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This book would be great to share with children in black history month, since it is inspired by the true story of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American Women in space. Because of her parent’s encouragements presented in this quote: "If you can dream it, if you believe it and work hard for it, anything is possible", Mae followed her dream of becoming an astronaut. Mae path to become the first African American Women in space was filled with obstacles and the first one was her teacher who sug
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This Amazon best-selling book is about Dr. Mae Jemison’s childhood dream of becoming an astronaut. Eventually Mae accomplished her dream and was the first African American Woman to travel into space. The story would make a great classroom read aloud for K-2nd grade students. This book could be used during an astronomy or biography unit, to teach students about the importance of perseverance, or to discover a unique community helper position.
Sep 15, 2021
Sophie Huffman
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Mae Jemison was the first African American female astronaut. This story is based on her and follows young Mae as she overcomes obstacles and doubts of those around her to achieve her dream of making it to the stars. I think that this book is great for teaching about racial bias as well as inspiring children to work hard to achieve their goals and dreams.
Jun 15, 2020
Maya Kabro
marked it as to-read
