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allysunsun's review against another edition
4.0
Another win for the My First Little People, Big Dreams series! I'm not personally sure who is choosing the subjects of these books but what a great job they are doing. This book was a lovely little story about Ada Lovelace, that highlighted a few of her key accomplishments in an accessible way for little ones.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for making this book available for an honest review.
gothicvamperstein's review against another edition
5.0
I've totally fallen for the Little People series and the book about Ada Lovelace is no different. I loved the illustrations and the fact that the book tells about a woman who's into maths, proving that maths isn't "just for boys".
melaniegaum's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know how to rate different editions separately, so they are both here.
The board book version gets 3 stars because I liked the art, but it was too simple.
The regular version gets 4 stars. Same art, but more text and information.
The board book version gets 3 stars because I liked the art, but it was too simple.
The regular version gets 4 stars. Same art, but more text and information.
raoionna's review against another edition
5.0
Age-appropriate ~ Detailed ~ Sweet
tl:dr: Smart lady uses machines and math.
This book is written at a lower level than some of the other Sanchez Vegara books, like for a younger audience. As a parent, finding good non-fiction for young children can be challenging. This would be a great book to read out loud to young kids or for a kid learning to read. As always for this series, the images are wonderful. Yamamoto uses a multi-media style, with abstracted forms, that is at once appealing and easy to access. I love the little details like a white cat running through a computer-like machines.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
tl:dr: Smart lady uses machines and math.
This book is written at a lower level than some of the other Sanchez Vegara books, like for a younger audience. As a parent, finding good non-fiction for young children can be challenging. This would be a great book to read out loud to young kids or for a kid learning to read. As always for this series, the images are wonderful. Yamamoto uses a multi-media style, with abstracted forms, that is at once appealing and easy to access. I love the little details like a white cat running through a computer-like machines.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
aimeedarsreads's review against another edition
4.0
Ada Lovelace is a board book addition to the Little People, Big Dreams series designed to be read aloud to babies and toddlers. Although Ada Lovelace is an important historical figure, critical in the development of the calculator, so few people know of her, it’s wonderful she has this introduction to a new generation (as well as to the people who read to them).
Vegara does a good job distilling Lovelace’s story, and the vocabulary involved in her inventions, to a beginning level, and Yamamoto’s illustrations are delightful. Ada’s cat, Mrs. Puff, appears on every spread, and it’s fun to find her in the background. There are also nice details like simple mathematical problems and subtle additions like the 0-1 binary language in a background of a portrait of Ada.
Although I very much like the book and think it is a valuable addition to a young reader’s library, I thought the first pages, of Ada’s childhood, were a little vague, and that the narrative really developed once Ada recognized her talent for invention.
Ada faced significant hurdles, including her mother’s skepticism, sexism, and the disbelief of scientists. These are present but played down in the text, though the message that using one’s imagination and being persistent shines through.
Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group, Frances Lincoln Children's Books for providing an advance reading copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Vegara does a good job distilling Lovelace’s story, and the vocabulary involved in her inventions, to a beginning level, and Yamamoto’s illustrations are delightful. Ada’s cat, Mrs. Puff, appears on every spread, and it’s fun to find her in the background. There are also nice details like simple mathematical problems and subtle additions like the 0-1 binary language in a background of a portrait of Ada.
Although I very much like the book and think it is a valuable addition to a young reader’s library, I thought the first pages, of Ada’s childhood, were a little vague, and that the narrative really developed once Ada recognized her talent for invention.
Ada faced significant hurdles, including her mother’s skepticism, sexism, and the disbelief of scientists. These are present but played down in the text, though the message that using one’s imagination and being persistent shines through.
Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group, Frances Lincoln Children's Books for providing an advance reading copy in exchange for an honest review.
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backpackingbookworm's review
5.0
Ada Lovelace grew up dreaming, with a vivid imagination and excellent mathematical skills. She loved to invent imaginary machines that her mother did not approve of. Despite this disapproval, she went on to work with the famous inventor Charles Babbage who was building a calculator. Ada invented the code that went on to become the first computer programming. It is insightful book that teaches children to dream big and let their imagination run. It is educational, interesting, and empowering especially for women. The illustrations are quite child-like which accompanies the story well as it is simple and easy to read. I think children would enjoy trying to draw similar pictures. It carries important messages for children and adults alike. I also learnt something from this book having never heard of Ada Lovelace and is it a book/series I will definitely read with my child in the future.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
laurag22's review
5.0
A lovely story about a lesser known and undervalued woman. Ada's work paved the way for computer programming when they came into existence. As always the illustrations were beautiful.
julesg's review
5.0
Ada Lovelace's life told for children. Wonderful pictures and it shows her most important accomplishments. Another wonderful edition to the Little People library.
librarianryan's review
2.0
Just stop it Little People. There is no reason to take an already good book and simplify it even more for board book form. You could just print the entire book in board book form. When you do this it makes the story to simple to really tell anything about the person highlighted. Ava Lovelace wrote the first computer code. We get it. But the original book did such a better job.
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