The Horn Book Guide

BIOGRAPHIES

Robinson, Fiona

Ada's Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World's First Computer Programmer

40 pp. | Abrams | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-1872-4 $17.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-6131-2913-5

(2) K-3 Daughter of a strait-laced mathematician mother and impetuous Romantic poet father (Lord Byron, whom she never knew), Ada "[found] her own sort of poetical expression...through math!" Robinson's writing is direct and deft (if exclamation point–heavy) and mostly accessible to readers. But what really steal the show are her whimsical illustrations: paper cutouts arranged in layers and photographed for a striking collage effect. Bib.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2017