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Little readers will learn all about what doctors do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.

Dr. Zambil tells the kids how he helps sick or hurt kids feel better, sees healthy kids to help keep them healthy, and even helps train new doctors.

Early readers will learn how different doctors help people stay healthy. Full color images and carefully leveled text highlight what doctors do, where they work, and how they help the community by taking care of people.

"Algunos llegan con fiebre, otros con una herida y los demás vienen para vacunarse. La consulta de los médicos siempre está llena y ellos están preparados para atenderlos a todos con una sonrisa. Si te gusta ayudar a la gente, quizá lo tuyo sea la medicina. ¡Ser un buen médico es una ciencia"

Doctors are important members of the community. People come to them to seek help for illnesses and injuries. Doctors carefully decide how to treat patients. They listen to people and find ways to help them feel better. This title will teach beginning readers about the work doctors do to help people stay healthy.

"Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father's pharmacy on his blue Schwinn bicycle. His father and immigrant grandfather taught Anthony to ask questions, consider all the data, and never give up-and Anthony's ability to stay curious and to communicate with people would serve him his entire life. This engaging narrative,...