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Tiny Stitches
by Gwendolyn Hooks
Illustrator: Colin Bootman
Ages: 9+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 978-1-62014-156-4
Keywords: Vivien Thomas, Diversity, Picture Books for Older Readers, Medical inventions, African American Women, Medicine, pediatric open heart surgery
In the face of institutional racism, African American Vivien Thomas became renowned for developing pediatric open-heart surgery. Realistic watercolor illustrations. References.