Tamisha Anthony

Six children between the ages of 4 and 11 are bursting with excitement because it’s their grandmother’s birthday and they plan to visit her. But there’s a problem. They don’t have a gift for her! Undaunted, Lynette, the oldest child, suggests that they look for a gift as they walk to Gram’s house.

Series: Black Innovators Description Details Gladys’s mind swirls with numbers and shapes as the world enters the high-tech space age. This is the lyrical true story of a groundbreaking Black mathematician whose inventions led to the creation of GPS. Little Gladys is a farm girl who loves math. But as a Black kid growing up in Virginia in the mid-twentieth century, she sees life around her as less than or greater than but never equal.