Name: Checkups, Shots, and Robots
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: David Rickert
ISBN: 9781662670176

Why do I have to get a checkup? My head hurts—make it better! Kids can explore the science and history behind common medical practices and procedures and learn about health problems, treatments, and medical breakthroughs in this funny and educational graphic-format nonfiction book.

Common childhood illnesses and injuries and the methods to cure or treat them can lead to questions. This book offers answers, showing how people learned how to understand and care for the human body, from ancient times to the present day. Young readers will travel back in time—sometimes thousands of years—to cultures all over the globe to learn how and why medical breakthroughs occurred. They’ll meet key people from medical history along the way, including early surgeons working without anesthesia and grave robbers seeking knowledge of human anatomy. The science behind antibiotics and how stitches work are two of many topics in this fascinating book, which includes projects and activities for both the classroom and home.

2025 Kansas NEA Reading Circle List

“Rickert (Pizza, Pickles, and Apple Pie) offers an antidote to skepticism and misinformation surrounding medical science in this high-energy, occasionally irreverent comics-style work…The author doesn’t shy away from depicting incidents of questionable or alarming medical ethics, bias, and unintended consequences, particularly involving the care of people of color. Still, readers will come away feeling that, when it comes to medical innovation, they’re standing on the shoulders of giants. Lively back matter includes how Rickert rendered historical figures and instructions on researching and creating one’s own comic.” —Publishers Weekly

“The humor woven throughout, such as illustrations of Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur arguing over who created the best vaccine, lighten the overall tone…A survey of medical technology and practices that will appeal to graphic novel readers, students who enjoy the gross and bloody, and STEM enthusiasts.” —School Library Journal

ISBN9781662670176

Published onNov 12, 2024

Published byAstra Young Readers

Pages128

Dimensions8 x 10

Age Range8-12 years

GradeGrades 3-7

Reading LevelLexile: GN750L | Fountas/Pinnell: Y

ISBN9781662670183

Published onNov 12, 2024

Published byAstra Young Readers

Pages128

Dimensions8 x 10

Age Range8-12 years

GradeGrades 3-7

Reading LevelLexile: GN750L | Fountas/Pinnell: Y

Checkups, Shots, and Robots

Age Range: 8-12 years

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