It's Check-Up Time, Elmo Written & Illustrated by Sarah Albee Tom Brannon, Elizabeth Clasing, and P. J. Shaw

Albee, Sarah, Tom Brannon, Elizabeth Clasing, and P. J. Shaw. It's Check-Up Time, Elmo. Franklin, Tenn.: Dalmatian Press. Print. 23 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	Elmo has to go to the doctors
Personal Reaction:	"It's Check-up Time, Elmo!" is a great story to read with the young child to help relieve their fears. A page with parental tips follows the story. The details and pictures are true to life and Elmo is a believable character that children can relate with. This reviewer highly recommends this book as a must for every parent.
Keywords/Tags:	Sesame Street Characters, Elmo, Doctors, Check Up
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words