The Hospital
Have you ever visited a hospital? Many children will spend time in hospitals for one reason or another during their early years. In The Hospital each page explores a different aspect of what children can expect if they go to a hospital. Each picture shows the experience in a positive and realistic fashion. Children from various familial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds experience daily hospital activities like having an x-ray, getting a needle or staying overnight in a special bed. Learn how...
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Talk-About-Books feature a simple text and engaging photographs intended to encourage discussion and the development of literacy. This volume shows how hospitals help when we are sick or hurt.Isabel SchonThe well-constructed board book has colorful candid photographs and an easy-to-understand Spanish text that will reassure the very young.
\ Isabel SchonThe well-constructed board book has colorful candid photographs and an easy-to-understand Spanish text that will reassure the very young.\ \ \ \ \ Children's LiteratureGoing to the hospital can be frightening no matter what your age. To help allay kids fears, this picture book describes some of the procedures and people that kids may encounter. A multicultural cast is attended to by the staff at this hospital. A little boy is having his temperature taken, a girl is getting a cast on her arm, some kids are getting x-rayed and others are having blood drawn. In every case, there is a parent providing comfort and support. A useful book to get discussion going if children need to know about what happens in a hospital or are just curious. Part of the "Talk-about books" series. 200, Annick, $5.95. Ages 3 to 5. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot\ \
