Tu Youyou's Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria (She Made History)
Why we picked it
This award-nominated picture book biography tells the story of Tu Youyou, who combined modern pharmacology and ancient Chinese herbal texts to discover artemisinin, the malaria treatment that has saved millions of lives.
Our review
When malaria began infecting people around the world in 1969, Tu Youyou went to work. Trained in both modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, she searched centuries-old texts for clues and found artemisinin, a compound that has since saved millions of lives. This picture book biography, a 2023 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize finalist, introduces young readers to the quiet determination behind one of medicine's greatest discoveries.
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2024 Garden State Childrens Book Award Nominee2023 Finalist AAASSubaru SBF Prize for Excellence in Science BooksTu Youyous malaria treatment saved millions of lives, and she became the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.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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- Age ranges
- Elementary
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- Pharmacist
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