When kids have tonsillitis, even their favorite foods don't sound very good. Their throat may hurt so badly, they can't eat anything but soup or popsicles! Other symptoms can accompany a sore throat, and in this colorful, illustrated story starring a kid who has tonsillitis, readers learn what symptoms to look for, among other information about how tonsillitis is diagnosed and treated. A quiz concludes the book, testing readers' comprehension of the science information included in the main content.