5 must-read science books like Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g…

If you liked the science plot in Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma, Susan Tuma

1. What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night

By: Refe Tuma , Susan Tuma

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

From the parents who brought us the web sensation "Dinovember" comes photographic proof of what toy… read more

Similar categories in Refe Tuma's What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Wild About You! by Marc Brown, Judy Sierra

2. Wild About You!

By: Marc Brown , Judy Sierra

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

The tree kangaroo at the zoo would like nothing more than a baby of her own. So, when a new egg arr… read more

Similar categories in Marc Brown's Wild About You! book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of This Book Will Not Be Fun by Olivier Tallec, Cirocco Dunlap

3. This Book Will Not Be Fun

By: Olivier Tallec , Cirocco Dunlap

1.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and or… read more

Similar categories in Olivier Tallec's This Book Will Not Be Fun book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens

4. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition

By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Ma… read more

Similar categories in William Kamkwamba's The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Cover of The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) by Katherine Applegate

5. The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan , a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4) book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • childrens
Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

6. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

7. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • historical
  • childrens
Cover of And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps

8. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of First Laugh--Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe

9. First Laugh--Welcome, Baby!

By: Rose Ann Tahe

4.17

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremon… read more

Similar categories in Rose Ann Tahe's First Laugh--Welcome, Baby! book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables by Kyle Lukoff

10. There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.03

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new picture book that exposes vegetables for what they truly are―leaves, roots, flowers… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

11. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • mathematics
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • space
  • science
Cover of Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall

12. Ahoy!

By: Sophie Blackall

4.09

Format: 48 pages, Library Binding

Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's Ahoy! book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock

13. The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure

By: Barb Rosenstock

4.28

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the import… read more

Similar categories in Barb Rosenstock's The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Ursula Upside Down by Corey R. Tabor

14. Ursula Upside Down

By: Corey R. Tabor

4.36

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Ursula the catfish finds confidence in seeing the world her own way in another innovative, flipped-… read more

Similar categories in Corey R. Tabor's Ursula Upside Down book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story by George Takei

15. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story

By: George Takei

4.47

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese … read more

Similar categories in George Takei's My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • historical
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of Built to Last by Minh Lê

16. Built to Last

By: Minh Lê

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet two friends who think they're building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Built to Last book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

17. The Yellow Bus

By: Loren Long

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse , The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Loren Long's The Yellow Bus book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo

18. Home in a Lunchbox

By: Cherry Mo

4.62

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an une… read more

Similar categories in Cherry Mo's Home in a Lunchbox book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Masala Chai, Fast and Slow by Rajani LaRocca

19. Masala Chai, Fast and Slow

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honoree Rajani LaRocca, author of I’ll Go and Come Back, turns her focus to a careful, deli… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Masala Chai, Fast and Slow book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet by Nanette Heffernan

20. Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet

By: Nanette Heffernan

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Click flashlights, light lanterns, and get ready to turn electric lights out to celebrate Earth Hou… read more

Similar categories in Nanette Heffernan's Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • science
Cover of That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed

21. That's Not My Name!

By: Anoosha Syed

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more

Similar categories in Anoosha Syed's That's Not My Name! book and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  • picture books
  • childrens

19 Top childrens books like Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Transform Your Habits

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night

Refe Tuma , Susan Tuma

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Wild About You!

Marc Brown , Judy Sierra

4.09

Transform Your Habits

This Book Will Not Be Fun

Olivier Tallec , Cirocco Dunlap

1.00

Transform Your Habits

The One and Only Family (The One and Only #4)

Katherine Applegate

4.46

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Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

Michelle Knudsen

4.43

Transform Your Habits

I Lived Inside a Whale

Xin Li

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Last Zookeeper

Aaron Becker

4.24

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