No More Cupcakes & Tummy Aches [Paperback]

Jax Peters Lowell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2004 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Izzie wasn't very tall for seven. Not even for six. Or five. Even if she stood on her tippy, tippy toes, her pony tail, just reached the top of Daddy's chair." So begins the tale of the little girl who believes that by eating lots of cupcakes, she will get tall, maybe even tall enough to be a ballerina. Too many cupcakes cause a tummy ache and the trouble starts. Living gluten-free isn't a piece of cake until Izzie learns that being special is really what makes you tall. Beautifully illustrated and with a foreword by Alessio Fasano, M.D., Director of the Center for Celiac Research, Lowell's charming and emotionally honest tale, complete with resources and a real-life happy ending in the form of a gluten- and lactose-free cupcake recipe from Whole Foods Market Gluten-Free Bakehouse chef Lee Tobin, will live in the hearts of parents and children for generations to come. "

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About the Author

JAX LOWELL is the author of the best-selling classic, Against The Grain and its long-awaited sequel The Gluten-Free Bible, forthcoming from Henry Holt & Co., New York, March 2005. She is also the author of the powerful and critically praised novel,Mothers, originally published by St. Martin’s Press and reissued as an Authors Guild Back-In-Print edition. Gluten-free since l981, she is a lifestyle expert, advocate, popular speaker and a contributing editor to Living Without Magazine. Prior to writing books full-time, Lowell was Executive Creative Director of the International advertising agency, Foote, Cone & Belding and was named one of the 100 Best and Brightest Women in Advertising by AGE Magazine. Descended from a long line of "Petitpain’s"(French for "little bread"), she lives in Philadelphia in a former bread factory, where she is currently working on a new novel.

JANE KIRKWOOD is an illustrator, painter, portraitist, photographer and graphics designer whose work has been exhibited at Soho’s Ariel Gallery, The Art Gallery at Lincoln Center, Washington Square East Gallery, The American Craft Museum, and Long Island’s East End Arts Council. Her freelance work includes illustrations for The Nation and the Arts and Entertainment Network. Her forthcoming book, Birdle & Sprey, is a charming environmental tale about a baby turtle and a newly hatched osprey. She lives and works on Long Island’s North Fork and has been collaborating with Jax Lowell since childhood.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 44 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (September 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413462545
• ISBN-13: 978-1413462548
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book made the tears go away!, January 3, 2009

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This review is from: No More Cupcakes & Tummy Aches (Paperback)

Our 9 year old duaghter was recently diagnosed with Celiac's Disease and although we were all relieved to have her tummy aches (and the countless canker sores) gone she's had an extremely hard time dealing with the changes we've had to make.
This book has been a huge help since our daughter was able to identify with the character in the book and she even decided to share the book with her class (but they skipped the bathroom part)so that they can also understand why she couln't eat the same foods they were able to eat and also why she grew 1 1/2 inches in 2 months after the gluten was removed from her diet!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for young children and their friends, July 29, 2008

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JGS "mom of two" - See all my reviews

This review is from: No More Cupcakes & Tummy Aches (Paperback)

My son was diagnosed with Celiac's at 18 months. We received this book as a gift. It was a great way to help my son understand what was going on with the change in his diet and why. He was able to take this book to daycare and read it with his class. This helped his friends, teachers, and other caregivers better understand what having Celiac's disease means in day to day life. It was wonderful to have a main character be just like him, unable to eat what everyone else was eating. My son is now 6 (and doing GREAT) and has a friend who was just diagnosed. We are giving her this book as a gift. We hope this book helps her as it much as it did us. The only way it could be better was if there was a "boy" version to choose since my son has no interest in being a ballerina (:

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars gluten free priceless information, January 7, 2008

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Giampaolo Fallai "onlinebuyer" (NEW YORK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No More Cupcakes & Tummy Aches (Paperback)

THIS BOOK IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND WRITTEN IN AN EASY TO FOLLOW AND UNDERSTAND MANNER. IT HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH IN MY EFFORT TO COOK GLUTEN FREE MEALS FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO HAVE AND USE DAILY.