? "Rae provides all the information readers want to know [and] skillfully broaches the topic of anti-vaccination...An engaging and informative nonfiction text with all the facts about vaccinations. A must-have for middle school libraries." - School Library Journal (SLJ), starred review Vaccination is one of humanity's most effective and greatest discoveries.
Infections like the plague, smallpox and other deadly diseases have affected and killed people for thousands of years, but the invention of vaccines forever changed our relationship with these diseases. More recently the urgency of developing an effective vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic brought vaccination to the public's attention. Simmering tensions around vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and mistrust of science came to the forefront.
Although an earlier form of protection against infectious diseases has been practiced for a long time, vaccines have only been around for 200 years. Why We Need Vaccines explores the history of vaccine discovery, the science of how vaccines work and the public-health achievements that vaccines have made possible. It also discusses vaccine mandates and inequality in access to vaccines on local and global scales.
It challenges young readers to take responsibility for themselves, their families and their communities so we can all be part of the solution to take down infectious diseases. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
| ISBN: | 9781459836945 |
| Publication date: | 16th April 2024 |
| Author: | Rowena Rae |
| Illustrator: | Paige Stampatori |
| Publisher: | Orca Book Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Orca Timeline |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions Children’s / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Life skills and choices |
? "Rae provides all the information readers want to know [and] skillfully broaches the topic of anti-vaccination...An engaging and informative nonfiction text with all the facts about vaccinations.
Why We Need Vaccines features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Illness and specific physical health conditions, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Inventors, inventions and experiments, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Life skills and choices
Hardback. £26.96, down from the £29.95 cover price. Temporarily Out Of Stock.
Why We Need Vaccines was written by Rowena Rae and published by Orca Book Publishers
Why We Need Vaccines has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Orca Timeline series
£26.96, reduced from £29.95. Temporarily Out Of Stock.