Tu Youyou’s Discovery

Finding a Cure for Malaria

Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.

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  • 32 Pages
  • 8" x 10"
  • 9780807581117
  • October 2021

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  • October 2021

Reviews

  • This attractive series shines spotlights on inspiring, deserving role models.

    - Booklist

  • This inspiring picture-book biography provides a much-needed counterpoint to harmful Sinophobic rhetoric around the origins of Covid-19…A compelling introduction to a passionate and tenacious Chinese researcher.

    - Kirkus Revivews

  • A much-needed biography of a woman scientist and great addition to any library’s STEM ­collection.

    - School Library Journal

Awards & Accolades

  • 2024 Garden State Children's Book Award Nominee
  • 2023 Finalist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

Illustrator

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