Mae Among the Stars

I loved this book so much. I almost didn’t buy it based on the top reviewers review but I’m glad I didn’t. Had she seen the very last page, she would have know the main character was inspired by the first black female astronaut who worked for NASA in the late 70s.The message isn’t that jobs like firefighters, teachers, stay at home moms, and nurses aren’t jobs of value. If someone says they want to be one of the above, it’s going to be taken way more seriously. Nursing is a physically and emotionally difficult job, but there are many nurses out there and many are female. There aren’t many female astronauts and there definitely wasn’t in the 70s-80s. Unfortunately this reviewer took the children’s book too personally which is a shame. As someone who used to be a teacher and is now a stay at home mom, I took no offense to it. The message is that you can do or be whoever you want to be, nothing is out of reach (& in a literal sense too, Mae traveled to space).Mae wanted to see earth from afar even if the odds weren’t in her favor or even if no one would take her seriously. BUT, “If you can dream it, if you believe it and work hard for it, anything is possible.”Thank you to the author for writing a lovely story about a historic woman who achieved the impossible. The story is inspiring and knowing it’s based on a true story, my daughter now has a role model she didn’t know existed before. I can’t think of a better book for my daughter, especially considering that she wants to be an astronaut herself.Thank you to the illustrator too, the artwork is lovely.

My daughter has interest in space, so this is a nice simple book to read with her. It reinforces the idea that if you work hard at something, you can achieve it. Based off a true story!!!

My daughter loves this book and i love reading it to her. The illustrations are adorable and it’s an inspiring story about following your dreams. It’s also not too long so i don’t mind when she says “read again!”

This book is based on a true story. It is diverse, inspiring to young children (girls in particular), has a great lesson, and is just a good read. As an elementary school teacher, I recommend this. Gifted for my teacher friend.

This is a charming story for pre-school and elementary school age children about Mae Jemison and her goal to become as astronaut. A wonderful introduction to the much more detailed story, Mae Jemison by Xneeze, Her Cat by Dan Greenburg. The latter book is more suitable for middle school-age children. But both are wonderful stories about a little girl and the obstacles she had to overcome to achieve her life-long goals to become the first black woman astronaut.

Young Mae Jemison had a dream, to see Earth from outer space! With encouragement from her parents, Mae dreamed, and learned, and worked extremely hard. Of course some people doubted her… it seems all extraordinary people have the nay-sayers.On September 12, 1992, Mae traveled to space on the shuttle Endeavour. She became the first African American woman in space.My favorite quote from the book “If you can dream it, if you believe it and work hard for it, anything is possible”.I love this inspiring story and always appreciate strong female role models that I can introduce to my children.

My five year old son is captivated by this book. He now tells me that if he can dream it, he can do it. We’ll be reading this for years.

Such an amazing book about a historical figure! After reading my students learned about her! They loved the book and the rich illustrations!

Got this for our niece because her name is Mae. She loved having her name on a book. It was great.

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The story line is inspiring; and the courage of the little girl and her mother will give confidence to children to live their dreams. The illustrations add power to the stories further that shows the father working in the kitchen and serving the girl and her mother. That is how patriarchy and racism can be challenged.

Lovely story. The class loved it

Authentische Geschichte, da sie eine wahre Biographie widergibt.Gut geeignet um Kindern, die auch Diskriminierung erfahren haben, Mut zu machen, dieser Diskriminierung zu trotzen, keinen Glauben zu schenken, auch Autoritäten nicht!Jedoch auch schön gefunden hätte ich, wenn diese Biographie ohne diese Dramaturgie erzählt würde, dass man der Protagonistin Nichts zutraute, da sie eine Schwarze ist, und sie sich darum extra anstrengen musste um es doch allen beweisen zu können, dass in ihr Großes steckt und allen, die sich dies nicht vorstellen konnten deren Irrtum zu zeigen.Ich möchte meiner Tochter einfach erzählen können, diese Frau ist Astronautin geworden, das wollte sie schon als Kind und hat ihren Traum verwirklicht (und dabei kann sie sich anhand der Illustrationen ein Bild von dem Mädchen und der Frau machen und sich mit ihr ggf identifizieren).