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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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"When scientist-in-the-making Madeline Little starts sixth grade, she soon learns that middle school is nothing like a perfect lab experiment--and that she now has to find the cure for her newly messed-up life"--
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Two sisters escape the world of their grandmother's physical limitations to the freedom of her dream realm, a place where anything is possible and bodies are limited only by the mind.
This inspiring book will encourage communication between adults and young children, as they face a loved one's diminished physical capabilities or illness. The book's universal appeal makes it a loving gift from any adult to a child. Whether a child's loved...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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When Viola Li returns from a trip, she develops a sudden and extreme case of photosensitivity - an inexplicable allergy to sunlight. Thanks to her crisis-manager parents, she doesn't just have to wear layers of clothes and spaceship-sized hat. She has to avoid all hint of light. Say goodbye to windows and running outdoors. Even her phone becomes a threat.
Viola is determined to maintain a normal life, particularly after she meets Josh. He's a funny,...
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On the way to a doctor checkup, a young child asks an important question: Do animals that live in really cold places ever get sick? From the same author as Did Dinosaurs Have Dentists?, this picture book uses Arctic and Antarctic creatures to lessen anxiety about the doctor. Can penguins catch pneumonia? Can a caribou get chicken pox? By introducing ailments through charmingly drawn animals, this humorous look at common childhood illnesses will ease...
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This story is based on my life experience and struggle with Celiac disease. I am the person who is illustrated in the story.
My aim is to help those who suffer from this terrible disease not to give up because it is not their fault and to know that there are ways to overcome it and live a happy, healthy and productive life
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Exuberant redhead Erik always tries his best, but he just can't understand why he's missing homework questions at school and messing up at soccer practice. Then one day in art class, everyone notices that Erik's painted a picture of himself with green hair! It turns out he's not just creative, he's color blind, too. Color blindness, also known as Color Vision Deficiency (CVD), affects a significant percentage of the population. The tendency to color-code...
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Sammy
knows what it means to be brave. He is an ordinary kid who loves playing with
his friends and family, and would eat a bucket of jelly beans-if his mom would
let him! But he is also extraordinary. He lives with complex health challenges.
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Sammy's journey-a life full of joys and struggles, pain and comfort, love and
hope. Along the way, meet Sammy's family and friends, and the medical care
givers in his world.
The Jellybean...
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Have you or someone you love been told they have a tumor, a mass, or cancer? After the initial shock of a diagnosis, there are often many questions. But Is It the Bad Kind? uses a child-friendly analogy of uninvited guests to tackle that uncertainty. Inspired by the author's own journey battling cancer, this book is meant to answer questions, reduce anxiety, and offer hope.
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Be Brave Beatrice is about a girl who is sick. All she can do is lie in bed and feel terrible. She wants to run and play and go outside. She wants to see her friends but sicker and sicker she gets. The only way to get better is to take foul-tasting medicine. She tries.
Be Brave Beatrice encourages children to face their fears and shows them how important it is to keep trying. It is a story that every child, parent and carer will be able to relate...
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Pee Wee is exited to attend to a new school. When his mom takes him to school to speak with his teacher about him having Sickle Cell Anemia and his needs to stay healthy. One of his classmates overhears at the door. Pee Wee faces bullying from kids on the playground until his older sister, Jada, stands up for him. Things begin to change for the better when a classmate comes to eat lunch with him. Pee Wee finds he has a lot in common with his classmates...
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It's my birthday... I can't wait! Time for us to celebrate! House is ready, Set for fun. Cake's the last thing, then we're done. Can't use flour, Can't use wheat... That's got gluten! What's to eat? With bright and charming illustrations and sweet text, A Gluten-Free Birthday for Me! is a celebration of being gluten-free!
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Jean and the Vaccine makes the experience of vaccination easier for kids.It can be tough for kids to understand why their grownups are subjecting them to an injection. And it can be hard for grownups to explain why vaccines are necessary and how they work.Factual and scientifically accurate, this book breaks down the basics of vaccination to give kids a better understanding through a fun, age-appropriate story.Jean learns what to expect when she gets...
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Ben ist sauer. Von seinen Klassenkameraden wird er gemobbt, die Schule tut nichts dagegen und seine Mutter glaubt, ein dreibeiniges Kätzchen würde all seine Probleme lösen. Als ob er nicht eh schon ständig an sein verlorenes Bein denken müsste!
Lieber flüchtet er sich in das Onlinerollenspiel "Knights of Maira", wo er mit seinem besten Freund Oliver Abenteuer erlebt. Doch sein Kätzchen Tripod hat sich in den Kopf gesetzt, etwas gegen das Mobbing...
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My granddaughter, Kelsey, suffers from a genetic deficiency known as Adenosine Deaminase 2 (DADA2), with a manifestation known as polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). She was diagnosed at 3-years-old and started on injectable medication at that point. She has been receiving injections on a frequent basis ever since. She has anxiety when it is time for her injection, even after all of these years. I wrote this book to help her understand, cope with, and accept...
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This story is written as a children's book to help simplify a challenging topic, most people don't talk about often: cancer. It's intended to be available to help families navigate many unspoken truths when undergoing such a scary, painful experience as seeing a loved one fight cancer. It's written through the eyes of a young child filled with curiosity and various emotions as she tries to understand her older sister's cancer diagnosis and how the...
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Research has shown that building resilience in the face of adversity or challenges helps children and young people develop effective coping strategies and improve long term outcomes across a spectrum of illnesses. You Are So Much More reminds children who have gone through or are going through an illness or injury, that they are indeed so much more. Trauma survivor and medical student Serena Tejpar shares a story of inspiration, reflection, and encouragement...
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Nurse Penny is a fun and funky school nurse who wears honeybee earrings and a butterfly smock and carries a ladybug purse. But, there's one kind of bug she'd rather not have around... head lice! So, she calls a special school assembly to talk about those pesky critters-what they look like, how to avoid them, and how to get rid of them. After all, lice can happen to anyone-even the school nurse!
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