Product Description

Chad the Allergic Chipmunk helps children and adults learn about tree nut allergies and how to recognize an allergic reaction. Chad explains nut allergies in a way that parents, teachers, and children themselves can talk about allergies and understand them better. Written by the author of Allie the Allergic Elephant and Cody the Allergic Cow, Chad is her next book discussing severe food allergies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #210444 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Released on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 28 pages

Review
Chad the Allergic Chipmunk is a delightful book with a serious message. It helps adults and children alike to increase awareness and tolerance for individual differences especially when the issue can be life threatening. Nicole Smith has taken a personal experience and turned it into an opportunity to help all children with special allergies. --Rose Bergles, Principal, Academy School District 20

Nicole Smith, with the able assistance of her illustrator Maggie Nichols, has zeroed in on milk allergy, peanut allergy and now tree nut allergy. The tale of Chad the Allergic Chipmunk is directed to the school aged child with food allergies and the support systems, family, friends, teachers and epinephrine kit that keep him safe. This book provides excellent reading and charming illustrations of specific situations and medically responsible approaches to a child with food allergies. --Bonnie Baswell, M.D., Allergist

Only a parent of a food-allergic child could have written a book like this. Nicole reminds the allergic child and his caregivers that we must always be vigilant yet she never lets us forget that there is a talented, interesting, special child in there as well. --Gina Clowes, Mother of Tree Nut Allergic Child

About the Author
Nicole Smith, the author, is a concerned mother with a school aged son who has multiple severe food allergies. She is also the author of Allie the Allergic Elephant: A Children s Story of Peanut Allergies and Cody the Allergic Cow: A Children s Story of Milk Allergies. She is active in many civic and non-profit organizations within her community, and is the author of the Web site Allergicchild.com. Nicole is the mother of two and lives in Colorado Springs.

Customer Reviews

A great book for children that are allergic to tree nuts!
My 5 year old son LOVED this book. It brought tears to my eyes to see him sit down with this book after I read it to him and for him to flip through each page very slowly asking me questions and telling me what was going on on the pages. He has never reacted this way towards a book before so I know he was connecting with "Chad". I feel this book has given him a better understanding of his food allergy and I am very happy about this purchase.

Great read for pre schoolers
Chad the Allergic Chipmunk is an excellent book for explaining to my 4 year daughter what may happen as she has a severe nut allergy. It has now been lent to her pre school for the teachers to read and explain to her friends.

Nut allergy book review
It is a sweet story and young enough for my 3 year old to understand.