner, 2019
![Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023](https://www.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/106.png.pagespeed.ce.IIJpUzfmkT.png)
Teacher Favorites Award, 2015-2023
Selection, 2019
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Biography Selection, 2018
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