Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Discoveries Book

Mike Venezia has turned his short biographies into an entire cottage industry, churning them out like non-fiction lace doilies or biographical jars of jam.
The text is extremely good, very informative, and a good introduction to the subject. My only quibble is his cartoons. His format is that each volume has a cartoon on the cover, and often it's just not funny. Worse, it is then repeated on the inside, slightly modified and with a different punchline...and it's still not funny. This volume has "humorous" cartoons about subjects ranging from the oppression of the Poles by the Russian Czars to the dangerous effects of radiation, interspersed with ones which are actually mildly amusing.
I know he's a cartoonist, but in this series, he needs an editor who can tell him when a joke is falling flat. In his volume on Dr. Charles Drew, famous for his work on blood transfusions, Venezia includes not one, but two stale vampire jokes, both with punchlines that don't quite work.
On the positive side, these books can be shown to kids who don't want to read a long book on the person, but just want an overview. Also, they're good for helping kids to decide on a topic for a report, since the Venezia books can be easily read in one short sitting.
So, if you can get past a few cringeworthy cartoons, these books are great.