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Author: Dr.
Charlotte Cowan
ISBN:
0-9753516-4-8
Publisher: The Hippocratic Press
A youngster with a scratchy throat would be calmed by this story and encouraged to know that medication will help
Author: Dr.
Charlotte Cowan
ISBN:
0-9753516-4-8
Publisher: The Hippocratic Press
Click Here To Purchase Sadie's Sore Throat (Dr. Hippo Story)
Six-year-old Sadie and her brother Barley are busily preparing crafts for the fair. Then Sadie develops a problem—a sore throat, and not your ordinary, garden variety sore throat at that, because Sadie is a giraffe. Her mom discovers that Sadie has a fever, as well, and administers love, medicine and a soothing popsicle.
It doesn’t take Sadie long to realize that this new illness may prevent her from participating in the fair, and she frets. Like all children, she resists going to see the doctor, but Mom insists, and soon Dr. Hippo is gently examining, and diagnosing a strep infection. She explains that Sadie will need to take an antibiotic to cure the strep and continue with pain medication and popsicles to ease the pain.
Sadie stays home from school, but keeps busy with her craft projects for the fair. “Many popsicles and a few days later, Sadie felt like new,” author Cowan summarizes. She is well just in time to enter her necklace in the fair and enjoy the fun of the event.
A youngster with a scratchy throat would be calmed by this story and encouraged to know that medication will help. Parents will welcome the supplemental adult reading tucked in a special pocket in the back of the book. This sturdy tri-fold reference addresses the questions apt to be on their minds:
What is a Strep Throat?
What is a Sore Throat?
How Do I Know If My Child Has a Sore Throat?
What are the Complications of a Sore Throat?
How Can I Keep My Child Comfortable?
When Should I Call the Doctor?
What Will the Doctor Do?
When May My Child Return to Daycare or School?
How Can I Protect My Family from Sore Throats?
Author Charlotte Cowan is a board certified pediatrician, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is on the staff of the MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Colorful illustrations by Katy Bratun round out this offering from The Hippocratic Press.
Parents and youngsters will find answers and comfort
in the other books in Dr. Cowan’s Dr. Hippo Series--“Peeper Has a
Fever,” “The Moose with Loose Poops,” “Katie Caught a Cold”
and “The Little Elephant with the Big Earache.”
Click Here To Purchase Sadie's Sore Throat (Dr. Hippo Story)
NOTE:
Dr. Charlotte Cowan, creator and author of the Dr. Hippo Series of Children’s Books, has been selected by the Obama Administration as one of the leading social innovators in the country. In an exclusive reception at the White House this week, Dr. Cowan was recognized by President Obama and members of his recently-formed White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.
Dr. Cowan was chosen by the Obama administration for her five award-winning, creative children’s books aimed at educating parents and children about ubiquitous illnesses, decreasing family anxiety and reducing unnecessary and expensive reliance on doctor offices and emergency rooms. After training and practicing pediatrics for many years at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Dr. Cowan formed the Hippocratic Press in 2004 to focus creatively on those illnesses that affect tens of millions of American families and cost billions of healthcare dollars