A spoonful of imagination helps the medicine go down!

One Wednesday morning, Dani at Emergency Services takes a call: there’s been a car crash. Daisy’s arm is broken, Lisa’s got a head injury, and poor Mr. Von Thunderhoof has chest pains. They’re rushed by ambulance to the Hospital for Mythological Creatures, where a team of nurses, doctors, radiographers, and even porters spring into action.

As the patients are cared for, children discover how a real hospital works, from radiology to pediatrics, neonatal to ICU, through a playful, imaginative lens.

Packed with warmth, humour and fantastical characters, this book is the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down, conveying factual content with reassuring warmth and sparkle. Cathy Evans’s clear, engaging storytelling combines with Ed Brown’s lively illustrations to bring medical adventures to life.

Cathy Evans is a vet and a writer living in Bournemouth with two boys and a menagerie of animals. She is the author of Cat Eyes and Dog Whistles (Cicada, 2021) and Mama Mammals (Cicada, 2023).
Ed J Brown is a British illustrator and writer living in Leipzig. His striking, humour-packed illustrations have featured in various print publications. He is the author of Epic Animal Journeys (2022).