Book Show

Rebecca Johnson


Calling all aspiring vets – Bring a stuffed animal to school and practise your veterinary skills with other “Nearly Vets” and learn about the things real vets do.

All participants receive a “Nearly A Vet” Kit - pictured below - to use during the program and take home afterwards.

    Each kit contains

  • A child-sized lab coat
  • A working stethoscope
  • A face mask
  • Surgical gloves
  • A real digital thermometer
  • A pipette
  • A specimen jar
  • A bandage
  • A ‘Nearly a Vet’ diary
  • A syringe pen
  • A pet pack for stuffed animals

With loads of humour and hands on activities Rebecca gives students great insights into the needs of living things, caring for pets and animals and the day to day events in a veterinary clinic.

Rebecca's awards include

Winner of the 2015 Prime Minister’s Prize
for teaching Primary School Science.

Insect Series
won the Whitely Award for Best Children’s Educational Series 2014.

Juliet – Nearly a Vet (Rainforest Camp)
won the 2017 Wilderness Society Award for Children’s Literature – Fiction.

Juliet - Nearly a Vet (Bush Baby Rescue)
won the 2014 Wilderness Society Award for Children’s Literature – Fiction.

Price: $44 (GST included) per student (This includes the Nearly a Vet Kit that students get to keep.)

Suitable: 3 to 6 Year olds.

Minimum Audience Size: 50 students.

Times: Show: 60 minutes. Set up: 60 minutes. Pack up: 30 minutes.

Requirements: Rebecca needs a small indoor performing area minimum 1sqm and room for the students.


Rebecca Lee Johnson ABN: 36 045 075 039.