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Where's The...
Where's the Doctor?
Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of people you might see in a hospital that include a nurse, a paramedic, an orderly, and a doctor all hiding behind bright felt flaps. With a mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with very little ones.
- GenresChildrens
10 pages, Board book
Published May 23, 2022
20 people want to read
About the author
Ingela P. Arrhenius
315 books41 followersSwedish Ingela Peterson Arrhenius was born in 1967.
Art and design has always played a big part of Ingela’s life and before her career as an illustrator took off Ingela worked as an art director in Stockholm.
Ingela then moved on to study advertising and graphic design at an art school in Stockholm,
In 1992 Ingela set up her own business as a freelance illustrator working on an international level cross advertising, design, publishing and editorial work.
She’s been commissioned for creating print patterns for fabrics, wallpaper, stationary aswell as packaging, product design, home accessories and toys.
Ingela’s posters and designer toys are spread all around the world. She’s passionate about retro style in general which is clearly reflected in her work as well as her joy for typography and colour.
She lives in Stockholm with husband and two boys.
You can follow her daily business at her Instagram: ingelaparrhenius
Art and design has always played a big part of Ingela’s life and before her career as an illustrator took off Ingela worked as an art director in Stockholm.
Ingela then moved on to study advertising and graphic design at an art school in Stockholm,
In 1992 Ingela set up her own business as a freelance illustrator working on an international level cross advertising, design, publishing and editorial work.
She’s been commissioned for creating print patterns for fabrics, wallpaper, stationary aswell as packaging, product design, home accessories and toys.
Ingela’s posters and designer toys are spread all around the world. She’s passionate about retro style in general which is clearly reflected in her work as well as her joy for typography and colour.
She lives in Stockholm with husband and two boys.
You can follow her daily business at her Instagram: ingelaparrhenius
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
July 18, 2022
This is a short and straightforward introduction to the concepts of doctors, hospitals, and emergency personnel for very young children. The text asks where a particular medical caregiver is and encourages the reader to lift the colorful felt flap to see them. Each flap opens in a different direction adding some fun fine motor skill practice. The last flap lifts to show a mirror, inviting musing about what kind of medical person the child might want to be or a talk about what procedure they might be facing.
The illustrations are charming, bright, and friendly, showing young patients and adult medical personnel in a variety of ethnicities, genders, and shapes. Hospital beds, waiting rooms, and ambulances are depicted, opening up opportunities for conversation about what to expect during a visit to those places. The pages are thick and well-constructed and should hold up to repeated readings.
To whom would you recommend this book? This is a good book to share with young families who are about to visit a hospital for the first time. It could be part of a health, doctors, or community helpers story time for children 5 and under.
The illustrations are charming, bright, and friendly, showing young patients and adult medical personnel in a variety of ethnicities, genders, and shapes. Hospital beds, waiting rooms, and ambulances are depicted, opening up opportunities for conversation about what to expect during a visit to those places. The pages are thick and well-constructed and should hold up to repeated readings.
To whom would you recommend this book? This is a good book to share with young families who are about to visit a hospital for the first time. It could be part of a health, doctors, or community helpers story time for children 5 and under.
December 24, 2022
This is a very simple board book about medical professionals (doctors, nurses, paramedics, orderlies) structured around the question, "Where is the ________?"
The genders are the opposite of traditional, so you have a male nurse and a female paramedic, which I love.
The term "orderly" isn't as common anymore, so it's a good word to introduce to children.
Where the book really distinguishes itself is in the felt flaps. They are clever, tactile, and so easy for a young child to manipulate. At the end, there's a mirror behind a flap, and I always love that.
This is a perfect book to introduce medical professions, but also to prepare a child for a hospital visit.
The illustrations have a very simple feel and are appealing.
I was provided with a complimentary copy of the book for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner.
The genders are the opposite of traditional, so you have a male nurse and a female paramedic, which I love.
The term "orderly" isn't as common anymore, so it's a good word to introduce to children.
Where the book really distinguishes itself is in the felt flaps. They are clever, tactile, and so easy for a young child to manipulate. At the end, there's a mirror behind a flap, and I always love that.
This is a perfect book to introduce medical professions, but also to prepare a child for a hospital visit.
The illustrations have a very simple feel and are appealing.
I was provided with a complimentary copy of the book for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner.
February 25, 2024
Read it some time in the last week, but just remembering to log before returning to the library (eventually I'll go add the actual stickers to our 1000 books before kindergarten log...)
A nurse, a paramedic, an orderly, and a doctor (and of course, YOU!) are in this one, with a variety of genders and ethnicities, as one would see in a hospital!
A nurse, a paramedic, an orderly, and a doctor (and of course, YOU!) are in this one, with a variety of genders and ethnicities, as one would see in a hospital!
April 6, 2023
I love the felt flaps--nice and soft to touch and significantly harder to tear!
Some obvious effort put toward avoiding gender stereotypes in this one.
Some obvious effort put toward avoiding gender stereotypes in this one.
April 19, 2023
Really like that the flaps are felt, much harder for my child to destroy.
December 5, 2023
Readers find a nurse, paramedic, orderly, doctor, and themselves in clinical settings.
April 23, 2022
High quality board book by Nosy Crow. Where's the Doctor? can help the youngest readers become familiar with various people in a medical setting. Doctor's, paramedics an orderly. It is pretty well covered in a small space. Felt flaps with a mirror surprise. Highly recommend.
January 4, 2026
A simple book to introduce medical professionals to the youngest audience through characters of various ethnicities, repetitive "where" questions, and felt flaps. The content could be more relevant to young children's medical examination routines, i.e., health checkups and vaccinations, if the context were in a clinic rather than a hospital. This book may be more suitable for toddlers than babies.
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