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When I Get Sick

About Becoming Ill and Feeling Better

Dagmar Geisler Andy Jones Berasaluce

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Hardback

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English
Sky Pony Press
01 February 2023
Age range 3 to 6

The perfect tool to teach children about both infectious, chronic, and mental illnesses they may be experiencing firsthand. When I Get Sick provides parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers the opportunity to speak with children about this important topic.

Have you ever been sick? Or do you know someone who has been sick for a long time? How do you take care of yourself when you're feeling ill? How can you get healthy again? How can you avoid getting sick in the first place?

When I Get Sickrealistically addresses both infectious and chronic diseases, from the common cold to cancer.

The children in this book discuss their different experiences with being sickso that every reader can find themselves on these pages. Children will learn about germs, viruses versus bacterial infections, and contagious versus noncontagious illnesses and issues. They'll see children attenddoctor's appointments, experience blood tests and imaging, and even spend time in the hospital for surgeries. Preventative techniques such as handwashing, a healthy diet and exercise, and vaccinations are also discussed in detail.

Everything from ear aches, coughs and colds, tummy aches, chicken pox, the flu, diabetes, cancer,neurodermatitis, heart defectsand asthma, to allergies, broken bones, and mental illness is discussed in this thoughtful and sensitive book.

In When I Get Sick, award-winning author and illustrator Dagmar Geisler presents the perfect opportunity for adults to talk to children about diseases, treatments, prevention, and how important it is to takecare of their mind and body.
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Imprint:   Sky Pony Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 266mm,  Width: 215mm,  Spine: 2mm
Weight:   346g
ISBN:   9781510770959
ISBN 10:   151077095X
Series:   The Safe Child, Happy Parent Series
Pages:   36
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Recommended Age:   From 3 to 6 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dagmar Geisler is a German author and illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden and worked for several publishing houses and broadcasting companies. Today, Dagmar focuses mainly on children's books, both as an illustrator and an author. She illustrated My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes which received the Silver Feather (Silberne Feder) Children's Book Prize from the German Medical Women's Association, and is the illustrator of My Feelings and Me. She lives with her family in Munich, Germany.

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