Judy Moody MD, The Doctor is in! by Megan McDonald

Judy Moody aspires to be like the first female doctor Elizabeth Blackwell, when she grows up so when her teacher announces that her class will be studying the human body she is ecstatic! They get to choose their own topic for a class human body project, and they go on a field trip to the emergency room of a hospital. Towards the end of the story, Judy actually gets sick with tonsillitis and has to stay home from school for a while until she gets better. This is a great series and I love Judy Moody and her hilarious personality. I love how the author works in human body vocabulary because it is an easy way to teach these words in such a funny story. I also liked how the characters used pet therapy to help Judy get better when she was sick. Pet therapy is not very well known to many children, but it is often used in children's hospitals. Getting a visit from a pet can be distracting and exciting and make their gloomy day much happier. This would be a great book for a child between ages 6 to 10 that may be sick or have to go into the hospital with something like a broken arm or tonsillitis.