I Ve Got Chicken Pox

A funny, charming, and realistic look at a common childhood illness. A Pox Fact at the bottom of every spread adds a nonfiction bonus: simple, solid information about cause, contagion, and cure. For the sick room or anytime, an engaging, sympathetic picture book. Full color.

It's finally summer and Amber Brown is going to London to visit her aunt Pam and then to Paris to visit with her father. She is one excited kid before she goes. And one itchy kid when she arrives. Mosquito bites, she thinks. Chicken pox, she finds out. Is her vacation completely ruined? And now that she can't go to Paris, how will she be able to convince her dad to move back home?

Arthur the aardvark catches chicken pox a week before he is supposed to go to the circus.

Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment

A family is distressed when Daddy gets the chicken pox, but when he recovers it is a joyous occasion.

Goldie Locks has chicken pox; from head to toe were polka dots.... When Goldie Locks spies her first spot, her mother knows it must be chicken pox. She immediately calls the Three Bears, apologizing for the chair, to see if Baby Bear has chicken pox, too. Soon, a steady stream of storybook favorites -- from Little Bo Peep to Henny Penny -- stop by to visit the bedridden child. All the while, Goldie Locks tries to ignore her brother's relentless teasing about her spotted exterior. But as more visitors arrive, her pox-free brother, in a fit of jealousy at the attention his sister is getting, intensifies his teasing, until suddenly all eyes are on him, but not for the reason he thinks...

Chicken pox begins with coldlike symptoms, but after a couple of days its characteristic rash emerges. Thanks to the advent of a vaccine, this illness is not as common as it once was—although many people still catch chicken pox. This book explains chicken pox from an elementary-level science perspective, including its cause, prevention and treatment, and tips on how to relieve the ailment’s telltale itchiness.

Provides comprehensive information on the causes, treatment, and history of chickenpox.