Pasteur's Fight Against Microbes

Science Stories

by Beverley Birch, Christian Birmingham (Illustrator)

Who was Louis Pasteur? He revolutionized medicine and biology! An exciting tale of scientific exploration for kids! Parents, teachers, and gift givers will In 1856, when Louis Pasteur first began studying microbes in rotten sugarbeet juice, he put into motion a chain of events that saved France's wine industry. The perfect Louis Pasteur biography for kids!

Genres: Science, Biography, Nonfiction, History, Childrens, School, Biology

48 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1988

Reviews

[Erin Ching · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book that tells the story of one important scientific discovery, but also shows more generally how the scientific method works (and can be exciting and important). Also made me want to go dust my house immediately 🤣

[Bo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short, interesting book detailing how Louis Pasteur discovered "germs" or microbes, which led to the process of pasteurization. His efforts began as he researched tainted fermented sugarbeets. (The book also has lots of illustrations.)

Geared to upper elementary and up, but I learned a lot myself.

[Secret Garden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! My kids love it and understand how scientist's discovered things too!

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not outstanding but also not horrible. The writing style doesn’t flow well, yet we learned quite a bit!

[Debesuota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mikropların nasıl keşfedildiğini öğreten güzel ve etkileyici bir hikayeydi. Eğitici ve öğretici bir kitap. Bilmeyenlere öneririm. Çizimleri de çok başarılıydı.

[Paula Watkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great childs biography of Louis Pasteur.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never been on the edge of my seat with a science book before but this one was exciting.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good introduction to science for the beginning reader.

[Hailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book about Luis Pasteur. It’s short and has a lot of pictures, so it’s good if you want a quick, informative book. Recommended for grades 3-6.

[Meagan Mayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a cool book! Very informative and kept my 6-year-old’s attention. He is now able to tell me, generally, about yeast and microbes.

[Tasha Rath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written with thoughtful illustrations that do a great job of presenting the information in the accompanying text. Leaves you with a clear sense of what a vast impact Pasteur had on our understanding of our world, especially our understanding of microscopic elements that fundamentally impact human health and survival. Inspires future exploration of Pasteur's work.

~ Ages 7-9

[Chris Rock · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the book was meant for teens, I learned a lot from it. I like that the book focused on one particular aspect of Pasteur's life and didn't try to be a comprehensive but shallow biography.

The illustrations were also good.

[forthefamilyssake Hailey White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of our NOEO Biology curriculum. This book surprised me. Fantastic introduction to the subject as told through a biography. This was one of those books that you were to read 10 pages a day for a week, but instead we read it through in one setting....twice.

[Matthewrestle]

It was a great book and it helped me learn about microbes. And how microbes can grow through air because of dust flowing through the air and it can kill chemicals in alcohol stop the process. Microbes can rarely grow in the alcohol in the cold.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love learning things in story format-- and this is an amazing story about the discovery of the microscopic world!

[Mariannne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great and interesting story of a small part of Pasteur's life when he discovered microbes.

[Trace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great little book, telling us the story of the discovery of microbes. It was a nice little glimpse into how a scientist goes about testing and retesting his theories...

[Shiloah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book about Louis Pasteur. Good, quick read aloud.

[Jacob · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really like this book because all this guy did was look at microbes

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short but detailed book about Pasteur and how he discovered and studied microbes and the amazing impact that discovery has had on the scientific community and our lives today.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story to read aloud to children. It was comprehensive without being too detailed and had great illustrations.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the art work. My kids like the story a lot.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Known for his discovery in 1861 that bacteria causes things to spoil.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic biography written at an elementary level.