A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital (Pictureback(R))
PreSchool-Grade 4 Grover, his mother, Ernie and Bert visit the Sesame Street Hospital in preparation for Grover's upcoming tonsillectomy. While children do tour many hospitals, visiting the operating room and viewing the newborn nursery is somewhat unusual for tonsillectomy patients, and it should be explained to children that they may not get the same tour. Also, children are usually accompanied by parents, sometimes siblings, but not friends. Surprisingly, family and parents of pediatric patients are strikingly missing, even though Grover's doctor has assured him that his mother can actually stay overnight with him. On the other hand, the familiar Sesame Street characters change an unfamiliar hospital into a place to be trusted, and many typical questions are discussed. Sesame Street Hospital is an ideal hospital. Hopefully parents will warn their child that each hospital is a little different; sometimes hospital staff are tired, some children are sicker than others and may not be so friendly. Still, a valuable addition to help prepare for hospital visits. Ruth Amernick, San Francisco Pub . Lib .Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.