Next Please

My four-year old daughter loves this book. The illustrations are darling and the simple text appeals to her. She "got" the point of it being about the fear of waiting for the doctor and the pleasantness of being fixed even though the book does not make these points explicitly. I like that the barebones story allows her to embellish. A lovely little book.

Next Please is one of my favorite recent children's books. A group of broken toys anxiously await going into the doctor's office to be fixed. The toys sit outside the doctor's office lined up one by one in chairs. As the door opens the toys go in one at a time. Each toy comes out a few minutes later happy and as good as new. This is a wonderful story if you have a little one at home waiting for his or her first visit to the doctor. The illustrations are a marvel to behold.Preston McClear, author The Boy Under the Bed