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Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World

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By (author): Dean Robbins

Illustrated by: Mike Dutton

When Jonas Salk sees his neighbors incapacitated by the polio virus, he knows it's his chance to apply the Jewish concept tikkun olam-healing the world. By reading books, learning math, and training to become a scientist, Salk invents the vaccine that would cure polio across the globe. Dean Robbins's captivating prose and Mike Dutton's colorful illustrations demonstrate how one person's bravery and altruism can help heal the world. With an informational author's note and a timeline of the invention and implementation of vaccines, this picture book with STEM connections will appeal to history buffs, science lovers, librarians, and teachers alike. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 432g
  • Dimensions: 238 x 286mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jun 2021
  • Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780374313913

About Dean Robbins

Dean Robbins is a journalist and children's book author. His picture books include Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass; Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote; Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing; and The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon. He lives in Madison Wisconsin with his family. Find him at deanrobbins.net. Mike Dutton is the illustrator of Food Truck Fest by Alexandra Penfold Donovan's Big Day by Leslea Newman and the comic One Swoop Fell. He has drawn numerous Google Doodles including one of Dr. Jonas Salk. He is an art director at animation studio Tonko House and lives with his family in Berkeley California. duttonart.net.

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