The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide
by Melissa London
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Author: Melissa LondonIllustrator: Eric Glickman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-30
ISBN: 1890627690
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: Woodbine House
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The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide
Review By Eileen
Kids newly diagnosed with Celiac Disease are often overwhelmed. They are confused about what foods to eat or not to eat, and their entire lifestyle changes dramatically. With The GF Kid, information is presented in a fun and friendly format that keeps its young readers engrossed as they read about this condition. This book explains what celiac disease is, what to say when you're at a restaurant, and tips for finding gluten-free foods at a store, along with the key rules of celiac, like not to eat anything that you don't know is okay. The GF Kid is helpful to adults, too: it shows lists of companies that often have gluten free foods along with their website and phone number, and lists of GF candy and ingredients (and non-GF candy and ingredients). Kids can really relate to this book because another kid wrote it, and its fun illustrations bring the whole story to life. I wish I had this book when I was just diagnosed. It would have been an extremely helpful guide for me.
The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide
Review By Anna Spreitzer
Celiac Disease can be hard to understand, especially for kids. The GF Kid helps kids understand the disease and some interesting facts about it. I think that there are some parts in there that give facts that few adults with celiac disease would even know. Kids can fully relate to this book because it is given from a child's point of view, and has fun illustrations. Many kids have a hard time understanding what we celiacs can or cannot have. The GF Kid refers to many GF foods and points out commonly mistaken things. It covers everything briefly but completely, and is easy to understand, from friends to siblings, to who discovered it, to how it may have come to be, eating at fast food to eating at fancy restaurants, to what it does to how to deal with it, and much more. The book is practically written in kid language. This is an excellent book, filled with fun cartoons, great illustrations, and wacky writing. Any kid would thoroughly enjoy such a great book. This book is also great for helping kids that don't have celiac disease but have friends that do fully understand what the problem with their friend is. Furthermore, its just fun to read, even if you don't know anyone with the disease. Who knows, maybe your dad will be diagnosed with celiac disease in two days! Best be prepared!!!
The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide
Review By Laura Spreitzer
For most children, celiac disease is hard to manage. Pretend you are a little kid going to lunch and everybody else has pizza, pasta and such, while you just have a PB and J sandwich on crumbly gf bread. Or just imagine going to get ice cream cones with your brownie troop and mistakenly thinking that any old vanilla soft serve was okay as long as it was in a cup and not a cone like the rest of the kids. Wouldn't you feel left out? The GF Kid helps children cope with staying gluten free and having celiac disease. I already knew a lot of foods and candies that are gluten free, but I didn't know things like Baby Ruths and Butterfingers candybars are GF too. Mom's been holding out on me! The GF Kid explains lots of things that kids don't normally understand by putting it into "Kid Language". I'm glad Mom got this book. Thank you Paris!
Summary of The GF Kid: A Celiac Disease Survival Guide
Book Description"I'm no different than any other kid. I m just a GF kid";, says Paris, matter-of-factly. She is the spunky eleven-year-old narrator of this story for kids with celiac disease who must eat gluten-free (GF) foods.
With equal parts humor and directness, Paris* gets right down to business explaining what it is like to have celiac disease. (*Paris's mom wrote the story, full of her daughter's wisecracking comments, and her dad drew the funny, cartoony illustrations.)
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects 1 in 133 kids. If you have celiac disease, you cannot tolerate gluten, a substance found in many foods, including--gulp!--cake, cookies, pasta, or pizza.
Don't sweat it. Paris has creative GF solutions for you. She offers tips on what to bring to school, parties, and sleep-overs; where to shop for GF foods at stores and online; and how to choose from among plenty of foods that don't contain gluten, like bananas, yogurt, popcorn, chocolate pudding cups, hamburgers, soda, and more!
Paris explains that you don t have to worry about your friends either. They'll get on board once they understand that eating even a tiny bit of gluten can make you sick, tired, or slow your growth.
In THE GF KID, you'll find everything you need to know to get on with your gluten-free life, including:
What celiac disease is and how you can manage it
How to choose safe, gluten-free foods and what to avoid
Lists of gluten-free foods (and candy!)
Tips for eating away from home (restaurants, school, friends homes, the movies)
Keeping your gluten-free stuff separate from gluteny stuff
Favorite GF recipes
If you're the parent of a preteen or young teen with celiac disease -whether your child is newly diagnosed or has been living with celiac disease for a while -you' ll want to have this friendly and empowering book for your child.
It is also a great read for friends, neighbors, classmates, and teachers who want to be supportive and help your son or daughter be a GF kid.
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