MacLeod, Elizabeth.

Meet Frederick Banting / Elizabeth MacLeod ; illustrated by Mike Deas. - Toronto, Ontario : Scholastic Canada Ltd., c2025. - 31 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm. - Scholastic Canada biography . - Scholastic Canada biographies. .

Meet Frederick Banting, whose work on the discovery of insulin saved the lives of millions of people in Canada and around the world! In this latest addition to the award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series, young readers will learn about Fred's early life, which inspired him to find a treatment for diabetes, his military service before and after his Nobel-prize winning discovery, and his incredible work to find a treatment for what was then a fatal illness. Elizabeth MacLeod tells the story of Frederick Banting's life in short, accessible text, brought to life by the friendly comic-inspired illustrations by Mike Deas. Backmatter includes timeline and historical photos.

ISBN: 9781039707856 (hc) 1039707858 (hc) 9781039707863 (sc) 1039707866 (sc)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Banting, F. G. 1891-1941 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physicians--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Diabetes--Research--Canada--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography, Juvenile.

Dewey Class. No.: 616/.462/0092