About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is facing their first trip to the school nurse, a routine checkup, or is feeling anxious about 'scary' authority figures at school. It is an ideal tool for children who have active imaginations that tend to run wild with worst case scenarios when they are nervous about the unknown. The story follows Hubie as he navigates the terrifying rumors surrounding the school nurse, Miss Brooks. He imagines her as a literal monster who uses a crane to weigh students and keeps a thermometer the size of a pole. Through humor and hyperbolic illustrations, the book addresses common childhood anxieties and the way peer rumors can distort reality. It ultimately provides a gentle, funny resolution that helps demystify medical professionals and school staff for the elementary set.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The book deals with medical anxiety through a metaphorical lens of monsters and gothic horror tropes. The approach is entirely secular and humorous, with a hopeful resolution that restores trust in school authority figures.
