The Little Doctor / El doctorcito

How important it is for children to hear stories and to read stories that apply to their own lives! This is a story many children in the Hispanic community know. It's the story of a boy who must go with his grandmother to the doctor to translate for her. The grandmother's doctor speaks no Spanish and treats her with rudeness. From this experience, the boy decides to grow up and become a doctor. It's a story from the author's own childhood. Children with connect with the experiences of the grandmother and the boy, and they will enjoy the comic book-like illustrations.