Title: Who was Marie Curie?
Author: Megan Stine
Age: 8+
We chanced upon this book at Barnes and Noble while looking for a birthday present for one of D's friends. I am a sucker for anything and everything that has a strong female presence and needless to say I picked up this book the moment it caught my eye. I have been consciously introducing a lot of topics to D that question gender stereotypes because it is something that is very important and close to my heart. I want D to be mentally strong and challenge every stereotype out there, be it at school, at playground and later when she grows up, at her workplace. This book proved to be yet another brilliant one at doing exactly that.
This is a fantastic book that describes the life of Marie Curie from start to end. Along with learning about how she made one of the most important contributions to science - polonium and radium, we read about the hardships she had to face at every step and how she fought against all of them and won a Nobel Prize at the end. She was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw and hence enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study Physics and Math. She was the only female scientist to win a Nobel Prize and the first woman in Europe to get a doctorate degree and become a professor.
This is a great little book for kids and especially for little girls. Look forward to reading the other books in the "Who was" series.
Author: Megan Stine
Age: 8+
We chanced upon this book at Barnes and Noble while looking for a birthday present for one of D's friends. I am a sucker for anything and everything that has a strong female presence and needless to say I picked up this book the moment it caught my eye. I have been consciously introducing a lot of topics to D that question gender stereotypes because it is something that is very important and close to my heart. I want D to be mentally strong and challenge every stereotype out there, be it at school, at playground and later when she grows up, at her workplace. This book proved to be yet another brilliant one at doing exactly that.
This is a fantastic book that describes the life of Marie Curie from start to end. Along with learning about how she made one of the most important contributions to science - polonium and radium, we read about the hardships she had to face at every step and how she fought against all of them and won a Nobel Prize at the end. She was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw and hence enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study Physics and Math. She was the only female scientist to win a Nobel Prize and the first woman in Europe to get a doctorate degree and become a professor.
This is a great little book for kids and especially for little girls. Look forward to reading the other books in the "Who was" series.
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