Let's Talk about When You Have to Have Your Tonsils Out

by Melanie Apel Gordon

Every year, 400,000 kids in the United States have their tonsils removed. This book teaches what tonsils are and why some kids have to have them taken out. Kids learn about what happens before the procedure and during recovery.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823954188
• ISBN13: 9780823954186
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.7" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

good pick for a little one

This did help prepare my daughter for her surgery. There were a lot of things different from the book than what actually happened, though. As a general overview, it is good.

A good way to start talking about Tonsillectomy

It was criticial that I find a book on having your tonsils out, with my six- year old due to have his removed in days. "Let's Talk About When You Have To Have Your Tonsils Out" explained the basic facts of the procedure. It explains words like anesthesia and surgeon.The possibility of having to stay overnight in the hospital and that your throat may be sore afterwards,are mentioned, all very valid points. The pictures depict children in similar situations and with only twenty-two pages, nobody loses interest! A good way to talk about the procedure.