| View Larger Image | Allie the Allergic Elephant: A Children's Story of Peanut Allergies | Hardcoverby Nicole Smith (Author), Maggie Nichols (Illustrator)
| List Price: | $14.95 | | Price: | $10.76 | | You Save: | $4.19 (28%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Allergic Child Publishing Group | | Edition: | 3rdrd Edition | | Page Count: | 22 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 01, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 69,944th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Allie the Allergic Elephant helps children learn about food allergies and how to be a good friend when you can't share snacks. Allie explains peanut allergies in a way that parents, teachers and children themselves can talk about allergies and understand them better. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 26 reviews)
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Not at all what I expected by P. Taylor (Texas)  1 Stars
October 07, 2009
I returned this book.
I was trying to find a peanut allergy book to give to the children in my daughter's class, to help them (and their parents) better understand why she needs to be so careful about peanut butter, etc. I didn't like this book for two reasons: 1. It has pictures of the elephant turning red and choking, and 2. It says things someting like the elephant's classmates felt sorry for Allie because she couldn't have peanuts. I think there are much better books out there for the purpose of educating others, one of which is out of print and I'm just heartbroken about that. It is the perfect book, "The Peanut Pickle". Unfortunately, the only ones I can find are online and whomever is selling them is asking upwards of $160.00. Shamefull.
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Dangerous to your child by Noirist (USA) 1 Stars
September 29, 2009
There's a big need for books that help young children understand food allergies, both their own and those of their classmates. Unfortunately this is not that book.
My gravest concern about this book is the five pages in the middle of the book that begin with "Oh no... Allie is having hives from the peanuts! Do you want to see Allie get hives?". This refrain is repeated for the symptoms "swelled lips", "red eyes", "itchy nose", and "coughing". Put that way, it would not be unreasonable for a curious child to answer, "Yes, I would like to see Allie get hives" because they've never seen hives before and the pictures in the book make hives look like a new kind of red finger paint. From this, it is only a question of time before children are rubbing each other with peanuts to see what hives look like. Our daughter has severe food allergies, and we'd rather that no classmate of hers is ever read this book.
The book concludes with, "[Allie] just gets to eat food other than peanuts. And that makes Allie very special!" with a picture of Allie in an exalted state. Yes, severe food allergies make a child's life more difficult and more dangerous. But do they really make a child "in some way superior" (Merriam Webster)? We would rather that our daughter built her identity on her truly special attributes rather than her limitations, so we won't be reading this book to her either.
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Great book for an allergic toddler by C. Granaldi (New Jersey)  5 Stars
September 13, 2009
Love the book. Nice pictures, enjoyable to read, but most importantly - the message got across to my son about the peanuts. Since it is a cute book, we can read it over and over and the message gets reinforced. I'd recommend it for sure.
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Great for kids just diagnosed with peanut allergy by Nicholas Nesto 5 Stars
April 13, 2009
It's a tough and confusing time for kids. This book is excellent in helping them to understand the seriousness of this allergy, but at the same time help them to realize they are still "regular" (wonderful!) kids. This is important when all of a sudden they have to sit at "special" lunch tables, bring special snacks to parties and play dates, etc...
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Great Book for Toddlers by K. Tarter (MI) 5 Stars
February 27, 2009
My 2 year old grandson was found to be allegic to peanuts and tree nuts. Of course I searched to find a special book for him so he'd understand. Ironically, his Dr. recommended the same book. It's his favorite bedtime story and he's getting to know not to eat nuts! What an excellant story to make kids realize what this type of allergy can do to them. Even at this early age-he understands better with the help of this book!
NANA in Michigan
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