Penelope and the Tiny Incubator: Penelope’s NICU and Delivery Room Adventure

Curious today. Caring people. A brighter tomorrow.
Penelope is eight, and she has a lot of questions. When her baby sister, Lily, is born eight weeks early, Penelope steps into a new world of tiny babies, beeping monitors, and a team of people who care for them. With her yellow notebook in hand, she watches, listens, and writes it all down.
Nurse Grace answers Penelope’s questions one by one. Penelope learns why the neonatal intensive care unit keeps its lights low, how a baby grows stronger through skin-to-skin care, how a transport team brings a baby to the hospital by helicopter, and how a nurse can notice a small change in a baby before the monitor does. She visits the labor and delivery floor where Lily was born, meets a nurse-midwife and a nurse scientist, and watches nurses and architects plan a new unit built for babies and their families.
Inside you will find:
• A gentle story told in Penelope’s own voice
• Real nursing care, explained for young readers
• Full-color pictures in each chapter
• Penelope’s notebook pages, and a page for your own questions
• What’s Real and What Could Be, Words to Know, and a section for grown-ups on the path to nursing
For readers ages 7 through 11, and for the grown-ups who answer their questions.
About the author
Dr. Michelle Y. Williams, PhD, PHN, DSD, RN, FADLN, FAAN, is a nurse, scientist, educator and healthcare leader whose nursing career spans four decades, including years in neonatal intensive care and high-risk labor and delivery. She writes for children who ask questions, and for the grown-ups who answer them.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0HKZG8M9Z
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2026
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 92 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8176810431
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.22 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #917,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,394 in Children’s Jobs & Careers Reference Books #1,650 in Children’s New Baby Books #18,680 in Children’s Action & Adventure Books (Books)