{"product_id":"a-shot-in-the-arm-don-brown-9781419750014","title":"A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #3","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author and illustrator Don Brown explores the history of vaccines from smallpox to COVID-19 in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Shot in the Arm!\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eA Shot in the Arm!\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder of vaccines' contributions to public health so far, as well as the millions of lives they can still save. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead them all!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rocket to the Moon! \u003cbr\u003e Machines That Think! \u003cbr\u003e A Shot in the Arm! \u003cbr\u003e We the People! \u003cbr\u003e All Charged Up! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419750011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419750014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e515256 \/ Shot in the Arm!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average","brand":"Don Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053340684543,"sku":"9781419750014","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66cda31e-c212-4763-a537-646653b06069.jpg?v=1685023811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-shot-in-the-arm-don-brown-9781419750014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}