01294cam a2200313 4500 390696018 TxAuBib 20190830120000.0 190827s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781620141564 1620141566 TxAuBib Hooks, Gwendolyn. Tiny stitches : the life of medical pioneer Vivien Thomas / Gwendolyn Hooks ; illustrated by Colin Bootman. First edition. New York, NY : Lee & Low Books, Incorporated, 2016. 1 v. (unpaged) p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references. A biography of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children. 234 Childrens Plus, Inc. 920 Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR 5.9 0.5 183835. 20190903. Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985 Juvenile literature. African American surgeons Biography. Cardiovascular system Surgery Biography. Operating room technicians Maryland Biography. Bootman, Colin,.