Black Scientists and Doctors Vol 1 (Paperback)

Twelve Black scientists and doctors who explored living cells, advanced medical care, and opened new paths. Each short biography is written for young readers to read on their own, paired with a full-page picture of the scientist or doctor at work to color.

The story sits on the left page. The picture sits on the right, framed so nothing gets lost at the edges, and never backed by another drawing, so markers won’t bleed through. Every story ends with a Think About It question, and a You’re a History Maker, Too! page invites readers to plan an investigation of their own.

Meet the scientists and doctors

• Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman in the United States to earn an M.D.
• Ernest Everett Just, who discovered the world inside a cell
• Daniel Hale Williams, who founded Provident Hospital in Chicago
• Alice Ball, who used chemistry to improve a treatment for Hansen’s disease
• Charles Drew, who helped donated blood reach people in need
• St. Elmo Brady, who built laboratories and future scientists
• Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, who took health care into rural communities
• Percy Julian, who turned chemical knowledge into useful medicines
• Jane Cooke Wright, who studied better ways to treat cancer
• Roger Arliner Young, who followed her questions about living cells
• Samuel Kountz, who improved kidney transplants and patient care
• Marie Maynard Daly, who investigated the chemistry of health

Also inside: a glossary of words to explore, a sources and illustration notes page for every scientist and doctor, and a note for grown-ups on how to use the book together.

Details: 60 pages. 8.5 x 11 in. Black-and-white interior on white paper, full-color cover, perfect bound. Printed on demand when you order and shipped to you in the US with tracking. Allow about three weeks for printing and delivery.

Volume 1 of Black Scientists and Doctors, the third series in The History Makers Club, from Black Knowledge Today. Also in the club: Brilliant Black Inventors and Black Women Who Changed History.