A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas that Changed the World #3
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Brown, Don |
| Series: | Big Ideas That Changed The World |
| Subject: | JUVENILE NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / History |
| JUVENILE NONFICTION / General | |
| JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries | |
| JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General (see also headings under Animals | |
| JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions | |
| Publisher: | Amulet Books |
| Published: | April 2021 |
| Format: | Book-hardcover |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Size: | 8.00in x 5.50in |
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Additional Notes
| From The Publisher* | Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series A Shot in the Arm! explores the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-to the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlighting deadly diseases such as measles, polio, rabies, cholera, and influenza, Brown tackles the science behind how our immune systems work, the discovery of bacteria, the anti-vaccination movement, and major achievements from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who popularized inoculation in England, and from scientists like Louis Pasteur, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Edward Jenner, the "father of immunology." Timely and fascinating, A Shot in the Arm! is a reminder of vaccines' contributions to public health so far, as well as the millions of lives they can still save. Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true. |
| Review Quote* | **STARRED REVIEW** "Thoroughly researched and fascinating, this effort concludes with outstanding backmatter for a rich, accurate examination of the critical role of vaccines. Essential." |
| Review Quote* | **STARRED REVIEW** "Brown could be considered the format's premiere historian for young readers; his exhaustive research is always coupled with an understanding of human motivation and an inviting, unostentatious visual style, all while connecting the past to the world we live in now." |
| Review Quote* | **STARRED REVIEW** "Shedding light on a topic that's all too timely, this thorough chronicle of vaccination is essential." |
| Review Quote* | "Brown's readers will be ready to contextualize the rapid pace of contemporary research, the calculated risk and anticipated rewards for the first COVID-19 vaccine users, and the repeating theme of public welfare vs. individual rights, as hotly debated now as in the past." |
| Biographical Note | Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels and picture books. His books have been called "masterful" and "a must for youth graphic collections." Brown has received an Eisner nomination, two Sibert Honors, a Horn Book Best Book honor, a YALSA award, and multiple starred reviews, among other awards and notices. He lives in Hudson Valley, New York, with his family. |