Michael Dow has won the Silver Award via the Mom’s Choice Awards® for Nurse Florence®, How Do We Move Our Bodies?. These awards are part of an award system that surveys products and services created for children, families, and educators. This program is renowned for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media products and services. The program is based in the United States and has reviewed thousands of children and family friendly media from more than 60 countries.
Michael is exhilarated at having won the Silver Award for Nurse Florence® How Do We Move Our Bodies? “This book should be a part of every kid’s library at home because it answers one of the basic questions that many people have,” says Dow, “We are proud that Mom’s Choice Awards has decided to present us with a Silver Award for this book. We worked hard to show kids clearly how the muscles and bones interact and think it will spark more curiosity into the human body.” Michael Dow is passionate about sharing his work with others and you can see that in his books.
For this book, the teacher Ms. Smith has Nurse Florence come to the classroom and give a presentation on the body. Nurse Florence goes over some bones and useful things to know in regard to the body and other important tips. She gets asked questions by the class and answers concisely and clearly.
Nurse Florence®, How Do We Move Our Bodies? by Michael Dow and illustrated by Sandra Islas can be purchased by going to the following link: www.nurseflorence.org. It is also available on many book retailer websites such as but not limited to Amazon.com, the Barnes & Noble website, kobo books, and various others. This book is only available in paperback and hardcopy editions. Depending on which book retailer you use, you can get a discount on these books if you buy them in bulk. It would be a great resource for many elementary schools.
For the whole month of November 2022, paperback copies of the books will be discounted as much as 41%. Visit www.NurseFlorence.org to quickly get to a link to access the printer’s website for the discount.
The Nurse Florence® series currently has 27 books available for purchase with plans to release more each month for the foreseeable future. There is only one writer for each of the Nurse Florence® books and 20 illustrators. You can check for updates to this series at the following website: www.nurseflorence.org.
Michael Dow is the author of the Nurse Florence® children’s books series and the owner of Dow Creative Enterprises. Michael Dow is a retired veteran and is now a registered nurse. Back on September 11, 2001, he was on the path to go to medical school, but instead chose to change his career goals and entered the US Air Force. He deployed six times for the global war on terror between 2005 and 2009, officially retiring in 2010. Although he had a temporary leave from medical science to fight in the Armed Forces, Michael always had a passion for the human body and science, so he eventually used his GI bill to go through nursing school and graduated in August 2020. His education includes the following: B.A. in Psychology, B.S. in Biology, M.S. in Management, Master’s in Health Administration, and an M.S. via the 15-month accelerated Master’s for the Entry into the Profession of Nursing program. Sandra Islas is the niece of Michael Dow. She has been interested in drawing since she was a kid and is heavily influenced by anime. When she isn’t illustrating books, she likes to play video games. Sandra is a creative and talented teenager and is an adamant believer of following your passions and helping people by doing what you love.
