I'm a Nurse - Paperback

by Lauren Kukla (Author), Nadia Gunawan (Illustrator)

How does a nurse's day begin? How does it end? What character traits are essential for a nurse to have?

Follow nurses in a hospital as they work to keep people healthy and happy. These health heroes do the important work of treating patients. Discover the tools they use as they work with others in a hospital to keep people healthy. Like all health heroes, they make sure the needs of the patient come first. Meet a real nurse from Mayo Clinic, and find out how these health heroes save the day, every day!

Meets (C3) Framework for Social Studies standards: College, Career, and Civic Life. D2.Civ.2.K-2. Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.

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Author Biography

Lauren Kukla is a freelance author and poet who loves writing for kids. She has written many books for young readers. She lives with her husband and kids in Minnesota. She is the cofounder and creative director of littledigital.org. You can find her poetry on Instagram and TikTok as @NorthCountryPoet.

Nadia Gunawan is an illustrator based in Indonesia with a passion for storytelling. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember, spending most of her years growing up doodling on textbook margins and exploring different mediums. Nadia graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Psychology.