This series features a group of kids who run a veterinarian office for mythical creatures. These cryptids come to get help with various ailments and learn good life lessons along the way. These new releases feature a gnome with a breathing problem, a cyclops with headaches from blurry vision, a troll with a stomachache and insomnia, a mer-couple whose aquacar breaks down, a depressed dragon, and a dizzy orc. What really makes this series shine is the explanation of new words young readers might be seeing for the first time. Support from older readers or adults may help with comprehension. These titles hit a sweet spot that will satisfy young readers of both fiction and nonfiction. It will be hard to keep them on the shelves!

VERDICT This series brings the fun of spooky season while satisfying a child’s need to understand what happens when they get sick.ries brings the fun of spooky season while satisfying a child’s need to understand what happens when they get sick.