Item: Erma Does The Math
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Erma Does The Math by Ann Strawn | 1 Year Book Birthday Bash

A book blog tour from Rachel’s Random Resources to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the publication of the book.

Thank you to the author, publisher, & Rachel for providing me with the information for this tour.

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Erma Does The Math by Ann Strawn | 1 Year Book Birthday Bash

Erma Does The Math by Ann Strawn
Published by Ann Strawn on 10/23/2020
Genres: Educational, Fiction, African-American Literature, Children's
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 34

When Tameka visits her elderly aunt, birthday gift in hand, quirky Aunt Erma puts her to work. As she hangs an old photo, Tameka sees another picture of 1940's-era human computers and discovers that Aunt Erma was one of them!

She has lots of questions, but Aunt Erma's price for answers is one math problem each. Tameka keeps up, but the problems get more complex with each question.

Remembering the gift Tameka convinces her auntie to open it. The contents make both of them laugh and realize that they've learned something about each other.

Source: Kindle Unlimited, Rachel's Random Resources

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My thoughts on Erma Does The Math

This is a delightful, educational children’s book combining many topics.

Temeka learns that her aunt was once a human computer working at the Langley Nasa laboratory. This was an amazing feat for a black woman or any woman in that era.

Sprinkled throughout the story are math questions in which Temeka trades solutions for answers from her aunt. As the math problems get more difficult, Erma helps her niece work out how to reach the solutions.

I learned a lot myself by reading this informative book. The book teaches history, math, and science in a way that is easy for younger minds to connect with. I hope Erma has more to teach us in future children’s books.

I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.

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About Ann Strawn

Ann Strawn lives in Renton Washington with her husband of 34 years, daughter, and the family dog. She makes her living as a middle school science teacher and truly enjoys the company of kids and teens. She considers her job total immersion training for writing her middle-grade novels, THE DOWNLOAD and THE UPDATE.

Ann’s most current project is a picture book about her great aunt Erma Tynes Walker who was a human-computer at Langley Airforce Base. Besides writing Ann also enjoys crochet and just hanging out with her family.

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