Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals

by Jennifer Welborn, Rozillia Mh (Illustrator)

Overview

A young girl chases her dreams and becomes a veterinarian in this imaginative and playfully illustrated STEM children's picture book with an empowering message. Readers will find this inventive story about animals with sore throats, stuffy noses, and allergies delightful.

Rosie, an African American girl, loves watching her mom, a veterinarian, take care of all kinds of animals. She especially enjoys learning about the animals and helping them get better. When Rosie takes a rest from asking lots of questions, she finds herself in a dream where she meets an octopus, a crocodile, a giraffe, and several other animals each of whom has a common childhood affliction. One by one, Rosie uses her knowledge- based on real treatments used by veterinarians- to help each animal.

Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals is creative and fun while also steeped in STEM education. The inspiration for the story was a picture of a real baby giraffe with a neck bandage who was successfully treated at a veterinary medical center. While the story of Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals is fictitious, it is based on and informed by real-life veterinarians.

Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals is for children who love animals or who are interested in veterinary medicine. It is also well-suited for parents, teachers, caregivers, and librarians looking for books on representation, diversity, empathy, adventure, and STEM careers.

"Based on real-world veterinarian approaches, but far more diverse in its embrace of powerful solutions and approaches to life, parents of children who want to impart the basics of appreciation for animals and self-empowerment alike will find Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals an inviting story."

---D. DONOVAN, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578829296
Publisher:	Waterbear Publishing
Publication date:	04/02/2022
Pages:	36
Sales rank:	805,723
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Welborn is an award-winning educator and writer, whose work has been published in scientific journals and textbooks. With a B.S. degree in wildlife management and an M.Ed. in science education, Jennifer has been involved with STEM for over thirty years as a writer, researcher, and teacher. One of her professional goals is to increase representation in STEM fields through education. When she isn't writing and teaching, Jennifer is a mother with many interests, including competing in triathlons, sewing quilts, playing the flute and piano, and swimming long distances in open water. She lives with her family in Western Massachusetts where she enjoys going on hikes with her husband and their Italian water dog, Bari. Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals is her debut children's book.

Rozillia MH is an African American illustrator, writer, and educator with a degree in linguistics. She is passionate about art and storytelling through visual designs. For as long as she can remember, she has collected books, comics, and graphic novels. It is through her love of books that she developed an appreciation of different languages and cultures. Rozillia has traveled to over ten countries, gaining new perspectives of people and realizing there are so many stories not being told. In fictional storytelling, in particular, there is a lack of representation of people of color. In addition to her talent and passion for illustrating, Rozillia is pursuing a career in speech and language pathology. It is through this field that she hopes to continue learning how to help children of diverse backgrounds and how to better tell their stories through books and illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

"Based on real-world veterinarian approaches, but far more diverse in its embrace of powerful solutions and approaches to life, parents of children who want to impart the basics of appreciation for animals and self-empowerment alike will find Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals an inviting story."
—D. DONOVAN, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

"Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals is an enjoyable picture book that promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education in a fun way and emphasizes the intelligence and abilities that girls/women can achieve and be leaders in whichever field of study they pursue...This is a very special book that will contribute to stimulating bright minds and excitement in children particularly from underrepresented backgrounds to give them an example that they can achieve any career they wish to pursue even at a very young age..."
—DR. RUBY PERRY (DVM, MS, Ph.D., DACVR), Dean, Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine

"The story is very sweet and entertaining, it encourages adults to take the time to answer children's questions so they could put their knowledge to good use, and it encourages kids to use the knowledge they have to help others and to trust adults to teach them the way."
—FATIMA ALADDIN, Reedsy Discovery

"The illustrations accompanying the story are just adorable and kids can see how Rosie helps each animal."
—AMMAARAH SEBOA, Reader's Choice

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