Checkups, Shots, and Robots
By David Rickert
Middle grade non-fiction illustrated book with a blend of history, pop culture, and science
Astra House, November 12, 2024; 128 pages
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Common childhood illnesses and injuries and the methods to cure or treat them can lead to questions. This book offers answers, showing how people learned how to understand and care for the human body, from ancient times to the present day. Young readers will travel back in time—sometimes thousands of years—to cultures all over the globe to learn how and why medical breakthroughs occurred. They’ll meet key people from medical history along the way, including early surgeons working without anesthesia and grave robbers seeking knowledge of human anatomy. The science behind antibiotics and how stitches work are two of many topics in this fascinating book, which includes projects and activities for both the classroom and home.
Reviews
“A survey of medical technology and practices that will appeal to graphic novel readers, students who enjoy the gross and bloody, and STEM enthusiasts.”
“Rickert (Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie) offers an antidote to skepticism and misinformation surrounding medical science in this high-energy, occasionally irreverent comics-style work. Readers will come away feeling that, when it comes to medical innovation, they’re standing on the shoulders of giants.”
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Author Bio
David Rickert grew up in Columbus, Ohio surrounded by stacks of MAD Magazines, Calvin and Hobbes collections, and Walt Disney comics. He spent most of my free time learning about sable hair brushes and Bristol board so he could pursue a career drawing a comic strip in the style of Sergio Aragonés or Bill Watterson. After receiving a teaching degree and spending a few years in the classroom, the itch to create comics resurfaced. He headed back to the drawing board (literally) to create educational comics, selling them on the TeachersPayTeachers marketplace. His ambition is to use artwork to teach kids about the world they live in. He also wants his work to appeal to kids like his dyslexic nephew Ben, who learned to read from graphic novels. And, in the end, he hopes that children have as much fun reading his work as he has creating them. Visit David at http://davidrickert.com.
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