Why am I passionate about this?
Lucy's 3 favorite reads in 2023
Plus, Lucy's 6-year-old's favorite books.
Why did Lucy's 6-year-old love this book?
My niece loves this book because it’s gruesome (but not too gruesome – this is an author who knows their audience!) but also full of fascinating facts.
I love this book because it
allows me to share an aspect of history that I am fascinated about in an easily
digestible way. It is also impeccably researched and pitched perfectly
1 author picked Plague-Busters! Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 9, 10, 11, and 12.
Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse.
Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered in this…