This is a Hospital, Not a Zoo!, Roberta Karim
This is a Hospital, Not a Zoo!, Roberta Karim
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This is a Hospital, Not a Zoo!

Author: Roberta Karim

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/14/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

By 6 a.m. at Cloverleaf Hospital, young patient Filbert MacFee is ready to go home. He doesn't need any more bed rest. He doesn't want any more shots or x-rays. And he just can't stand any more medicine. How can Filbert fight off the nurses, technicians and doctors when all he has to help him is a box of animal crackers? And how can the little boy convince these grownups to let him go home? Roberta Karim has created a hilarious animal tale that captures the wishes of every child who has even spent time in a hospital. Filbert MacFee's adventures are sure to have young readers and their parents laughing out loud. When John McDonough's richly comic narration is pared with the lively text, the combination is a dose of pure fun.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elizabeth Edwards on April 15, 2024

so cute. i wish the illustrations were bigger because they were for sure make you smile. but i can read the text. well done. fun times. read through my local library leaning program. get to reading. bye.......more

Goodreads review by Randi Lieteau on March 12, 2024

a little too ridiculous My 5 year old enjoyed it. But it wasn’t very consistent. It rhymed and then it didn’t. He changed after eating one animal cracker and then he was changing without eating anything. As a parent, I did not enjoy it.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on October 12, 2015

In short, sweet story about the power of kindness. When young McPhee finds himself in the unpleasant world of being a hospital patient, he chooses not to despair. Rather, he constructs for himself a world in which not only he, but the entire hospital staff are animals. When it is cold, he becomes a......more

Goodreads review by Rose on February 17, 2016

Cute book. My daughter wanted it read to her multiple times then would want to read parts of it and tell me what animal was next. When kids interact with books that's a good book. I wish I had some animal crackers to eat while reading this book. Illustrations are fun and any child familiar with zoo......more

Goodreads review by The Brothers on March 05, 2016

A little boy is more than ready to end his stay at a hospital. After eating some animal crackers he transforms himself in a variety of animals to keep from having more tests, shots, etc. A sympathetic doctor joins him in animal form (orangutan) and finally lets the little boy go home. Dex (4yo) real......more