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It's Her Story: Marie Curie: A Graphic Novel
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About It's Her Story: Marie Curie: A Graphic Novel
Product Description A graphic novel for children ages 6 to 9. Marie Curie was the brilliant, trailblazing scientist who discovered radium and coined the term radioactivity. She is the only woman ever awarded two Nobel Prizes--one in physics and one in chemistry. She helped develop the use of X-rays and radiation therapies that have had a lasting impact on medicine and human health. This is her story. This book is special because: Its artfully illustrated style bridges the gap between picture books and graphic novels This book is part of an expandable series featuring amazing, inspirational women From School Library Journal Gr 3-5-Kicking off a new series of graphic biographies, these compact profiles offer quietly respectful overviews of the lives and achievements of two of the 20th century's most iconic female role models. Chronicling the life of Marie Curie, Kallen uses a contemporary idiom ("I'm OK with studying hard," declares young Marie Sklodowska) and gives due attention to the contributions of Curie's husband and daughters along with her own discoveries, medical work in World War I, and later achievements at the renowned Radium Institute. Kallen broadens Curie's skill set by viewing her as "not only an extraordinary scientist" but also "a clever communicator and manager." Though Burke makes a common but incorrect assertion that Abraham Lincoln freed all enslaved people, she likewise presents a similarly well-rounded picture of her subject; in her book, a modern child asks her grandmother who Rosa Parks was and gets an earful that tracks the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" from birth to bus seat, and then on to a long life of behind-the-scenes political activism. Parks's features change along with her body as she matures in Clester's cartoon scenes, but she remains recognizable; in Baker's neatly drawn panels Curie looks like an adult and barely ages from first page to last. If neither figure displays a great range of emotion, they do both exude winning dignity and intelligence. Who wouldn't want to, as Parks herself urged, be kind, be brave, and "do one tiny thing" to change the world? VERDICT The lack of back matter makes these less offerings suitable for research than other resources, but they make inspiring character studies for readers in elementary grades.-John Peters, Children's Literature Consultant, New Yorkα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review "A slim, heartwarming graphic biography gives a capsule view of the life and discoveries of Marie Curie..." "This tiny volume doesn't delve into the actual science, but it's likable and irrepressibly cheerful..." "Charmingly inspirational in tone..." --Kirkus
