The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath: 2 (Amazing Scientists)

I ordered both "The Girl Who Thought in Pictures" and "The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes" for my 3 and 5 year old children. The books arrived last week and became instant favorites, especially with my 5 year-old daughter. I have read them every night since. The biographies strike a difficult balance between being engaging and being factually accurate and appropriately complex. Each story is written in rhyme with and beautifully illustrated. Neither the stories nor the illustrations are simplistic, however. They are detailed and complex making them appropriate and appealing to a wide range of children. In addition, each story ends with a letter from the star of the biography, interesting details from the author's interviews, a timeline and a two-page prose biography. These extras really enhance the books and feed children's curiosity for more information. My daughter loves looking at the photographs, and hearing more about these women's incredible lives. I appreciate the gap in children's literature these books fill. They are about incredible women who have had a massive impact in the sciences though they faced monumental hurdles. The stories are honest, appropriate, and not watered down. They have led to very meaningful conversations with my daughter about injustice in the world, as well as resilience and perseverance. I will be purchasing more for my school! Highly recommend.

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I really enjoy this series of books. It's a refreshing change to introduce real life stories of positive female role models. This book will hold up for many years of my kids reading levels as it has a very informative and more detailed timeline of her journey of breaking down barriers and succeeding as an influential doctor. The illustrations are very interesting for my kids to stop and look at as they hear the story. I applaud and love the normalizing the every day female heros making breakthroughs in society.

This book is amazing. It tells an incredibly inspiring story about a woman I'd never even heard of. I read to my not yet three year old daughter, and she was completely captivated by the rhymes and the engaging illustrations. The subject matter deals with racial and gender inequality, but for lack of a better word, it's done in a very gentle way; it didn't feel overwhelming to read to such a young kid. Dr. Bath's story is incredibly inspiring and uplifting. This is a book we'll be reading over and over again.

Read this book in my 5th grade class and they loved it - many chose Dr. Bath for their scientist biography project and used this as a key resource. Inspiring story, wonderfully written, fantastic resources and additional information in the back. Love, love, love - will keep buying anything this author puts out!