Doctor Fairytale by Catherine Jacob, Hoàng Giang
Published by Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536238813
Genres: Fairy Tale, Fiction in Verse/Poetry, Folklore, Humor, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Doctor Fairytale has a busy day! A little girl dressed in her doctor’s coat and supplies drives around the kingdom with her canine companion helping her patients and their maladies. On each page, Doctor Fairytale helps someone in need: Cinderella needs to soak her feet after dancing all night, Rapunzel’s headache calls for a new hair-do, Snow White needs help waking up! Kids will love the experience of guessing which fairytale the Doctor is there to help next. Although, all of a sudden, Doctor Fairytale herself is feeling unwell.

Catherine Jacobs does a wonderful job writing rhyming verse that flows from one page to the next. “My mom made me a cup of tea and off I went to bed. I took some special medicine to calm my pounding head. But then I heard a noise outside–a knock at our front door. I peered out from my window, and just look at who I saw… We’ve come to visit you!” [the fairytale characters] cried. At the end of the book, they all wish Doctor Fairytale to get well soon and she falls fast asleep. Hoang Giang’s illustrations make this book truly shine with the saturated watercolors and elaborate sketched borders around the text boxes. This is a delightful bedtime story, and I was pleased to see a version of Cinderella with darker skin and textured hair.

Recommended for Cream of the Crop. 

Reviewed by Gia Charles, Patten Free Library, Bath