Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

by S. Wood

Book Overview

Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year.

Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512407909
• ISBN13: 9781512407907
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6