Enslow Author Recipient of Award

Congratulations to Enslow author, Lisa Yount, who is the recipient of the 2012 Leo Politi Golden Author Award by the California Readers.

This award is given yearly to the author who has had the most books on their California Collections lists of recommended reading for young people. Lisa had 11 titles, for a total of 38 listings since 1997. Two of those titles are Antoine Lavoiser and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek published by Enslow.

Birthday of William Harvey

William Harvey Discoverer of How Blood Circulates, Revised Edition
Author: Lisa Yount
State Affiliation of Author: CA
ISBN-13:
978-0-7660-3010-7

ISBN-10: 0-7660-3010-5
Publication Year: 2008
Interest Level: Grades 5-up
Page Count: 128

What does the heart do? Why does it beat? What is a pulse? Up until the 17th century, most believed that blood sloshed around the body like ocean tides. Then the English physician William Harvey showed the world that the heart is actually a pump, and that blood circulates throughout the body. This marked one of the greatest advances in the study of medicine.