We Need Doctors

Helpers in Our Community

by Lola M. Schaefer

Simple text and photographs present doctors and their role in the community.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

Lola M. Schaefer is an educator, writer, and gardener, and the author of many acclaimed books for children about math, art, science, technology, animals, and nature. She uses shovels, hoes, rakes, and scissors when she works in her garden. Lola M. Shaefer grew up in Indiana, and now lives in northern Georgia.

Reviews

[Nichole]

Very basic info for beginning readers.

[Sarah Whitfield]

We Need Doctors is a great book to help explain the importance of occupations like a doctor to young children. It teaches them that doctors help people stay healthy, and that they provide a service to all people. This book and others like it about occupations such as dentists, construction workers, and childcare workers, are paired well with When I Grow Up by Michael Berenstain. It is a very long poem about a young child exploring ideas about his future job, which any kid can relate to.

[Katie Turley]

A simple book telling children what to expect when they go to the doctor.