What Miss Mitchell Saw
New York : Beach Lane Books, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
"Every evening, from the time she was a child, Maria Mitchell stood on her rooftop with her telescope and swept the sky. And then one night she saw something unusual--a comet no one had ever seen before! Miss Mitchell's extraordinary discovery made her famous the world over and paved the way for her to become America's first professional female astronomer."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Comets -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomers -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Comets -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronomers -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomers -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: Ages 4-8.
ISBN:
9781481487597
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Mitchell, Maria | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.