Adam's Gluten Free Surprise: Helping Others Understand Gluten

Adam's Gluten Free Surprise: Helping Others Understand Gluten Free

For someone who doesnâ€™t need to follow a strict gluten free diet (or care for someone who does) it can be a difficult diet to understand. After all, the word â€œdietâ€ usually means â€œcheat a little.â€ For a person with celiac, 100% adherence is very important. Yes, a crumb can make a difference. And this is the purpose of this â€œchildrenâ€™sâ€ book, to help the important adults in the lives of gluten free children understand what gluten is, and to see that students and grandchildren who need to be gluten free donâ€™t want to be left out of food related celebrations, even if it means eating something different. â€˜Adamâ€™s Gluten Free Surprise: Helping Others Understand Gluten Freeâ€™ (and the identical girlsâ€™ version, â€˜Haileyâ€™s Gluten Free Surpriseâ€™) follows Adam through his first six months of a new school year after being diagnosed with celiac disease. He is very accepting of his medically required diet, offering a, â€œthatâ€™s OK,â€ when he cannot be included in a special treat that his peers can enjoy. But his good nature, which offers children with special diets a positive role model, turns sad at times, as is only natural when a person feels left out, or when they cannot eat something that looks and smells good. In the end, Adamâ€™s teacher and peers understand a bit more about gluten. They secretly plan to make their Valentineâ€™s Day party completely gluten free so he can be included. While this certainly wonâ€™t happen in every classroom, the purpose of this story is to help promote empathy and understanding. â€˜Adamâ€™s Gluten Free Surpriseâ€™ is about the acceptance that is required by the child with a special diet and it is about the understanding that is required by those who are important parts of his or her life. *Teachers, if one of your students requires a gluten free diet, please ask him or her first before reading this book to the entire class. While some children are thrilled to share a book that is about themselves, some children donâ€™t want to be the focus. But please do read it for yourself; your understanding of gluten free is very important.

Country	USA
Author	Debbie Simpson
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
EAN	9781478396543
Edition	2
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1478396547
Label	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	34
PublicationDate	2012-08-23
Publisher	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Studio	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Adam's Gluten Free Surprise: Helping Others Understand Gluten Free

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