The Peanut-free Cafe
Author: Gloria Koster Manufacturer: Albert Whitman & Company Keywords: Allergy ISBN: 0807563862
Book description All the students at Nutley School love peanut butter, especially Simon. For Simon, peanut butter is essential. But then new student Grant comes to school. Grant is allergic to peanut butter and can't sit near anyone eating it. Should the principal forbid peanut butter in the cafeteria? What will the students of Nutley School do if they can't have peanut butter for lunch? Simon comes up with a clever idea. The school can have a peanut-free café! It will be a fun place to eat and watch movies, where the only admission is a peanut-free lunch. The other students gladly give up their peanut-butter lunches to be in the new café with Grant, but can Simon give up the food he loves the most?
Book review: Does a good job of relating how the allergy affects others The author does a good job of illustrating how a peanut allergy may affect others and offers up but one solution to the issues that arise. This is one of the better illustrated books on this topic… One of the most interesting thing about Gloria Koster's peanut allergy picture book is its choice to make the main character a child without a peanut allergy. Kids with peanut allergies already know… |
