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:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
did not like the artwork/illustration:
The concept and content are helpful, but the illustration is not that appealing. The pages are very simple, no background, no layers; often it's Allie the elephant in slightly different look page by page, same white background (as in cover) so it's almost boring. Plus the lines and shapes are not that nicely done, so it's hard to tell what is what. For example Allie the Elephant with swelled lips - doesn't look vivid and is hard for young children to recognize and relate to. My son kept asking "what is... more info
Awesome book!:
My son is 3 years old and he loves this book!
It really helped him understand his allergy to peanut.
It make's him happy that Allie wears the same bracelet that he does.
Great book. We recommend!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect:
STAT KIDS Health ID Wristband, Peanut Allergy, Size S, 3-Pack I bought this book in tandem with these allergy bracelets for my 2 yr old who is allergic to peanuts. I especially loved this book because Allie also has a special bracelet. Boys especially don't always want to wear jewelry but the book helped him feel special to wear them. It also helped his older sister understand how important it is not to let him have peanuts. When he's in school I will buy a copy for his class and talk to them about... more info
Not at all what I expected:
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... more info
