When you need a doctor

Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org


Going to the doctor
Going to the dentist
Going to the hospital


Books for children in preschool—second grade

Unless otherwise noted, all books may be found in the picture book section under the author’s last name.

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Going to the doctor

 

Fiction:

 

Dr. Ted / Andrea Beaty and Pascal Lemaitre

 

Going to the Doctor /Anne Civardi ( j E-pb C)

 

My friend the doctor / Joanna Cole

 

Robby Visits the Doctor / Martina Davison

 

I am sick / Patricia Jensen (j Er PRIMER JENSEN)

 

Froggy goes to the doctor / Jonathan London

 

Time to see the doctor / Heather Maisner

 

ABC doctor / Liz Murphy (j 610.695 Mur)

 

Felix feels better / Rosemary Wells

 

Non-Fiction:

 

A day in the life of a nurse / Connie Fluet (j 610.73 Flu)

 

Doctors / Marlene Targ Brill ( j 610.695 Bri )

 

What does a doctor do? / Felicia Lowenstein (j 610.695 Low)

 

Doctors help people / Amy Moses ( j 610.695 Mos)

 

The doctor & you / Diane Swanson (j 610.695 Swa)

 

What does a nurse do? / Lisa Trumbauer ( j 610.73Tru )

 

Going to the doctor / T. Berry Brazelton ( j 618.92 Bra)

 

Audiovisual:

 

Don’t be afraid of the doctor - Neil Shuman ( j VC 610.69 Shu)

 

Elmo visits the doctor - Sesame Workshop ( j DVD SESAME)

 

Mister Rogers' neighborhood The doctor, your friend (j VC ROGERS)

 

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Going to the Dentist

 

Fiction:

 

Going to the Dentist / Anne Civardi ( j E-pb C)

 

Maisy, Charley, and the wobbly tooth / Lucy Cousins

 

Dr. Kanner, Dentist with a smile / Alice K. Flanagan

 

When I see my dentist / Susan Kuklin

 

Show me your smile! : a visit to the dentist (Dora the Explorer) / Christine Ricci ( j E-pb D)

 

Danny goes to the dentist / Robert Robinson

 

My Dentist / Harlow Rockwell

 

Going to the Dentist / Fred Rogers

 

Vera goes to the dentist / Vera Rosenberry

 

Molly at the dentist / Angie Sage (j T SAGE)

 

Harry and the dinosaurs say "Raahh!" / Ian Whybrow

 

ABC dentist / Harriet Ziefert  (j 617.6 Zie)

 

Non-Fiction:

 

A Dentist’s Tools / Kenny Desantis ( j 617.6 Des)

 

At the dentist / Carol Greene ( j 617.6 Gre)

 

Dentists take care of our mouths / Carol Greene ( j 617.6 Gre)

 

Open wide : tooth school inside / Laurie Keller ( j 617.6 Kel)

 

What does a dentist do? / Heather Miller ( j 617.6 Mil)

 

What to expect when you go to the dentist / Heidi Murkoff (j 617.6 Mur)

 

The dentist & you / Diane Swanson ( j 617.6 Swa)

 

Audiovisual:

 

A trip to the dentist through Pinatta's view (j VC 617.6)

 

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Going to the Hospital

 

Fiction:

 

Franklin goes to the hospital / Paulette Bourgeois

 

Going to the Hospital / Anne Civardi ( j E-pb C)

 

Katie goes to the hospital /Barbara Taylor Cork

 

Maisy goes to the hospital / Lucy Cousins (j T COUSINS)

 

Maggie and the Emergency Room / Martine Davison

 

Doctor Meow's big emergency / Sam Lloyd

 

My trip to the hospital / Mercer Mayer

 

Curious George goes to the hospital / Margret Rey

 

The Emergency Room / Anne Rockwell

 

Going to the Hospital / Fred Rogers (j Ea ROGERS / j E-pb R)

 

Anna’s Special Present / Yoriko Tsutsui

 

Non-Fiction:

 

When Molly was in the Hospital: A book for brothers and sisters of hospitalized children / Debbie Duncan (j 155.936 Dun P-T)

 

Harry goes to the hospital : a story for children about what it's like to be in the hospital / Howard J. Bennett ( j 362.1 Ben)

 

The Hospital Book /James Howe (j 362.1 How)

 

Hospital / John Malam (j 362.1 Mal)

 

At the hospital / Amy Moses ( j 362.1 Mos)

 

We work at the hospital / Angela Aylmore (j  610.695 Ayl)

 

Hospital workers in the emergency room / Bobbie Kalman ( j 610.695 Kal )

 

Ear Tubes:

 

Chris gets ear tubes / Betty Pace ( j E-pb P)

 

Tubes in my ears: my trip to the hospital / Virginia Dooley ( j E-pb D)

 

Tonsils:

 

Barney is Best / Nancy White Carlstrom

 

Rita goes to the hospital / Martine Davison

 

Good-bye tonsils! / Juliana Lee Hatkoff

 

A visit to the Sesame Street Hospital / Deborah Hautzig

 

Cat and Dog and the mixed-up week / Elizabeth Miller

 

Emma Kate / Patricia Polacco

 

Tonsillitis / Kenneth T. Burles (  j 617.532 Bur )

 

Let's talk about when you have to have your tonsils out / Melanie Apel Gordon ( j 617.532 Gor )

 

Audiovisual:

 

Hospital (j DVD 307.3 Myc )  

 

To the hospital ( j VC 362.1 Tot)

 

Curious George goes to the hospital in "The Adventures of Curious George "
(j VC CURIOUS GEORGE )

 

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