Kimora Goes to the Doctor

If we can find a child that enjoys going to the doctor, then we have found a rare and one-of-a-kind child. No child really wants to see that man or that woman in a white coat who pokes and probes and then sticks them with a needle that makes them cry. Going to the doctors is inevitable for a child, but we can make the visit more pleasant than not. Kimora Goes to the Doctor is a book that helps a child see the necessity of why they must go to the doctors' office. It gives them the opportunity to understand why doctors and nurses must administer that dreaded shot, which is so that they may grow up healthy and strong. It may not be fun to visit the doctors, but it can be tolerable if the child is given an understanding of what would happen to the body if it is not immune, and what happens to the body when it is immune and is power packed with antibodies that are strong enough to destroy foreign matters that would invade their bodies to make them prone to sickness. This book faces the reality of a child's visit to the doctors' office (for some children, it is a dilemma) and how a little girl is able to go through the process of getting a shot and finding out that it is not as bad as she thinks. A little pinch and before she could open her mouth to cry, a beautiful Band-Aid is on the injected area, and a lollipop awaits, and the pinch begins to diminish almost instantaneously. This book will make going to the doctors' office a little easier because it relates to their emotions and gives them hope that they will survive such a seemingly dreaded place.

-- Sharon E. Harris