[LM_NET] BOOK REVIEW: ELEM: Doctor Ted by Andrea Beaty

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

Doctor Ted by Andrea Beaty; illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre (McElderry 
Books, 2008). ISBN:978-4169-2820-1

Kids will giggle their way through this charming picture book as Ted, 
a little brown bear with big confidence, launches his medical 
career.  With one big bandage and an office with a waiting room, Ted 
is confident that business will be brisk, but even a house call to 
his mother fails to enliven his trade.  Not until he reaches school 
does he find a ready (though sometimes less than willing) patient 
pool to diagnose and treat.  Children will love the mismatch between 
diagnoses and recommended treatment and will identify with the 
familiar school settings populated by a farmyard of animal characters 
of various stripes rendered in brush and ink and digitally colored in 
an appealing psychedelic palette.  With an underlying message of the 
power of personal confidence and imagination, Doctor Ted is sure to 
be a crowd pleaser when shared during primary story sessions and will 
leave kids guessing about Ted's next adventure as a fireman.  Long 
live imagination!  [Suggested ages 4-7.] ~ Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Maine Association of School Libraries Board Member
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
R is for Research, illustrated by Nicole Wong (Upstart 2008) BRAND NEW! 

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