ada byron lovelace and the thinking machine

April Chu did an amazing job bringing Laurie's biography of the world's first computer programmer to life. Designing this book was a simple matter of highlighting the STEM appeal and letting April's beautiful Pre-Raphaelite illustrations shine through.

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Starred Reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Booklist Editor's Choice: Books for Youth 2015, National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book, California Reading Association Eureka Gold Medal Winner, Cook Prize Honor, 2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Assoc. of Childrens Librarians of Northern California Outstanding Book, Junior Library Guild Selection, Bank Street Best Children's Books 2016, Patterson Prize Winner, Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2016.

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Artwork by April Chu.

Cover and Internal Design by Simon Stahl.

Adobe InDesign, 2015.