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A picture book biography of Ada Lovelace, the woman recognized today as history's first computer programmer--she imagined them 100 years before they existed!
In the early nineteenth century lived Ada Byron: a young girl with a wild and wonderful imagination. The daughter of internationally acclaimed poet Lord Byron, Ada was tutored in science and mathematics from a very early age. But Ada's imagination was never meant to be tamed and, armed with the fundamentals of math and engineering, she came into her own as a woman of ideas--equal parts mathematician and philosopher.
From her whimsical beginnings as a gifted child to her most sophisticated notes on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, this book celebrates the woman recognized today as the first computer programmer.
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Christy Ottaviano Books
Author Notes
Tanya Lee Stone studied English at Oberlin College and was an editor of children's nonfiction for many years. She also has a Masters Degree. She teaches writing at Champlain College. After many years as an editor. Tanya moved to Vermont and returned to writing. This award-winning author has written titles that include the young adult novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald , picture books Elizabeth Leads the Way, Sandy's Circus, and Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? She has also written narrative nonfiction with her titles: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. In 2014 her title, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, made The New York Times Best Seller List.
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Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-5-Joining the growing collection of biographies highlighting women in STEM careers, this charming, informative picture book provides young readers with a brief, lively introduction to Ada Byron Lovelace, whose interests and complex ideas were ahead of her 19th century reality. Lovelace was the child of gifted but scandalous English poet, Lord Byron, and his high society, mathematician wife. When Lord Byron abandoned the family, Lovelace's determined, educated mother made sure the child was well-tutored in science, math and social norms rather than imagination and fancy. But, Lovelace's creativity and passion were irrepressible. She befriended polymath, Charles Babbage, whose inventions intrigued her. Babbage envisioned an Analytical Engine, modeled on the Jacquard Loom for textiles, using punch cards for processing numbers instead of threads. Lovelace devised additional Analytic Engine algorithms that could also create pictures and music, "just as computers do today!" An addendum provides more historical details on Lovelace's marriage, her fragile health, her connection with leading scientists of the time, her long friendship with Babbage, and her name changes. On every page, the gouache and India ink artwork offers a vivid, energetic depiction of people, events, and swirling ideas. The art meshes smoothly with the conversational storytelling, capturing the exuberance, elegance, and giftedness of this exceptional woman. VERDICT This appealing picture book will spark immense pride and prompt readers to do their own investigations into the world of mathematics and computers.-Gerry Larson, formerly at Durham School of the Arts, NC © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In a vibrant follow-up to Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? (about Elizabeth Blackwell), Stone explores the life of Ada Lovelace, whose imagination rivaled that of her poet father, Lord Byron, to the chagrin of her mother. Lovelace found a kindred spirit in scientist Charles Babbage, and her imagination and mathematical knowledge helped her recognize that his proposed Analytical Engine "not only had the power to process numbers, but it would be able to create things like pictures and music-just as computers do today!" Working in her familiar style of bright, swooping gouache illustrations, Priceman fills the pages with numbers, letters, and mathematical computations-at one point, Lovelace soars above the city, borne on angel wings of numerals and symbols. She emerges as an independent innovator whose enthusiasms are contagious, and an afterword offers additional fascinating details. Ages 6-9. Author's agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
This biography of Ada Lovelace (1815?1852), known as the first computer programmer, covers the basics of her life: the conflict between her practical mother (a mathematician) and romantic father (Lord Byron, the poet); her strong education in mathematics instituted by her mother but coupled with her own robust imagination; her introduction to scientist Charles Babbage; and her pioneering work on creating a template for making Babbages Analytical Engine much more than a computation machine for numbers but rather a device that would be able to create things like pictures and music--just as computers do today. The books layout mirrors Lovelaces own dual interests, with a clean Helvetica type carrying the straightforward text and Pricemans warmly curved gouache and ink illustrations creating colorful flights of fancy as pictures, words, and equations dance across the pages. While this solid picture-book introduction to Lovelace covers the main points of her life, interested readers may want to expand their knowledge through Diane Stanleys Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science (rev. 1/17), which provides more detail and controversy concerning her life; or Fiona Robinsons Adas Ideas (rev. 1/17), which concentrates on her mathematical analysis. Appended with authors notes, a bibliography, and documentation for quoted material; a worthy companion to the author-illustrator teams earlier Who Says Women Cant Be Doctors? (rev. 3/13). betty carter (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
It's excruciating to leave certain details out, Stone laments in an appended note, but this large-format picture book covers a great deal of territory in 40 fully illustrated pages. Ada lived a complicated, sheltered childhood. Though expected to become a nineteenth-century English lady, she was extensively educated in mathematics. Later, she befriended scientist Charles Babbage, and they frequently discussed ideas for the Difference Engine (a mechanical calculator prototype) and his never-achieved plan for the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer. Her notes on the Analytical Engine have led to her recognition as a forerunner of computer programming. It's hard to know what primary-grade children will make of the story, as they will probably know little of Lord Byron (Ada's father, whom she never met), Charles Babbage, or the history of computers. Still, the story will sweep them along, illuminated by Priceman's imaginative gouache-and-ink artwork, full of energy, swirling lines, and whimsy. A colorful picture-book biography of the Englishwoman variously known as Augusta Ada Gordon, Ada Byron, Ada Lovelace, and Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2018 Booklist
