Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing
by Dean Robbins and Lucy Knisley
15 Total Resources 3 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 722
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 189739, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Math
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Computer programmers
- Computer programmers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Moon--Juvenile literature
- Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Computer software developers
- Scientists
- Hamilton, Margaret Heafield, 1936---Juvenile literature
- History
- Scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hamilton, Margaret Heafield
- Project Apollo (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Computer software developers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Moon
- Women scientists
- Project Apollo (U.S.)
- Lists With This Book
- Moon Landing
- Impacts of Computing K-5
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Dean Robbins about Margaret and the Moon
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lucy Knisley
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Dean Robbins
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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 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Textured Moon Painting Craft from Random House
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Lesson Plan from Random House
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Women's History Selection, 2018

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2022
Commended, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Science Selection, 2017
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