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ABOUT THE BOOK {from Amazon}:
Got a teddy bear with a tummy ache, a feverish plush puppy, or a dinosaur who scraped her knees while skateboarding? Never fear! This delightful book offers everything kids need to set up their own veterinary clinic and enjoy hours of fun playing doctor with their stuffed animals. It features dozens of DIY projects to make with common household items, including a thermometer made from a pencil, a lab coat made from an old t-shirt, and a hospital bed made from a cardboard box. The book includes four sheets of fun and adorable stickers for making a doctor's name tag, eye patches, medicine bottle labels, and much more, as well as cute cut-out props, such as a nurse's cap. For ages 3 to 8.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR {from Amazon}:
Deanna F. Cook has written dozens of award-winning children's cookbooks for kids, including Baking Class, Cooking Class, and Cooking Class Global Feast! She has been the creative development director at FamilyFun and an editor at Scholastic and Disney and is currently a children's book and cookbook acquisitions editor at Storey Publishing. She lives in western Massachusetts and is online at deannafcook.com.
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MY REVIEW:
As former Kindergarten through third grade
teacher, I can state with confidence that children will love this book! Young
children enjoy wearing the crafts they make–-headbands, bracelets, necklaces, hats,
signs, etc. They also adore their stuffed animals. This book has craft projects
which involve both of these elements and so much more.
The craft projects use items commonly found around the
house (or classroom). Also provided in the back of the book are the stickers
and cutouts needed to make the projects. The instructions for making the
projects are clear and easy-to-understand. Children are reminded when to ask an
adult for assistance in order to avoid any mishaps.
The projects are divided into four themes: Front Office at
the Vet’s, Exam Room, Pharmacy, and Recovery Room. My favorite craft projects
were the eye and ear scope (opthalmoscope), stethoscope, ‘Pet Vet’ kit, and pet
wheelchair. These crafts used recyclables such as cardboard boxes, plastic
bottle caps, and cone-shaped plastic cap (like from a mustard bottle).
Another educational feature of this book are the ‘Ask the
Vet’ sidebars which contain pertinent information about being a veterinarian
such as how to use a stethoscope and the number of heartbeats per minute of
various animals, etc.
The photos in the book show a variety of boys and girls
wearing/using the various projects. There are speech bubbles sprinkled
throughout telling what the stuffed animals are thinking and what the child might
be saying to the animals as he/she pretends to be a veterinarian.
I highly recommend this book for parents, teachers, Scout
and church group leaders, and camp leaders. Children will be highly-motivated
to make these projects and to read this book again and again!
NOTE: The publisher granted me digital access to the ARC
of this book through Net Galley. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are
solely my own.
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This sounds like a fun book for kids who want to play at being a vet. Thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteThese sound like some delightful crafts projects for kids—I imagine lots of kids already play make-believe as a doctor with their stuffed animals (I think there's an entire kids TV show about that called Doc McStuffins), so giving kids ways to make fun tools for that is even more fun! I also love that some real-life veterinary facts are incorporated into the book. Thanks so much for the great review!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great find. I have forwarded your review to several friends and family. Thanks for featuring on MMGM.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good way to get youngsters interested in science and in making things. Fun. Thanks for the review.
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