‘Olivia Goes to the Dentist’ Board Book

Reading this right before our checkup made the whole visit feel like an adventure instead of a scary thing — my son kept flipping back to the page with the shiny mirror and pointing at the dentist's tools. The sturdy board pages survived his enthusiastic page-turning, and I love that it’s exactly th

The thick board pages survived my son’s enthusiastic page-turning, and the story’s gentle pacing gave us plenty of chances to talk about the big chair and bright light before his first checkup. He even pointed at the pictures when the hygienist asked him to open wide.

My daughter actually sat still through the whole story, and the thick board pages survived her enthusiastic page-turning. It really helped her know what to expect before her first checkup, and she wasn’t nearly as nervous as I thought she’d be.