The Ready to Read book "You Should Meet Katherine Johnson" is a level three book I picked out for my son who wants to be a scientist. Katherine Johnson wasn't a scientist but she was an excellent mathematician. Books about people like Katherine Johnson are important to share with children so they can understand that your intelligence isn't limited by your gender or race. I want my son to know this so he doesn't limit himself or believes others are limited intellectually.

This book does a great job informing the reader about her childhood and how she became a mathematician. It covered how accomplishments and how important her role was in the quest to place a man on the moon. I felt the book did a poor job of conveying how difficult it was for Katherine Johnson, a black female in the 19602, to attain these achievements. I am comparing the book to the movie "Hidden Figures" that showed how Katherine had to use a separate bathroom located in other building across the campus and how she was treated by co-workers. the only thing the book says on this is that "only good jobs for college-educated African American women at the time were teaching or nursing jobs." At the end of the book is information related to the topic of careers that use math and other stars and space facts. ( )