Head socks, acceptance, and stardom are just some of the things this baby experiences in this inspiring story, where readers are taken on a journey with a baby born with plagiocephaly, or flat head syndrome.
Inspired by both Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the career of the late neurosurgeon, Stephen Burstein, MD, The Doctor's Tale was written as a high school project by Rachel Brisman, with help from her father Michael Brisman, a neurosurgeon from Long Island, New York.
New York Times bestselling author and first black female American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland offers advice for on and off the dance floor to young readers based on letters she's received over the years from fans.
