Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

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Author: Gwendolyn Hooks
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Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Hooks, Gwendolyn

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

CHF 26.59

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

CHF 26.59
Author: Gwendolyn Hooks
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

NAACP Image Award Winner, NAACP
Lasting Connection Title, Book Links
Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Top Ten Science and Health Books for Youth, Booklist

The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.

Vivien Thomas's greatest dream was to attend college to study medicine. But after the stock market crashed in 1929, Vivien lost all his savings. Then he heard about a job opening at the Vanderbilt University medical school under the supervision of Dr. Alfred Blalock. Vivien knew that the all-white school would never admit him as a student, but he hoped working there meant he was getting closer to his dream.

As Dr. Blalock's research assistant, Vivien learned surgical techniques. In 1943, Vivien was asked to help Dr. Helen Taussig find a cure for children with a specific heart defect. After months of experimenting, Vivien developed a procedure that was used for the first successful open-heart surgery on a child. Afterward, Dr. Blalock and Dr. Taussig announced their innovative new surgical technique, the Blalock-Taussig shunt. Vivien's name did not appear in the report.

Overcoming racism and resistance from his colleagues, Vivien ushered in a new era of medicine--children's heart surgery. Tiny Stitches is the compelling story of this incredible pioneer in medicine.



Author: Gwendolyn Hooks
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Published: 05/01/2016
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781620141564
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 183835 / Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 04/25/2016
Booklist 05/01/2016 pg. 79
School Library Journal 05/01/2016 pg. 132
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2016

About the Author
GWENDOLYN HOOKS is the author of Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas, which received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. Thanks to her Air Force dad, she grew up in Texas and Washington in the United States, and in Italy. After teaching middle school math, Hooks decided to follow her passion and write books for children. Hooks lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her husband. Please visit her website at www.gwendolynhooks.com.

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