Judith Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949. Both her parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. She joined the North African space Agency (NASA) in 1978 and sh made it to space in 1984 on the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist. On a space craft, a mission specialist is the astronaut with a…… Continue reading Astro Girl: Judith Resnik
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She’s a Winner
Astro Girl has just won an award- The STEAM Children’s Book Prize- a science award. While I have been fairly consistent through the years I haven’t won many awards. That isn’t my aim, so perhaps that’s why. It always seemed way too obscure, and hard work, to come up with an award-winning idea. Just seeing…… Continue reading She’s a Winner
Lenny Books
Some empathy is necessary, for sure, but it’s usually a combination what you observe from the young children in your environment combined with your own memories that make a good story…
What it is, what it was, what it will be.
I grew up hearing stories from elders, something which sticks with me more than the history books I have read. Keep African oral history alive.
Information Graphics Gallery
I spend a lot of time writing and designing information graphics which can be read and understood, first and foremost. I try very hard to keep styling appropriate to the reader, which requires restraint. Over the years I have realised how powerful information graphics are to people of all ages and backgrounds and therefore how…… Continue reading Information Graphics Gallery
A visual language for data communication
We designed a new visual language for a data-driven organisation that reports on sustainability in agriculture. We wanted to convey as much as possible the human stories behind the data.
The Illustrationist 