A lively telling of the contributions of Ada Lovelace to computer science, focused on her ability to combine mathematical thinking with creativity and innovation.

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In the early nineteenth century lived Ada Byron: a young girl with a wild and wonderful imagination. Ada was tutored in science and math. This book celebrates the brilliant woman who imagined computers 100 years before they existed and is, today, recognized as the first computer programmer.

Title: Who Says Women Can’t Be Computer Programmers? The story of Ada Lovelace
Author: Tanya Lee Stone
Illustrator: Marjorie Priceman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Copyright: 2018
Hardback X Paperback Board Book Number of Pages
Fiction Nonfiction X
Age/Grade: Preschool through 3rd Grade
Format: Picture Book/Biography
Illustration Type: Line Drawings
Illustration Rating: Good
Genres: Historical
Literary Merit: Good
Characterization: Good
Evaluation: Reommend
Worch Memorial Library Reviewer: Patty Simon Date: 5/4/2020
Review: I like how the author tells the story of Ada’s life from a young age and even though she faced many obstacles in her life she was able to rise above them and become a mathematician. Good book for children to learn about early inventions have led to today’s inventions. ( )

This beautifully illustrated picture book by award winning author, Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Caldecott Honor recipient, Marjorie Priceman tells the story of Ada Lovelace, who imagined the computer 100 years before they existed. The illustrations are as whimsical as the story describing a young girl with a great imagination, but who is tutored in mathematics and science so she doesn't turn out like her father, Lord Byron. When she meets Charles Babbage, they build a great friendship. She helps him with his Analytical Engine, and she adds notes to his work, which eventually becomes the basis for the first computer. Imagine, if Charles Babbage hadn't died before he was able to build his Analytical Engine, with Ada's additions, the computer age would have been a hundred years earlier.