SuitabookAntibiotics
Christine Zuchora-Walske
- Reading
- Use the glossary and charts as reference points: pause at unfamiliar terms, then invite your child to explain how each fits into the book’s account of antibiotic development.
- Themes
- How antibiotics developed: The book follows early antimicrobial forerunners, penicillin and later antibiotic discoveries, including the doctors associated with them. This is presented as a historical and scientific account, connecting discoveries with the development of treatment.
- Antibiotic resistance and future research: The contents include a section on the problem of antibiotic resistance followed by a section on the future of antibiotics. The topic is framed as a scientific problem and linked to the continuing search for new drugs.
- Worth knowing
- Antibiotic resistance is a named topic, alongside bacterial and fungal infections. If illness or medicines are a sensitive subject for your child, consider checking in as you read.