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Gluten-Free Friends: An Activity Book for Kids

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This activity book has been wonderful in helping my son learn more about celiac disease. At 5, he enjoyed learning what happens 'on the inside' when he eats gluten. At almost 8, he likes to help choose his own foods, and we use the book as an educational tool for teaching about safe, and healthy foods. Nancy Falini has done an excellent job tailoring the book for different age groups. It is a great resource book for the kids!!

Andrea Levario

This has really helped my daughter ( age 5 ) understand Celiac. I wish we had this when she was diagnosed two years ago. This has been a great study on what foods to eat, and how her body reacts to both gluten, and gluten free foods. Some of this is more advanced, but it's a great study to use over and over again. This is a must have book!!!

Gluten Free Friends: An Activity Book for Kids is an extremely well written book. It is an advanced coloring book and works well for varied levels of learning.
The coloring pages are very well illustrated and resemble real life pictures, which young children love.
This book also includes differentiated teaching lessons and activities for the older child and provides a guide for parents and care givers to learn from and help guide the child/children with. The activities are practical and really get to the heart of the matter: children need to feel empowered and in control and through reading the book and doing the activities, children gain control over celiac disease. A positive way to learn for both child and parent or care giver. A definite book for your library, especially after it has been covered front to back. My family refers to it a lot!

My daughter has Celiac Disease and is in 3rd grade (she was diagnosed 2 years ago). She has a great and supportive school, teacher and classroom. However, many of the kids think her food is "weird" (rice rolls, hummus, fruit and vegetables -- go figure). My daughter and I made a presentation in front of her class and used many of the pages of this book to explain what Celiac Disease is and why we need to be careful with what she eats. My daughter loves the book -- it is easy to follow and explains exactly what is happening inside her body, what she can/can't eat, how it makes her feel to eat the wrong foods etc. She can use it at home with her friends and family. I would recommend this to any family who has young children just been diagnosed or is living with Celiac disease.

Item was second-hand, but as good as new!
Arrived promptly, & well packed.
Excellent seller!

We purchased this book once my daughter was diagnosed with Celiac.

She found it to be very easy to understand (She's 8) and it helped to inform her about her disease and how she could work with it moving forward. It provided the positives instead of just the negatives... It's difficult for a child to hear they can't have the cake at a friend's birthday party...

We had the pleasure of meeting Nancy Falini personally, and she is so knowledgeable about Celiac's, this book is just an extension of the great amount of knowledge she has regarding this very manageable disease.

On the first day of school, I send this book with my kids. It gives them a voice to express their diet and equips their teachers to accommodate them in the classroom and beyond. Nancy Baker M.Ed.(Director of Education, National Foundation for Celiac Awareness)