Friendly Doctor Mouse is happy to help all of his patients, but he can only see them one at a time. When the dog, hen, owl, and fox start talking to each other in the waiting room, they start to solve problems themselves. Will dog finds a new friend? Will hen lose her fear? Will fox get a new pair of glasses? This humorous story will tickle your funny bone!
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To start, I absolutely adore these illustrations. I just prefer these hand-crafted illustrations so much more than the newer digital ones. These take a different kind of time and talent to create. And you can just feel the warmth and love inside of them, almost like how Grandma's chocolate cake always tastes better because it has that extra bit of love inside of it. And I guess they make me a bit more nostalgic.
This story is also sweet with a really good message. Every day, Doctor Mouse opens up for consultations on whatever seems to be the matter. He has six chairs in his waiting room. And he will not start discussing your problems until the chairs are full. It becomes kind of a group therapy session. Each animal who comes in shares with Doctor Mouse what is bother him or her. But instead of the doctor figuring out how to fix it, they all figure out ways to help each other.
It reminded me of when I had my Montessori classroom. Children would come to me wanting immediate answers. I would pause and wait, maybe give them a small hint, and then they would eventually figure it out for themselves or find ways of helping each other instead. And that actually works better than having someone solve all of your problems for you.
So I think this is a great lesson to kids about being helpful with each other. And did I mention how much I love these illustrations? I give this one 4.5 stars.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a review copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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