Next Please

By Ernst Jandl and E. Jandl

Book Overview

Waiting for the doctor can be nerve-wracking, even for toys. As six injured playthings wait their turn to be called into a forbidding door, their growing apprehension is apparent on their faces. Each time, before the doctor calls, Next please, the door opens and one happy toy comes bounding out, good as new. That doesn't comfort the last toy in line-a wooden boy with a broken nose. But when it's his turn, the doctor is warm and friendly. Your nose again? Don't worry. We'll fix you right up, he says. Kids will love poring over the pictures to identify each toy's problem and the different ways they handle the wait-some calmly, some by standing on their heads. Winner of the Bologna International Book Fair's Premio Bologna Ragazzi Award, this charming book is the perfect companion for every child going to a doctor. Illustrated by Norman Judge

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399237585
• ISBN13: 9780399237584
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.7" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Next please

My four-year old daughter loves this book. The illustrations are darling and the simple text appeals to her. She "got" the point of it being about the fear of waiting for the doctor and the pleasantness of being fixed even though the book does not make these points explicitly. I like that the barebones story allows her to embellish. A lovely little book.

One Of My Recent Favorites

Next Please is one of my favorite recent children's books. A group of broken toys anxiously await going into the doctor's office to be fixed. The toys sit outside the doctor's office lined up one by one in chairs. As the door opens the toys go in one at a time. Each toy comes out a few minutes later happy and as good as new. This is a wonderful story if you have a little one at home waiting for his or her first visit to the doctor. The illustrations are a marvel to behold.Preston McClear, author The Boy Under the Bed