Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark [Hardcover]

An NAACP Image Award Winner!

Based on a true story, this inspiring picture book is about a curious, tinkering girl who grew up to become one of the first Black female engineers for NASA  for fans ofAda Twist, ScientistandCounting on Katherine.

Yvonne Clark had an engineering sparkan instinct for figuring out how things worked.

Broken lamp? She screwed, rewired, and wrenched until&light!
Wrecked radio? She twisted, snipped, and hammered until&music!
Clogged furnace? She picked, plucked, and cleared until&heat!

When she grew up, Yvonnes problem-solving power took her to NASA, where fellow engineers had a serious problem with the Saturn V rockets F-1 engine: It had hot spotshigh temperatures in the engine.

Can Yvonne Clark and her engineering spark solve the problem?

In an electric tribute, Allen R. Wells artfully tells the life story of his favorite engineering professor who also happened to be one of our nations most influential African American engineers. DeAndra Hodges bright illustrations explode with energy, matching the vibrance of Yvonne as a creative child and following her rise to NASA and beyond.

Allen R. Wellsis an author and engineer. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He studied Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University in Nashville. He is the author ofIt's Pride, Baby!andYvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark. He currently lives in Virginia.

DeAndra Hodgeis an illustrator and character designer based in Washington D.C. She graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Art from the University of Montevallo. She is the illustrator ofYvonne Clark and Her Engineering Sparkby Allen R. Wells. DeAndra grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, a.k.a Rocket City where Yvonne Clark spent a summer working on the Saturn V booster engine.

NAACP Image Award Winner
A Kansas NEA Reading Circle Top 10 Title