Ordinary People Change the World: The Inspirational Story of Marie Curie

Selina auvil: My 6 year old granddaughter lives these books, she calls them hero books

United States on Jun 02, 2023

RooZillah: This book does a nice job of presenting biographical detail, but unfortunately this book also spends an unnecessary amount of time whining about how unfair it was that women were not once admitted to universities and that Marie Curie was not permitted to speak to the Nobel audience. If it could have left this preaching aside and just presented the historical facts, there would be room for parents and teachers to talk about these historical inequalities. It is an unfortunate side effect that the lesson is not that Marie Curie was an amazing scientist, but that she was an amazing scientist despite the fact that apparently no men but her husband and father were supportive of her learning and career. Other downfalls: glorification of impoverished student life (it was hard but the "BEST time" of Curie's life--I would be curious to know what memoir Meltzer lifted that gem from) and the art is jarring. It is frustrating to get to the end of the book to find Curie in a lineup with other female scientists who have semi-realistic portraits and what is Marie looking like? The signature goofy portrait through the whole book. Positives: there is much here to like and enjoy--the information...

United States on Apr 25, 2022

Aracely Hye: Kids love the book, the illustration are super cute and the way is written is perfect for the kids to understand, my kid loves it, she even asked to dress up like Mary Curie for a school project, we read it several times and she never gets bored.

A los ninos les encanta el libro, las ilustraciones son tan bonitas y detalladas, esta escrito de manera muy clara y sencilla que los ninos pueden comprender, con informacion importante y relevante sobre la vida del presonaje, a mi hija le encanta incluso me pidio vestirla de Mary Curie para un proyecto escolar, lo hemos leido varias veces y siempre es interesante.

United States on Feb 28, 2022

Sonya S. Stewart: Got this for my g-grand niece who has been having some problems readying. This has become her favorite book. She told her g-grandmother that she knows the words.

United States on Dec 12, 2021

stephan: This is an outstanding book. My granddaughter loves science, so a well written and illustrated biography about Marie Curie was just perfect for her age. In fact, I think most 5 to 8 year olds and their parents will enjoy reading this book. All the “Ordinary People Change the World”
biographies have been outstanding. This is one of our favorites from the series of books about famous people like Marie Curie. So far, the books about Marie Curie and Leonardo da Vinci have been our favorite biographies in this series.

United States on May 29, 2021

Amazon Customer: Amé el cuento, se los regalé a mis niñas de 4 y 6 años para inspirarlas y hasta mi esposo y yo quedamos fascinados con esta belleza.

Mexico on Jul 24, 2020

a. mommy: My girls aged 5-10 love this series. Enjoyed seeing a scientist featured.

Canada on Sep 27, 2019