Lumos Keeps Calm: Dealing With Cuts & Stitches

Lumos Keeps Calm: Dealing with Cuts & Stitches (Helping Paws Academy)

By Pat McCaw .M.D.

Illustrated By Beth Hughes

Genre:-Children's 8-12 Years

Pages:-80

Publisher:-Mayo Clinic Press

Blurb:-This inviting chapter book series explores health topics through the friendly lens of therapy dogs. Follow an adorable therapy dog helping a child through getting stitches, with strong messages of empathy, kindness, and courage. Therapy dogs are specially trained to help kids through medical experiences-from lifting spirits, motivating movement, modeling the power of play, and more. Nonfiction back matter provides more information about medical topics introduced in the books, from acute to chronic issues, while also proving more information bout therapy dog programs and the Mayo Clinic Children's Center.

Mayo Clinic Press Kids creates empowering health and wellness content in partnership with pediatric experts. Proceeds from the sale of every book go to benefit important medical research and education at Mayo Clinic

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My Review:-We meet Lumos again, dealing with cuts and stitches. In this book we meet Kaia, a 10-year-old who has multiple scratches and scrapes covering her legs and her arm is also wrapped  in a towel with spots of blood showing through. Lumos is there it help Kaia along the way, even when Kaia has to go to x-ray, Lumos goes along with her and shows her how to get a x-ray by jumping onto the table to show her. Lumos also goes to Rehab to visit an old friend Sonali who is in a wheelchair. On returning back to see Kaia, she is looking worried as she has to have stitches, but as always Lumos is there to help and make it easier.

These books are a great idea for helping children of all ages, as well as some older people, making someone less worried is something that we all want and what better way than having a cute dog to help us.