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The No Biggie Bunch is a new book series for kids creatively coping with food allergies, featuring a diverse group of kids who handle the social challenges of food allergies with poise and panache. (The No Biggie Bunch .com) The adventures of Davis, Natalie, Paige, Eliot, Scotty and Greta are neither technical nor medical. Their stories are meant to act as springboards for conversation among children, parents, teachers, friends and family members. Check out the four No Biggie Bunch titles!
The No Biggie Bunch Sports-tastic Birthday Party It’s Scotty’s birthday and you’re invited to the soccer field for cake, candles and kicks. Join The No Biggie Bunch as they learn that while food allergies are no laughing matter, there’s always something to smile about when friends are around. They’re such good sports!	The No Biggie Bunch Peanut-Free Tea for Three Rice cakes and jelly and cowboy juice – oh my! It’s time for a tea party – No Biggie Bunch-style! Pull up a chair and join The No Biggie Bunch for a safe and silly soiree – where everyone can sip and snack – no matter what their allergy. Pinkies up!	The No Biggie Bunch Trade-or-Treat Halloween Grab your No Biggie Bag and hit the pavement – it’s Halloween! The No Biggie Bunch doesn’t just trick-or-treat, they TRADE-or-treat as they swap the candy they’re allergic to for space-age surprises. Treats have never been sweeter! .

Interview with Amy Recob Author of the children's book The BugaBees: Friends with Food Allergies

Abby the Alley Cat Staying Safe from Dairy review From No Whey Mama



A Very Non Dairy Christmas review From No Whey Mama


Allie the Allergic Elephant review From No Peanuts Please

Interactive Flashcards Teaching Individuals about Staying Safe with Peanut & Tree Nut Allergies

These flashcards are designed to help children, their families, friends, and child care providers learn about the hidden dangers and possible places that peanuts and tree nuts may be present.

The flash-cards combine a wide variety of comprehensive information into an easy to learn format. The flashcards help individuals understand why vigilance is necessary at home, and in the school systems to help keep children safe. more

Dealing with food allergies and dietary restrictions should not be taken lightly, but yet must be viewed with optimism. This is the message driven in Kyle Dine's new CD titled "You Must Be Nuts!". It is a collection of fun and catchy educational music all about food allergies! Kids will be singing and dancing along with songs like Epi-Man, Tingle on My Tongue, No Dairy Please! and more! For more information or to purchase a copy for your family today, go to www.kyledine.com

Field Trip Safety for Sara by Penny Webster

More about Penny Webster and her new book.

	This week I found a children’s picture book new to my local library: The Peanut-Free Cafe, by Gloria Koster, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I encourage and approve of any book that empowers parents to communicate to children, teachers, students, schools, family–whoever–on the topic of peanut allergy (and life-threatening food allergies in general). The book is well-illustrated, and provides one possible response a school could take to the introduction of a peanut-allergic child to the shared cafeteria space. (The solution is that they open a “peanut-free cafe” complete with movies, snacks, treats, and a fun “club-like” atmosphere. All the kids stop bringing peanut butter so they can sit in the “peanut-free cafe” and chill with big-screen movies and what-not.)
On the other hand, I can also see school officials feeling pressed against the wall by a book such as this. Because it is a story for children told in simple, straight-forward terms, I am afraid that emotionally-charged, desperate parents of very young (preschool or younger) allergy kids might seize upon the solution offered in this book and build up false hopes that their child’s current or future school will respond accordingly, if only they present the solution in just the right way. The fact is, even with a very cooperative school, parents are not likely to sweep into a school (let alone a new one) and just present an elaborate solution such as this one, and find a team of teachers, cafeteria staff, faculty, and students willing and able to make this happen overnight. I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m just saying…there’s an element of fantasy to this book that makes me uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable because I know that parents heart-broken over peanut allergy and searching for answers may get their hopes up–and may get their children’s hopes up–based on the scenario this book presents. I’m not saying don’t read it. Read it. But think about it seriously before you present it to your child or your school. Some school administrators will react to a book like this very positively. Others will be defensive, and it will cause more problems. Only you can judge whether or not your teachers, principal, staff, etc. are open and willing to entertain a solution like this. Only you know if your child can handle a fantasy scenario presented to him that his own school might not be willing to carry out for his own health and safety. Only you know. So…I have to give the Peanut-Free Cafe two stars out of four. I really want to whole-heartedly recommend it. I really want to say it is a great book for everyone, and everyone should read it, and it’s just great. The truth is, I can’t in good conscience say that. I just know, living as a parent of a peanut-allergic child for over five years, that the world I live in is not enough like the world in this book. I wish it were. I hope someday it will be. But pretending it is, when it really isn’t, puts my kid’s life in danger. Period. From leslea Harmon from www.allergyware.com

This week I found a children’s picture book new to my local library: The Peanut-Free Cafe, by Gloria Koster, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler.

Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this book.

On the one hand, I encourage and approve of any book that empowers parents to communicate to children, teachers, students, schools, family–whoever–on the topic of peanut allergy (and life-threatening food allergies in general). The book is well-illustrated, and provides one possible response a school could take to the introduction of a peanut-allergic child to the shared cafeteria space. (The solution is that they open a “peanut-free cafe” complete with movies, snacks, treats, and a fun “club-like” atmosphere. All the kids stop bringing peanut butter so they can sit in the “peanut-free cafe” and chill with big-screen movies and what-not.)

On the other hand, I can also see school officials feeling pressed against the wall by a book such as this. Because it is a story for children told in simple, straight-forward terms, I am afraid that emotionally-charged, desperate parents of very young (preschool or younger) allergy kids might seize upon the solution offered in this book and build up false hopes that their child’s current or future school will respond accordingly, if only they present the solution in just the right way.

The fact is, even with a very cooperative school, parents are not likely to sweep into a school (let alone a new one) and just present an elaborate solution such as this one, and find a team of teachers, cafeteria staff, faculty, and students willing and able to make this happen overnight.

I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m just saying…there’s an element of fantasy to this book that makes me uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable because I know that parents heart-broken over peanut allergy and searching for answers may get their hopes up–and may get their children’s hopes up–based on the scenario this book presents.

I’m not saying don’t read it. Read it. But think about it seriously before you present it to your child or your school. Some school administrators will react to a book like this very positively. Others will be defensive, and it will cause more problems. Only you can judge whether or not your teachers, principal, staff, etc. are open and willing to entertain a solution like this. Only you know if your child can handle a fantasy scenario presented to him that his own school might not be willing to carry out for his own health and safety. Only you know.

So…I have to give the Peanut-Free Cafe two stars out of four. I really want to whole-heartedly recommend it. I really want to say it is a great book for everyone, and everyone should read it, and it’s just great. The truth is, I can’t in good conscience say that. I just know, living as a parent of a peanut-allergic child for over five years, that the world I live in is not enough like the world in this book. I wish it were. I hope someday it will be. But pretending it is, when it really isn’t, puts my kid’s life in danger. Period. From leslea Harmon from www.allergyware.com

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