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Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
138 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Shot in the Arm!, book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated...
Author
Series
Big ideas that changed the world volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasn't just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one person's life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many want to turn their backs on the victims. The refugees are the unwanted. Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
104 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Conveys the history of the Earth in humorous graphic novel format, from the big bang through continent formation, discussing how weather events and climate change continue to shape the landscape.
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