Vaccines Then & Now: The Polio Pioneer
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🕮 Linda Elovitz Marshall was excited to get her COVID-19 shot, and back in the day she was glad to be vaccinated for polio too. That gratitude led her to create the picture book biography The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine illustrated by Lisa Anchin, a 2020 Sydney Taylor Notable Book. Listen to our wide-ranging conversation about polio, COVID, writing, Passover, and baby lambs.
LEARN MORE:
- Linda Elovitz Marshall's website
- Buy The Polio Pioneer at Bookshop.org
- Buy The Passover Lamb at Indiebound.org
- The Salk Institute
- "Race and the Politics of Polio" in the American Journal of Public Health
- Ritualwell and Central Reform Congregation's COVID blessings
- CDC information on COVID-19 vaccines
CREDITS:
- Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
- Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
- Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens
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Photo: Heidi Rabinowitz, proud recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine
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