Tu Youyou's Discovery: Finding a Cure for Malaria

Tu Youyou's malaria treatment saved millions of lives, and she became the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.

Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over the world today.

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 10/01/2021
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 10.27h x 8.40w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780807581117
Age: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 102

About the Author
Daemicke, Songju Ma: -

Songju Ma Daemicke is a software engineer and award-winning author. Her book Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant was an NSTA and CBC best STEM book and the 2018 CALA best children's book winner. She lives in the Chicago suburbs.

Lin: - Lin graduated from Hengyang Normal University with a degree in Environmental Art Design. She is an illustrator and painter making work for children's books, magazines, and other publications. She lives and works in Pingxiang City, China.