We're Going to the Doctor: Going for a Check-Up (Campbell Big Steps, 5)

It is engaging

Started looking at this book with my son after he freaked out at the 15-month check-up appointment. He still freaked during the 18-month appointment, but differently. He also seemed to use the book to process what happened during the last appointment because he wanted to read it more than once a day for a handful of days after. I would recommend it, along with a toy doctor kit so your little one can actually touch some of the objects depicted (stethoscope, etc.). Also, I never actually read the “story” printed in the book. Instead, I use the pictures to talk about what is happening on each page.

My 2 year old daughter loves the Campbell Big Steps books!

Me ha ayudando para hacerle ver què es una visita al mèdico. Y a hacer referencia al cuento cuando estábamos en el mismo para que estuviera màs relajada, sabiendo què pasara después.Tendréis que adaptarlo a vuestra situación porque salen 2 personales a una niña que està resfriada y al niño que le poner inyección.Al tener despegables es muy interactivo.

Great to see diversity in children's books and in the position of the doctor. Great storyline.

Bought this to prepare my 3yo for the upcoming check-up and am utterly disappointed. The story takes two kids to the doctor's, one for a check-up along with an injection, one for a cold. The storyline is very simplified and scattered, it confused more than it helped. The check-up is not explained at all, the chile is measured and gets his injection - why, how etc. is not explored at all. The other child is simply prescribed medicine. It just doesn't make any sense and definitely doesn't help prepare a child for a doctor's visit. Two stars still because the illustrations are nice and I like the depicted diversity, e.g. the doctor is a black woman. Other than that, would not recommend the book.