Hello, Doctor / Bonjour Docteur
by Michaël Escoffier illustrated by Matthieu Maudet.
Bibliographic citation:
Publisher: New York: Price Stern Sloan, (translation ©2012) ©2010
28 pages
ISBN 978-0-843-17231-7
Age recommendation: 1-5 years
Format: Board Book
Awards/Selection lists: N/A
Annotation: What happens when a wolf goes to the doctor? It's time to visit the doctor, and everyone is in the waiting room. The doctor treats a crocodile and an elephant first. Next up is a wolf. Will the doctor survive his cunning patient? In the waiting room, strange things can happen--and it's not necessarily the doctor you should be afraid of!
Review: “Hello, Doctor. My teeth hurt” explains Crocodile to the busy doctor with a waiting room full of other ailing patients that includes a sheep, a duck, a bunny, an elephant and a hungry looking wolf peering sneakily over his newspaper. By the time the doctor is back in the waiting room calling the elephant into his office, an observant reader will notice the empty seat where the bunny used to be. When the doctor reappears, there’s but the sheep and the wolf. As luck would have it, the wolf is next. Moments later, the wolf in doctor’s clothing appears at the door and calls “Next!” to the unsuspecting sheep- who is sure to be his most tasty appointment of the day!
Cleverly directed, this little story will have little readers on the edge of their seat, gradually solving waiting room mystery.
The illustrations have a comic-like quality, which pop with bright color against a white background. Repetitive scenes of the waiting room with disappearing patients allow the reader to clearly witness the wolf’s plan unfold. It’s a wicked little tale with just right right dose humor to keep everyone in stitches!
Themes/Issues: Doctor visits
Early Literacy Skill Value:
Print Motivation: Young readers will enjoy suspense and the funny characters and their ailments.
Vocabulary: Encourages vocabulary learning through easily recognizable objects encouraging vocabulary exploration.
Print Awareness: Minimal text appears in clear, bubble captions.
Narrative Skills: Encourages narrative skills through effective use of illustration, depicting actions without the dependence of words.
Phonological Awareness: N/A
Letter Knowledge: N/A
Author/illustrator website: N/A
by Michaël Escoffier illustrated by Matthieu Maudet.
Bibliographic citation:
Publisher: New York: Price Stern Sloan, (translation ©2012) ©2010
28 pages
ISBN 978-0-843-17231-7
Age recommendation: 1-5 years
Format: Board Book
Awards/Selection lists: N/A
Annotation: What happens when a wolf goes to the doctor? It's time to visit the doctor, and everyone is in the waiting room. The doctor treats a crocodile and an elephant first. Next up is a wolf. Will the doctor survive his cunning patient? In the waiting room, strange things can happen--and it's not necessarily the doctor you should be afraid of!
Review: “Hello, Doctor. My teeth hurt” explains Crocodile to the busy doctor with a waiting room full of other ailing patients that includes a sheep, a duck, a bunny, an elephant and a hungry looking wolf peering sneakily over his newspaper. By the time the doctor is back in the waiting room calling the elephant into his office, an observant reader will notice the empty seat where the bunny used to be. When the doctor reappears, there’s but the sheep and the wolf. As luck would have it, the wolf is next. Moments later, the wolf in doctor’s clothing appears at the door and calls “Next!” to the unsuspecting sheep- who is sure to be his most tasty appointment of the day!
Cleverly directed, this little story will have little readers on the edge of their seat, gradually solving waiting room mystery.
The illustrations have a comic-like quality, which pop with bright color against a white background. Repetitive scenes of the waiting room with disappearing patients allow the reader to clearly witness the wolf’s plan unfold. It’s a wicked little tale with just right right dose humor to keep everyone in stitches!
Themes/Issues: Doctor visits
Early Literacy Skill Value:
Print Motivation: Young readers will enjoy suspense and the funny characters and their ailments.
Vocabulary: Encourages vocabulary learning through easily recognizable objects encouraging vocabulary exploration.
Print Awareness: Minimal text appears in clear, bubble captions.
Narrative Skills: Encourages narrative skills through effective use of illustration, depicting actions without the dependence of words.
Phonological Awareness: N/A
Letter Knowledge: N/A
Author/illustrator website: N/A