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How I Feel (P)

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This book is amazing! It was written by the older brother of a 7-year-old who was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and really captures the emotions of the child and the family as they learn to cope with the disease. The drawings are so charming and overall the story is very uplifting. The diabetes facts are all very accurate too. Every family learning how to deal with diabetes should read this book!

My 6 year old son has had diabetes for 3 years. I ordered this book hoping it would be good to take to school to read to his classmates. It was very nice that the older brother had written this book and yes, the drawings are nice. I found that the book painted a gloomy picture about children with diabetes. Children with diabetes can have candy, they don't have to give up their Halloween treats. Family and friends can learn quickly to care for the child with diabetes. I am going to have to return this book. I feel it would make the kids at school more fearful rather than more comfortable being around my son.

This book is a really nice read for children who are looking to identify with some of the difficulties being faced by them and their families with a fresh diganosis of diabetes. Just beware that the opening page gives a blunt, dire warning of the complications of diabetes and mentions that insulin may not help prevent this. I ripped this page out before showing my 8 year old son as he doesn't need to know quite this much about the severity of the risks just yet. All in good time.