Take the fear out of going to the doctor. The 9" X 11", 35 page book is full-color & shaped like a doctor's bag with a carrying handle. The story is about a child who is left alone in a doctor's office & who accidentally knocks over the doctor's black bag. The instruments fall on the floor & turn into characters... including Otis the Otoscope, Lubba Dubba, & Ms. Kneeknocker, Woody, Tempo, & Mr. B.P. Cuff. These creatures give away their secrets & demystify medicine. The cold, sterile instruments metamorphose into warm fuzzy friends with fun & easy to pronounce names. When the doctor arrives in the office, the child is no longer afraid. WHAT'S IN A DOCTOR'S BAG? is recommended by specialists at the Children's National Medical Center as a means of alleviating a child's fear of the doctor, as reported in Redbook Magazine. To order: send a check for $12.95 (plus $3.00 shipping) to Rx Humor, 2272 Vistamont Drive, Decatur, GA 30033. 404-321-0126. Coloring books are available for $1.50 each. Also available through Ingram.

An African-American child uses the contents of her doctor bag to heal her toys.

This is a photographic board book shaped like a doctor's bag, complete with little handles, which is intended for pre-school children who want to pretend they have grown-up bags of their own. The book answers the question what's inside? as the sturdy pages are filled with everything you would expect to find and provide a first lesson in sorting objects into sets.