Well written and uplifting book that tells the amazing and heart-warming story of Mary Jackson, an African-American NASA scientist and how with the support of her husband, her friend Kaz and other overcame the odds against racial prejudice and succeeded in her field achieving great things with her brains, hardwork and talent. Apparently it's a true story but it wasn't super clear to me because in the opening there was no mention of Mary's last name or Kaz's full name. It wasn't until the very end their full names were revealed. However, this is a lovely read and pitched well for young people to understand and engage with the issues raised.

By focussing on the strong bond between Mary Jackson and Kaz Czarnecki, this book highlights the sometimes overlooked scientists who were vital to the space programme. They overcame their own challenges to work on important projects that they were passionate about and not only succeeded in, but they influenced generations of people to grab hold of their dreams.

A charming book that shines a light on heroes that deserve more recognition.

I thought that this was a wonderful fun story and I liked the illustrations.

The book showed how much of an impact Mary was able to make – I will admit as an adult I did know about her from previous readings but this book is a great introduction to children about this fascinating lady. She is an inspiration to all ethnicities in my view and was a pioneer in space travel. My 4-year-old daughter is space mad so she was really excited to be told that a lady helped them to land on the moon.

This is a really positive and powerful book for the short number of pages – it gives plenty to think about and discuss from equal treatments to women overall and segregation too as well as the space race. It is 5 stars from me for this one – highly recommended!

This was a fantastic little walkthrough of a revolutionary woman and a great friendship between Mary and Kaz.

Working at a time when segregation was in place, the book spreads a really important message about overcoming adversity and working for your dreams no matter the obstacles. The importance of friendship too and having support to help you fight for your cause was a heartwarming read and it’s the perfect book for children!

It was lovely to read about such a remarkable woman and I never really knew the story about Mary’s life. The pictures and illustrations are also great! A worthy addition to any little ones bookshelf.

An interesting read, but one that might be tackling too many things and aiming for too many intentions to really stand out and make its mark. It's in what I think is a new (to me) franchise, "Friends Change the World", and that might be the case – but here we get just one historical friendship, and while it's a fine real-life example it won't sell the philosophy that strongly. It's called "We Are the NASA Scientists", although again only two of them are here, and you're going to be feeling a little short-changed if you turn to these pages to find out what NASA boffins do these days.

What it actually is, also, is a biography of Mary Jackson, one of the three scientists of colour featured in "Hidden Figures". And while it covers everything, from her seeking the few toilets the discrimination of the time allowed her to use up to the moon landings, it doesn't even feature her surname until the more teacherly round-up of its information at the end. The ultra right-on would probably quibble that it diminishes her story further in actually featuring the friendship with her boss, a scientist of Polish extraction called Kaz. Still, it's a brisk, colourful telling – just a short paragraph per page and a couple of speech balloons here and there – and I wish it well. I just feel that all the labels and targets attached to it will water that success down. If it were obvious what one were getting before clicking 'buy' this would be called an achievement, but as I say it fails to match its branding, so three and a half stars only.