Samantha Pillay has created a book for young children about the many roles a surgeon plays. She has talked about how a surgeon not only does important things in a operating room but also in a lab or a meeting. The illustrations show the equipment in a operating room made out of house hold tools that can make more sense to young children. It is interesting to know that this book was based on a real person. It shows that any one can do these things if they work hard on it. I think would be a good book for preschool or younger elementary children and would make a great addition to classroom or school library. I thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC.

What a wonderful book! I wish I had this to give to my children when they were younger to explain what Mom and Dad do for a living. We are both in medicine and the points on each page of this book are spot on! Especially as a woman in the medical field, balancing the parent and doctor lifestyle takes extra work, but is totally worthwhile. I love that this was a part of the child's dream of what her life would be as an adult, a balance between all the aspects of the career as well as home life.
The illustrations are adorable as well. I love the development from the girl's bedroom to an imagined office or travel experience to come later. Precious and well done!
Highly recommend for children everywhere, even if it is to break the stereotype of doctors/surgeons only being men or for that child who might be considering this for themselves.
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Very cute book and would be a great idea to start doing a book series for kids on professions that they don’t hear about as often. After all, not everyone can be a vet! It’s also nice to let girls know they can have a family and still accomplish their academic and professional goals.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

This is a cute introduction to what being a surgeon means. It is suitable for very young children.

This is an awesome book!

Not to mention the charming illustrations, this book does an excellent job of tackling gender issues and prevents gender stereotypes that are normally formed at a young age.

I love how the author starts with the more predictable roles of a surgeon but then goes on to all the wonderful opportunities the career can bring.

These are exactly the sort of principles we want to instil in the coming generation!

I love this concept, and I like the big, bright, engaging illustrations. However, there were a couple of things that gave me pause. Firstly, while I like the career exploration element of explaining what various jobs entail, the roles eventually went a bit far afield ("When I'm a surgeon I'll be a wonderful mother" "Write children's books"???). I think I get the author's intent in including things like that, but the nuance might be lost on the intended audience.

Also, I wasn't crazy about a bit of food shaming included. I'd prefer kids to learn about food in a value-neutral way, so picking an apple over a cupcake is not an inherently "good" or "bad" decision.

With these things in mind, I probably wouldn't introduce this book in my classroom, but I wouldn't discourage a child who picked it up on their own.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

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The concept and artwork are really nice, but the actual writing content is super lackluster. With sentences like "When I'm a surgeon I'll make good decisions" (Okay about what?) and "When I'm a surgeon, I'll always be learning" (Again, about what?), I found that this book really isn't that insightful or inspiring for children to want to grow up and be a surgeon.

Thank you to netgalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review