I liked this book - it has a positive message about science, gender, math, and racial equality, all wrapped up in the sweet relationship of a young girl and her aunt. I'm not sure what age this is appropriate for - the story seems a bit basic for the kids who will understand multiplication and acceleration. But that said it was sweet and interesting.

This is a story about a girl going to visit her Aunt Erma on her birthday. She learns about Aunt Erma's exciting past career working in Aeronautics and is challenged to a series of maths problems along the way that relate to Aunt Erma's story. The mathematical aspect will definitely get young readers thinking as there are lots of maths sums that are included. However, because of that, it may be off-putting to those children who don't enjoy or struggle with maths and it would definitely be advisable that an adult is there to prevent discouragement. It is great that there are further discussion questions included at the end of the book that are not maths related.

What a cute little book about Tameka who visits her elderly aunt where she learns maths and finds out a bit more about her aunt Erma, who was a mathematician that worked on many missions including the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions.

The book was written in a creative way to engage young minds, and it was great to see an African American woman who made such an important contribution to history, represented positively in children's literature.

Thanks to NetGalley for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.

I was granted complimentary access to Erma Does the Math by Ann Strawn through BooksGoSocial on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Erma Does the Math is the story of a girl visiting her (great?) aunt on her 100th birthday, and they end up doing a whole lot of math intermixed with stories of Aunt's past working for NACA (the former name for NASA.) The concept is interesting and I love the history and cultural lessons thrown in, but I think a lot of the math is beyond the age group that would be reading at this level, and I'm doubtful that a large audience of kids at this reading level will be interested in reading about a girl solving math problems.

The illustrations are beautifully done, but by about half way through the book I noticed that the characters were only drawn once (girl) and twice (aunt) with slight changes made to the arms and face or a horizontal flip to make them appear different in each usage. The picture of the girl standing on a stool (coffee table?) holding a photo of a rocket ship is reused as-is twice in a row with only the speech bubble changed. Kids aren't going to notice, but as a fellow illustrator, I certainly did. It made the characters feel like those early 2000s doll maker website creations. (Which could be a perk if done intentionally and advertised as such for an older audience.)

I enjoyed reading about Erma and her legacy in the space world. Its definitely time that the women of space are highlighted. I liked how there were math problems to keep kids engaged with the story. The discussion questions at the end were also great. I enjoyed the illustrations and the text colored by who was talking.

This was a sweet book about Erma Tynes Walker a Human Computer that worked for NACA and her great neice Ann. I love that Erma told Ann her story all while getting Ann to complete the sneaky math questions.

Thank you NetGalley for the DRC.

I loved this book!

The book tells the story (in brief) of Erma who was one of the mathematicians who helped get man to the moon.

It was well written and I liked the little bit of maths that was added too.

It is 4 stars from me for this one - highly recommended!

Erma Does the Math is a sweet, little picture book!

Why do I like this book?
1. The illustrations are cartoon-y and adorable and totally give emotions to this book! Our little lead looks so happy in the first picture, you can feel it!
2. This book makes math fun! Seriously, that's rare and awesome.
3. It's all around fun and educational, which makes me a very happy reader.
4. Discussion questions at the baaaaack!

Ann Strawn has made such a wonderful book, I truly hope more readers find it. A book that teaches math and is colourful and wonderful? I love it!

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Cute concept, and the author has a family connection to the Hidden Figures women discussed. However, the book design and story leaves a lot to be desired. The illustration style looks like the current trend of making Bitmoji scenes, even recycling some of the scenes from page to page with single items changed. And the story is technically a concept book, showing math, but the math is things like converting grams to cups or multiplying to find minutes in a year. As a result, I can’t figure out the target age group: anyone old enough to understand those calculations would be too old for the simple format.

It’s unfortunate because the story of the women who helped send men to the moon is absolutely worth telling. I just don’t find this an engaging way to do so.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was an incredibly creative storybook relating the way a girl learns math through her grandmothers clever questions. This maybe a bit advanced for toddlers but still entertaining.

4 stars! I am a math teacher and so a sucker for a math book! Celebrating her grandmother's birthday Erma does math throughout the book with beautiful illustrations.

Erma Does the Math is one of those picture book filled with hidden golden nuggets. Readers hear about Aunt Erma's job as a female aeronautic mathematician at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the 50s.. Topics like segregation and women rights are subtly touched up, and throughout the story Aunt Erma challenges Tameka by having her solve a variety of everyday math problems. This book will spark a love of math in readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial.

This is a lovely book for young children. It covers maths, space and black history.
It is very well written and illustrated but I think the Maths are a little advanced for the age the book is aimed at.
My son enjoyed the story and the pictures but with him only being 4 the Maths were too advanced for him.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial.

**I received a copy of 'Erma Does the Math' through NetGalley and BooksGoSocial, in exchange for an honest review**

'Erma Does the Math' is a wonderful children's book that focuses on Aunt Erma sharing her history as a mathematician with her niece. As Tameka spends time with her aunt, she discovers the hard work Aunt Erma took on while working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the 50s. Throughout the book, Aunt Erma gets her niece thinking with random math facts used with everyday products at home. She also shares the amazing work she performed as a female aeronautic mathematician.

There's a 'question and answer' section at the back of the book which will get your little one thinking! Erma Does the Math is a great book for young children wishing to learn science facts with relation to Math and Science. You won't be disappointed!

This is a children's book with lots of Math and a bit about space. I really love all the math, space talk, and Black history this book had in it. I just think some of the math maybe be to much for the level this is written for. This is a simple book, but it as a lot in it. I read it to all my kids, and they liked it. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher or author (Ann Strawn) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review about how I feel about this book, and I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

A lovely book that goes old school and it gets your brain working!
Erma's gran sets little maths questions - starting small at first but then they get quite complicated!
Lovely little illustrations too.