Children's books

Books Recommended for Children (available in Canada)

Under 8 years of age:

William! Won't You Wash Your Hands? (Canadian Institute of Child Health) This is a valuable resource for early childhood educators, caregivers and parents to teach children how and when to wash their hands. It includes a resource booklet with an assortment of activities, songs and games that all teach handwashing.

A Day with a Doctor

by Jan Kottke, Welcome Books, Grolier Publishing, 2000

 
A Trip to the Doctor

by Margot Linn, Harper & Row Publishers, 1988

 
Arthur’s Chicken Pox

by Marc Brown, Little Brown and Company, 1996

 
The Berenstain Bears Go To the Doctor

by Stan and Jan Berenstain, Random House, 1981

 
Body Buddies Say... “Wash Your Hands!”

by Leeann Wenkman, Sunrise Publications, 1999

 
Clean and Healthy

by Angela Royston, Heinemann Library, 2000

 
Germs! Germs! Germs!

by Bobbi Katz and Steve Bjorkman, Scholastic Books, 1996

 
Germs Make Me Sick!

by Melvin Berger, in the series of “Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books”, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985.

 
Going to the Doctor

by Kate Petty and Lisa Kopper, a First Timers book, Aladdin Books Ltd., 1987

 
Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox

by Grace Maccarone and Betsy Lewin, Cartwheel Books, 1992

 
The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book about Germs

by Joanna Cole, Scholastic Books, 1995

 
No Measles, No Mumps for Me

by Paul Showers, in the series of “Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books”, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980

 
Wash Your Hands!

by Tony Ross, Kane/Miller, 2006

 
What to Expect When You Go to the Doctor

by Heidi Murkoff, HarperCollins Publishers, 2000

 
What Happens When You Catch a Cold?

by Joy Richardson, Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1986 

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Over 8 years of age:

 
Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Germs

by Trudee Romanek, Kids Can Press, 2003

 
Choosing Health

by Alan Collinson, in the Facing the Future series, Steck-Vaughn Library, 1991

 
Everything You Need to Know About: Measles and Rubella

by Trisha Hawkins, The Need to Know Library, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2001

 
Germ Killers: Fighting Disease

by Sally Morgan, Science at the Edge series, Reed Educational & Professional Publishing, 2002

 
The Miracle of Immunity

by William Donnellan, from the “Story of Science” series by Benchmark Books, 2003

 
My Health: Vaccinations

by Alvin Silverstein and Virginia Silverstein, Franklin Watts, 2002

 
My Health: What Are Germs?

by Laura Silverstein-Nunn, Alvin Silverstein, and Virginia Silverstein, Franklin Watts, 2003

 
Outbreak: Disease Detectives at Work

by Mark Friedlander Jr., Lerner Publications, 2003

 
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio

by Peg Kehret, Albert Whitman, 2006