I absolutely loved being able to read this book to my kids. I would say this is for an older audience of kiddos. My 5 year old daughter lost interest pretty fast. But my son who is 10 really enjoyed this book. I am definitely looking forward to reading more books from this series. ( )

I really enjoyed reading this book to my daughters. This book was well written as its very informative yet broken down in a way thats easy for kids to understand. I learned alot about some of the amazing things women have contributed to medicine. I always love a kids book were even I learn something new and this is definitely one of those books. The illustrations are very eye catching! ( )

This book gives a short overview of 7 women who have influenced modern-day medicine. While it's a children's book and will be easily understood by children, adults can learn a little from it, too. This is a book I plan on getting for my elementary-age niece and nephew.

Thanks to LibraryThing.com and Science Wide Open (Genius Games) for this review copy.

This book is the fifth in the Science Wide Open Series (Kickstarter: Science Wide Open) which has the following objectives: First, the series explains and teaches some basic concepts. Second, it does so by highlighting some of the mind blowing scientific advancements made by women scientists throughout history.

These objectives have been met generally and are accompanied by attractive and engaging visuals by Danielle Pioli. This series would certainly be welcome in school and public libraries.

There are a couple curiosities in the text. In the section about Dr. Gerty Cori we have the following phrase, "She and her research partner..." (28). A quick search of online information supports the information that this "research partner" was in fact her husband, Carl Ferdinand, with whom she shared the Nobel Prize for this work. It doesn't seem like it would marginalize her significant work to simply identifying her research partner. See (The Nobel Prize).

The second oddity occurs in the section on Florence Nightingale which states, "Florence focused only on helping people who looked like her and shared her beliefs" (34). This criticism feels unnecessary and out of place as surely Xoquauhtli, Peseshet, and Tu Youyou also cared for people who looked like them. This feels very much like modern ideologies being selectively thrust upon people from the past. It's also odd because Nightingale actually pressed hard against some of the social mores of her time. According to History.com "a young lady of Nightingale’s social stature was expected to marry a man of means—not take up a job that was viewed as lowly menial labor" (see History.Com). By stepping outside of the accepted social norms, most everyone she assisted would have looked different from her. Of course, a fuller picture of her life must take into account her whole life, but this feels like an outside agenda pressing into the text. ( )

This is a wonderful book on vocations in medicine and the contributions that amazing women have made in this field.
The book has a young girl asking questions about her body and simple medical questions. The book then shares information about discoveries, cures, and achievements made by women in each area.
The writing is not overly complex, but gives a good amount of detailed information. The vocabulary is not simple, it would be good as a read-aloud to children younger than third grade and probably fine for third graders and above. My fourth graders used to study the body in their science curriculum and I think this book would be perfect extra reading for that age.
I think this book would inspire young children and hopefully young girls to be excited about medicine as a future they could be a part of one day. The end of the book even suggests ways to get started as a young child.
This author did a great job in writing an inspiring and interesting book for young readers. ( )