A children’s picture book about the life of Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of America’s leading infectious disease experts and the public face of the federal government’s pandemic response, has landed near the top of theDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is theDr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctorbestseller list for children’s picture books, following its release on June 29.
The book, written by Kate Messner and illustrated by Alexandra Bye, chronicles Fauci’s life from his childhood and school through his work alongside seven U.S. presidents and during the Covid-19 pandemic, and includesThe Wonderful Things You Will BeWhile Fauci, who is now President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has not