Follow the Fishes

GOSH Arts commissioned illustrator Sarah Dennis to respond to the artwork and create a two-part resource that could be used by the pre-operative play team to prepare families for surgery at GOSH.

The resource comprises an illustrated storybook called Follow the Fishes and an activity sheet that includes search and find, colouring activity and stickers. Sarah commissioned Jo Bennett to create a poem that gently and playfully takes patients through their journey to surgery, describing some of the characters they might meet, things they might see, and experiences they will have when they come to the hospital and the activity sheet acts as a distraction for families waiting to be called to surgery.

This film offers a glimpse inside the book commissioned by Great Ormond Street for families coming to the hospital for surgery. Narrated by Rupert Everett.