Skip to main content
College of Veterinary Medicine

Macaws Need Medicines, Too! Spanish Version

A girl gently holds a blue macaw while sitting outdoors to introduce a story about animals needing medicine.

Macaws Need Medicines, Too! introduces children to the idea that medicines help both people and animals stay healthy. The book explains what medicines are, how they should be used safely, and why adults need to help children make good choices about them. Through colorful illustrations and real examples from veterinary care, readers learn how doctors and veterinarians give medicines in different ways and why proper dosing and safety rules are important. The story encourages responsibility, safe habits, and compassion for animals who also need care when they are sick.

Text lists the book’s authors, acknowledgments, and a summary explaining that medicines help people and animals feel better.
A table of contents lists topics about medicines with a small illustration of a girl cuddling a macaw.
Two macaws rest with pill bottles as text explains that medicines help treat illness or replace substances the body cannot make.
A girl watches a macaw play with a spilled medicine bottle while text explains that medicines can be harmful if not used correctly.
Bottles of candy and medicine that look similar illustrate how they can be easily confused.
A child calls for an adult while holding a bottle that resembles candy to show the importance of checking before swallowing anything
A mother and child look at medicine on a store shelf as text explains over the counter medicines.
A veterinarian and pharmacist help a girl and her macaw understand that prescription medicines require a doctor’s approval.
Cows grazing in a field accompany text explaining that some drugs are illegal or unsafe for food animals.
A girl rides a bicycle with her macaw sitting on the handlebars in a bright farm landscape.
A macaw looks at a pill while text explains that proper medicine use requires knowing dose, timing, and method.
A girl holding medicine bottles looks uncertain as text explains that taking the correct dose is essential.
Illustrations of medicine containers accompany text explaining taking medicines once or twice a day at consistent times.
Medicine bottles and tablets illustrate how some medicines must be taken at regular intervals multiple times per day.
A veterinarian gives a cow medicine by mouth using a balling gun.
A man administers eye drops to a horse that is receiving treatment
A veterinarian prepares to give the girl’s macaw an injection with a syringe
A veterinarian applies medicine to a cat’s skin while another treats a dog with intravenous medicine.
A sick child rests in bed with her macaw nearby as text introduces information found on medicine labels.
Text explains key parts of a medicine label with a small illustration of a trash bin for disposing unused medicine.
A veterinary scientist and his research team work in a lab to develop new and improved medicines.
A smiling researcher stands in a laboratory with his team pictured behind him.
A vocabulary list about medicines appears beside an illustration of a girl riding a bicycle with her macaw.