This was a good entry into the series! I wish it had come down a little harder on the sexism she faced, but it still gives a clear picture of her importance.

Little People, BIG DREAMS

One of a series for adults to read to children and for ESL to polish their English and learn about people who have shaped their world. This one tells about the short life of an important physicist who proved the genetic purpose of the double helix and allowed others to take the credit. Science was more important to her than competition for prizes.
The illustrations that are mostly simple and forthright as created by Naomi Wilkinson.
I requested and received a free temporary ebook copy from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

Rosalind Franklin is the newest lead in this latest edition of the Little People, BIG DREAMS series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. This series is such a delight and the perfect way to educate not just kids but everyone about historic and cultural icons.

Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. The book follows Franklin as she studies chemistry at Newnham College to her discoveries about coal helping the British Army during the war to winning a Nobel Prize for her discoveries of DNA and her work researching viruses.

Naomi Wilkinson illustrates this installment and does a fantastic job. Wilkinson's art style was so captivating and her art definitely further helped tell Franklin's story. I love collecting these books and am so thrilled to add this one to the rest of my collection.

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