Mae Jemison: With Audio Recording
No. of pages 48
Published: 2016
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Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut! Did you know before Mae was an astronaut, she went to medical school and joined the Peace Corps? But she never forgot her childhood dream to travel to outer space. So in 1985 she applied to NASA's astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, Mae flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and made history-just like you can if you follow your dreams!
A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a fun timeline filled with interesting trivia facts about space! With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun!
This book is part of a book series called You Should Meet .
This book has been graded for interest at 6-8 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Simon & Schuster .
Laurie Calkhoven is the author of many books, including George Washington: An American Life and Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom . She lives in New York City. Visit her at LaurieCalkhoven. com. Monique Dong studied to become an animator, but soon realized she had a love for illustrating children's books and has been following that dream ever since. Born in South Africa, she now lives in China with her husband.
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