Nurse Florence®, What Are Eosinophils? follows students and a knowledgeable nurse as they explore what eosinophils are, how they work, and why understanding them helps kids make healthy choices. What inspired you to focus an entire children’s book on a lesser-known type of white blood cell?

Since we plan to publish over 700 Nurse Florence® books, we will need to explore the lesser-known things about the body to get to that number.

How did you approach balancing scientific accuracy with accessibility for young readers?

I have both as coequal goals or objectives, so I do my best to make both happen with each page.

Were there particular health topics that you found especially challenging to simplify without losing nuance?

Trying to explain what doctors may want to do if the cell count is too high or too low.

How do you decide which practical health habits to include when connecting science to everyday life?​

I try to promote eating a healthy and balanced diet, exercising regularly, and sleeping well into every book if possible, as well as not smoking cigarettes. These are things that show up in the literature over and over again to help people live a healthy life.

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