Spring 2025

I'm a Dentist

From the Series Health Heroes

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

How does a dentist’s day start? How does it end? What are the most important character traits for dentists to have?

Follow dentists as they work to keep people’s mouths clean and healthy. These health heroes do the important work of helping patients care for their dental health. Discover the tools dentists use as they care for patients. Meet a real dentist from Mayo Clinic, and find out how these health heroes save the day, every day!

This title was created in collaboration with Elise Sarvas, DDS, a pediatric dentist at Mayo Clinic.

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre Social Studies
Copyright 2025
Publisher Mayo Clinic Press
Imprint Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Informational Fiction
BISACS JUV015010, JUV006000
Dimensions 10 x 8
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Original artwork, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides

Author: Lauren Kukla

Lauren Kukla is a freelance author and poet who has written many books for young readers covering everything from outer space, to sewing, to Taylor Swift. She lives with her husband and kids in Minnesota.

Illustrator: Nadia Gunawan

Nadia Gunawan is an illustrator based in Indonesia with a passion for storytelling. A graduate of Purdue University, she finds inspiration in her day-to-day feelings, places she visits, and the books she grew up reading.

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Health Heroes

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