Book Review: This is a great book for the stated 5-8-year-old group. I read it with my 4 and 8-year-old daughters.
First thing that I noticed is the art style. There are pictures on every page in the art style as on the cover. Real photos of animals are used with smiles and clothes and things drawn around and on them. The colours in the book are black, white and orange which works well. Other books in the series use different colour schemes to match their main border colour as on the cover, and it is a clever art style that differentiates these books from the competition.
The story follows Dr KittyCat with her assistant Peanut the mouse on "Shiny smiles day" where she checks the other animals' teeth. Whilst doing this little tips are written in to the text to help children understand about how to care about their teeth and what to expect when visiting the dentists. For example one animal is nervous and Dr KittyCat reassures her that there is nothing to worry about. Dr KittyCat also tells another animal the correct way to brush her teeth.
After their morning clinic is over Dr KittyCat and Peanut need to go to the Thistletown festival to help Daisy the Kitten, and to judge a cake baking contest. This is related of course because of the effect cakes can have on your teeth. It also gives the opportunity to slip in some tips about staying safe when baking cakes with a hot oven.
My girls enjoyed this book and also dressed up in their doctors fancy-dress stuff to play doctors in between reading sessions so a good book.
Amazon UK link: Dr KittyCat is ready to rescue Daisy the Kitten
Release date: 2 July 2015
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