Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13

Recommended by Derek Miller, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities

An outstanding contemporary nonfiction picture book, “Counting on Katherine” tells the story of Katherine Johnson, the pathbreaking Black mathematician whose skills saved NASA’s Apollo missions. Beautiful, dreamy illustrations and clear narration convey math’s wonder enticingly enough to enthrall my 3-year-old.