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Books for Visiting the Doctor

Medical appointments can be frightening for young children. The unfamiliar environment, the procedures they can't predict, the loss of control. These 0 books help demystify the experience and give children language for what's going to happen.

Stickers can only do so much. These books prepare kids for doctor's visits, dentist chairs, and the occasional needle.

Related:Fear & Bravery Child Illness Anxiety & Worry

Books for Visiting the Doctor – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

21 books

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Format

Middle Grade Young Adult Graphic Novels

Cover of Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis

Stella and Will are falling for each other, but because of their lung conditions, a single breath or touch could be fata

Cover of Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

Science Comics #6

Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

For curious kids who want to understand the invisible world of germs, this graphic novel turns the history of medicine a

Cover of A Face First

Priscilla Cummings

Waking up in a hospital after a car accident, twelve-year-old Kelley must find the courage to face the world while recov

Cover of One Shot: A Story of Bullying

Zuiker Press Graphic Novels

One Shot: A Story of Bullying

Alex Karl Bruorton

For children facing bullying due to physical differences or chronic health conditions. Alex shares his real-life journey

Ages 9–14

Cover of Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with My Brain

Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with My Brain

James Patterson, Hal Friedman

Cory Friedman battles a body that won't stop moving and a brain that won't relax in this raw account of living with Tour

Cover of Remedy

Eireann Corrigan

A girl who has been sick her whole life begins to wonder about the truth as her mother's online fundraising efforts take

Cover of Pure Grit

Lily Collison, Kara Buckley

For the young athlete facing physical hurdles or anyone needing a reminder that resilience and 'grit' can turn obstacles

Cover of Welcome to Consent

Welcome to... #2

Welcome to Consent

Yumi Stynes, Dr. Melissa Kang

A friendly, expert guide for tweens navigating the complex world of personal boundaries, body autonomy, and healthy rela

Cover of None of the Above

None of the Above

Kristin Lattimer’s world is upended when a doctor’s visit reveals she is intersex, forcing her to redefine her identity

Cover of Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine

Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine

For middle grade readers curious about how medicine actually works and the brave, messy history of how humanity conquere

Cover of The World Divided by Piper

The World Divided by Piper

Eleven-year-old Piper balances the pressure of an Academic Decathlon with her resistance to stopping the medical treatme

Cover of The Deadly Flu

My Australian Story #23

Kerry Greenwood

For the child curious about history's hardest moments, this diary follows a girl helping a doctor during the 1919 pandem

Cover of Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All

Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All

From comic book ads for elevator shoes to medical growth treatments, this look at height culture explores what it really

Cover of All about Anxiety

All about Anxiety

A supportive guide for kids navigating worries and big feelings, offering practical tools and science-backed insights to

Cover of Two Girls Staring At the Ceiling

Two Girls Staring At the Ceiling

For the teenager navigating the isolation of a chronic illness and the unexpected bonds formed in a hospital room. A ver

Cover of Side Effects

Amy Goldman Koss

Isabelle is facing a lymphoma diagnosis at fifteen, but she tackles the grueling road to recovery with humor, spirit, an

Cover of Being

For the teen grappling with questions of identity and belonging, this high-stakes thriller explores what it means to be

Cover of The Innocence Treatment

The Innocence Treatment

A medical procedure designed to fix Lauren’s cognitive disability instead pulls her into a dangerous web of genetic engi

Cover of Exposures: A Graphic Novel About OCD

Exposures: A Graphic Novel About OCD

For the teenager struggling with intrusive thoughts or rituals, this authentic graphic novel explores the hard but hopef

Cover of Smooth

For the teenager struggling with self-image and the heavy weight of social expectations while navigating the physical an

Cover of Obesity

What You Need to Know About #2

A factual and supportive guide for children learning about body weight, nutrition, and how to make healthy lifestyle cho