Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

Dr. Wu Lien-teh, a hero of science who created the first N95 mask during a plague epidemic in China, is celebrated in this inspiring picture book biography. Written by an ER doctor and vetted by experts at MIT, the book tells the true story of an unknown hero of science.

Format: Hardback
Length: 32 pages
Publication date: 02 November 2023
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

An inspiring picture book biography celebrating Dr. Wu Lien-teh, a hero of science who braved an epidemic to create a new kind of mask - a mask that, a hundred years later, continues to save lives today. Written by an ER doctor and vetted by experts at MIT, this fascinating true story is perfect for fans of Little People, Big Dreams.

Growing up in Malaysia, Wu Lien-teh had always loved science and wanted to be a doctor. His studies took him around the world, and in 1910, he brought his expertise to China to fight the plague. There, he overcame discrimination to promote trailblazing measures that will be familiar to readers today, including encouraging people to wear a face covering he designed from layers of cloth and gauze: the first version of the N95 mask.

Written by Wu Lien-teh's great-granddaughter, who is now an ER doctor who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later, and charmingly illustrated by Lisa Wee, this is an inspiring and fascinating biography about an unknown hero of science.

Weight: 368g
Dimension: 265 x 223 x 7 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529515510