Clive is a Nurse

by Jessica Spanyol, Jessica Spanyol (Illustrator)

Overview

What will Clive be today? Follow Clive and his friends as they explore the many things a nurse does in a day. Role-play is crucial to a child’s positive development, boosting language and social skills, and building self-confidence. This humorous and caring interaction of an inclusive group of playmates will inspire young readers to create their own diverse roles, free of gender stereotypes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846439919
Publisher:	Child's Play-International
Publication date:	12/01/2017
Series:	Clive's Jobs Series
Pages:	14
Sales rank:	537,568
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Jessica Spanyol gained an MA in illustration with a distinction from the Royal College of Art in 1993. Jessica's first Children's book CARLO LIKES READING was published in 2001 and was based on a book she wrote when she was 6 and a half years old. As a child, Jessica struggled with learning to read. She now visits many schools to lead workshops and is passionate about the ability creativity has to develop self-confidence and the love of books.

Editorial Reviews

★ 2017-10-10
A stellar board book—one of four—about pretend play that subverts gender stereotypes.Clive is a little boy with dark, straight hair and light skin. His diverse group of playmates interacts with him as he pretends to be a nurse: light-brown-skinned Anisa drives an ambulance toting baby dolls and a stuffed animal, white Wilfred is another nurse, and black Amy is a patient and later caregiver to an ill stuffed-animal crocodile. Clive demonstrates gentleness, compassion, and imagination as he bandages Amy's arm, gives water to a thirsty teddy bear, bathes Penguin with a sponge, and so on. The soft color palette matches the book's quiet tone, while the illustrations highlight characters and action described in the text, shunning complex detail and backgrounds. The result is an accessible, engaging board-book depiction of young children's play that offers a matter-of-fact rebuff to strict gender norms. Other books in the Clive's Jobs series similarly cast Clive in the pretend-play roles of librarian, teacher, and waiter and echo this title's success.Clive is a star! (Board book. 6 mos.-3)

Kirkus Reviews