Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies

Newbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this inspiring picture book biography.

Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine.

Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate frequently traveled many miles ...