My Doctor's Visit (Baby Medical School)

by Cara Florance, Jon Florance

Overview

The bestselling Baby University book series that brought you ABCs of Space, Rocket Science for Babies, and Quantum Physics for Babies is expanding!

Empower children with this educational doctor book for kids so they can visit the doctor with courage and curiosity!

Every year, you go to the doctor's office to make sure your body is working like it should. A nurse and doctor will check almost every part of you. They want to make sure you stay happy and healthy. Written by leading medical experts, Cara and Jon Florance, this doctor's visit book will take the fear out of going to the doctor by breaking down what and why a doctor does what he or she does.

My Doctor's Visit is the perfect book for nurses to read and makes a wonderful addition to other special gifts for your little one, such as toy stethoscopes for kids, doctor kits for toddlers, and thermometers for babies. Give the gift of learning to your little one with this baby and toddler doctor book and help them feel confident about their next doctor's visit!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492693994
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	11/05/2019
Series:	Baby University Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	314,994
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	AD620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Cara Florance is a biochemist and mother with experience in astrobiology, cotton candy spinning, and radiation decontamination. She writes books to make science fun and approachable to families everywhere.

Jon Florance is a father to two amazing children. After years in the Infantry and Special Forces, he transitioned to a career as a physician. He enjoys spending his free time with his family exploring the forests of the Northeast.

Editorial Reviews

"An upbeat, science-based primer of human anatomy." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-12-22
A friendly introduction to the annual medical checkup for little ones.

In one to two second-person paragraphs per double-page spread, the chatty narration describes the various tests doctors perform while indicating the body part each is meant to examine. Simple diagrams appear against white backgrounds to illustrate the concepts and feature faceless silhouettes of toddler bodies in a variety of skin tones accompanied by simple representations of internal organs. Medical instruments, such as a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer (or blood-pressure cuff), float among the text and diagrams, sometimes commenting on the narration in the fashion of a Greek chorus. Several of these instruments and a good number of the internal organs, like the heart and lungs, have googly eyes, expressive eyebrows, and cutesy mouths. Presumably this is intended to give this fictional visit to the doctor a lighthearted air, but the device could be confusing to literal-minded youngsters. The spread on vaccines (a representative virus particle within the serum also has googly eyes, plus a superhero cape) reassuringly states that: "Most vaccines are shots, so it might hurt a little, but only for a second. Take a deep breath and know you are brave for keeping your body safe!" While this offering doesn't show the actual doctors, waiting rooms, or examination tables that most going-to-the-doctor books include, it does provide answers to many of the "why" questions older toddlers and preschoolers express.

Googly eyes aside, an upbeat, science-based primer of human anatomy. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews