books for when one is under the weather

Mercifully, no one at our house is ill at the moment.  If anyone were, though, either or both of these books would be ideal.

 A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead is the endearing story of a devoted zookeeper and his animal friends.  Every day Amos McGee rises early, "ambles" to the bus stop (at which point the younger lad always asks me "what's 'amble?'"), and tends to each of them individually.  When he comes down ill one day and stays home, the animals come take care of him just as he does them.  Erin Stead's illustrations are truly captivating.  Amos McGee is always in pencil drawing, with the surroundings and other characters in color. 

The illustrations in Amos McGee reminded me somehow of Teddy Bears Cure A Cold (though they are not all that similar).  One bear in a family of colorful bears comes down with a cold and is cared for by the other bears -- until it becomes apparent by the nature and content of his requests that he's probably feeling better than he lets on.  Susanna Gretz's series (illustrated by Alison Sage) also includes (among others) Teddy Bears Stay Indoors and Teddy Bears Take the Train.

Here's hoping everyone here stays healthy.  Should, however, The Sniffles strike, at least we'll have fun reading material.