Nurse Florence, What is a Heatstroke? by Michael Dow (Dow Creative Enterprises, 2023, 114pp, ages 8-12)(OT) Review by Skye Anderson.
Starring Girls!
Nurse Florence, What is a Heatstroke? is the latest in the Nurse Florence (named for Florence Nightingale) series of educational health books for kids with an emphasis on minorities. And girls! The three protagonists (main characters) are girls who are all different - two little Black girls and one red-headed, freckled White girl. The nurse herself is probably of Indian descent with a red dot, the bindi, on her forehead.
The four eat lunch together at school while conversing about heatstroke - what the symptoms are and how to prevent it.
Heatstroke is a real story, with a beginning, a middle and an end that are all so realistic. I'd love to see some of the accompanying coloring books, too.
With so many titles in the series (and some in French or Spanish, too), with 99 titles to choose from, your child will select many of them to learn about.
However, . . . .
This reviewer would suggest deleting the 'A' in the title and, although some pages have lovely illustrations (the oscillating fan, e.g.), others seem as if created by a child.
Although somewhat costly, the Florence Nightingale, a hardcover book, will surely last a long time being passed from child to child.
Other books in this series reviewed include Nurse Florence: How Do We Feel Hot and Cold Things?
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