Child Health Books

There are several fantastic points about Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon. Instead of whining about waiting for Daisy to get better, Peter does something proactive: he sends his animal friends on missions to cheer her up. So the plot is charming and useful.
The details in the pictures really make the story come to life. The squirrel's reactions to different scenes are funny, and I liked seeing Daisy's mom pushing a reel mower with Daisy's little sibling strapped to her! So even supporting characters have their own personalities.
I even learned something about chicken pox from this book. Since I was a newborn when I had chicken pox, I don't remember it, and I thought it was contagious for two weeks. When it only took a week for Daisy to get better, I did research and found that, indeed, it's contagious for about a week (although Peter was lucky not to get it before anyone knew Daisy was sick).
So, overall, the book is great for its creativity and warmth. Good for kids, parents, and people who just enjoy children's literature.

Peter wants to play with his best friend Daisy, but is upset to find out that she's come down with the chicken pox. He decides to help make her feel better by sending things to cheer her up. Everything he does really helps and she's better before the week is out!

Daisy is likely cheered up by both the sweet presents Peter sends her (including a get well card and flowers) and the unusual delivery method --- Peter seems to have a fleet of animals (such as hippos and zebras) at his command, magically transformed from his stuffed toys.

The illustrations are soft and pleasing and full of visual detail to read and spot. This is also a counting story, which kids just learning to count will very much appreciate and have fun counting along with.

This is a lovely counting book. It has animals and great pictures to look at. It is about a little boy who misses his freind when she is sick. He send her different thing every day of the week in hopes of making her recover faster. It also would help a child learn the days of the week. It would be nice for a child who is missing a friend or family member or some one moves away. It has lots of ideas and creative things they can do to keep them busy and also please the reciever of all those things. Very lovely book to give to a sick friend. The most adorable book.

The book Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon is a charming story. It is about Two close friends and neighbors named Daisy and Peter. Daisy gets ill with the chicken pox and cant not com out and play with him for about a week. To make her not so lonely and in hopes of helping her get better faster he sends diffrent thigns to her eachday. This book also is a counting book, and helps them learn the days of the week.For example on monday he sends her a get well card and sends it over ot her house by giving it to an elephant. There are also lots of wonderful drawings and visuals for them to see.

My 18-month-old, Sara Rose, has been obsessed with this book since we first read it to her last month. We recently visited a tourist attraction where she saw zebras, flamingos and monkeys -- all of which are featured in the book -- and she screams as we turn each page and she spots those animals. She calls it "Zee-Zaa," as in the Zebra Book, and she carries it around the house with her and asks us to read it 10 times a day.

I homeschool my elementary age children and we used this book when studying our body. It is a fun book to read and the information provided about each of the bones is suitable for elementary age level.

As an elementary school librarian, I used this book with my classes. We sang the song as we turned the pages. Then, at the end we laughed about the names of the bones and practiced ways of using the "real" names. 1) Go to the nurse after you skinned your knee on the playground and ask for a bandaid to put on your patella; 2) You stub your toe and grab it and moan, "Oh, I stubbed my phlanges", etc.

Kids from K through 5th grade enjoyed this! Lots of fun.

This book offers a wonderful introduction to the bone structure of the human body, even for very young children (my 3 year old daughter and niece just love this book). The use of fun, bright skeletons appeals to the reader and balances the use of scientific language in the text. Even mom and dad will learn a thing or two while reading it! You'll have your kids singing Dem Bones (the foot bone connected to the ankle bone, etc.) before you know it.

We bought this book because my boys thought it would be "Scary". They were delighted to find out it was about the bones of the human body. My kindergartener can't wait to share it with his teacher! The text has to be simplified at times for younger children, but the scientific names are a GREAT learning experience (even for older children). Look closely-you'll see more in the illustrations each time you look at the book.

I picked up this book for almost three year old daughter because we loved Bob Barner's Fish Wish. My daughter learned so much about the ocean from that book and I thought Dem Bones would give her an introduction to the body. The book follows an old African folk song called Dem Bones. "The ankle bone is conneced to the foot bone, the foot bone is connected to the leg bone" and so on. Since my daughter is so young I just sing the song to her and point out the bones on her body as we see the corresponding ones on the skeletons in the book. If you have an older child there is much more in depth information about the bones provided on each page. That is why I love Bob barner's books so much. My daughter can follow along the simple to read stories now and when she gets older I can go over the more informative parts with her later. She has already learned a great deal from this book and she really loves it. Bob Barner really makes learning fun.

Paradoxically enough, Lisa's book on teenage depression was quite uplifting! While recognizing and validating the severity of the increasing levels of depression and suicide attempts in teenage girls, Lisa's book also offers hope. The theme of her book is nicely summarized in her introductory comment of: "No matter how despairing [teenage girls] may feel, there is always a spark of hope with them, and the energy to make their troubles visible to themselves and others."

The book focuses on how we can keep our eyes and ears open to the language of teenage depression, and ultimately help the girls find their "spark." Lisa illustrates how teenage girls are especially at risk for depression when they silence their inner core of self in an attempt to conform and belong with others. Empty inside, these girls crave genuine connections to bring them back to life. This book helps to pave that road from isolation to connection.

The Disappearing Girl also offers a look into the cognitive, societal, and developmental contributors of teenage depression, as well as tools and resources to help these girls develop coping strategies and healthy relationships to help them in their struggles. Whether you're a parent, friend, teacher, or therapist of a teenager who is depressed, or are a depressed teenager yourself, Lisa's book offers a lifeline worth reaching out for.

If you're a parent of an adolescent girl, then you need to read "The Disappearing Girl" by Dr. Lisa Machioan. With it being written specifically for depression in teenage girls, it is a very helpful resource for parents, friends and even the disappearing girl herself to use when a teenage girl you know or you yourself are experiencing signs of depression. It uses real-life stories told by girls who have been in all kinds of situations involving depression and even suicide attempts to give the reader an honest look at the many different things that may spark depression in the teenage girl. It also gives helpful suggestions on what to do to keep depression from ruling young girl's lives. I highly recommend this to everyone involved in a depressed girl's life, or even to all mothers with a young daughter who may fall victim to depression.

A must read - for all Moms of adolescent girls.

Excellent tips on the signals teenagers give out that parents often overlook and how to tell the difference between typical adolescent behavior and signals of real trouble.

Numerous tips and practical advice to solve the issues that all teenage girls go through.

Whether or not you think your teenage girl is depressed, this is a valuable resource. The author's perspective is so down-to-earth, her advice so accessible, and her care for the girls so evident, that this book is a must-read for any parent of a depressed teenage girl, and a should-read for any parent of any teenage girl.

For anyone who liked "Silencing the Self" by Dana Crowley Jack -- that was research about depressed women -- this is a very similar book about depressed girls. What makes those two books so valuable is that they are based on counseling actual women and girls--not on theoretical psychology derived in the vacuum of an ivory tower.

I was molested as a young child, until I was 12. I have never read ANY book that hit home like Dr. Machoian's The Disappearing Girl. I wish my Mom had read it. Thanks for this wonderful book. I loved it.

My kids loooove this book. They have listened (cd included) to it so many times they have it memorized.

The story in and of itself is a masterpiece to say the least with its poetic style and beautiful, playful illustrations. Adding the CD just makes it come alive for the reader or listener!!! As a former classroom teacher I can see so much creative writing coming from it; to say nothing of the unending pictures that will be drawn all about it and the stories from those pictures. It can definitely be used in classrooms as part of extended health/science lessons teaching children about the best eating habits. The CD makes it a MUST HAVE classroom story from Kindergarten to 6th grade and even older. The 6th graders could write a play and act it out for the younger grades on parent's night. Every child should have this book & CD or at least hear this adventure story. I hope the author is contacting every librarian in every school there is and the public libraries too!!!

My six-year-old was mesmerized with the graphics and narration.
He held on to the book for an hour or two, walking around the house after the first read.
You won't go wrong with this one if you want some fun while the kids are learning about eating right.

Our family reads the Doc Broc book together to talk about how living alkaline foods give us energy and help us to "be healthy and strong like Doc Broc". This is an important message for our children who are surrounded by the unrelenting mass marketing of acidic foods and drinks.

Below are reviews from my daughters:

"I am a eight year old girl and I love the Doc Broc book.

My favorite recipes in the book are Vegan Chili and Grapefruit Super Soy Pudding.

I like the part when Big Bad Burger Bully burps in Doc Broc's face! Then Lucious Lettuce ripped off a piece of her skirt and threw it at Big Bad Burger Bully. He got blinded. Then he jumped on his skate board and it lead him straight into a wall. There were pieces of cheese, ketchup, mustard and mayo all over the room, too much of a mess for a mop or a broom.

I learned that health is not only healthy - it is fun as well. I think that other kids deserve a good life too, free from sickness and weight." - Stefanie

And from my five year old...

"I learned that if you eat alkaline you'll feel good that you taked care of yourself good." - Caroline

This story book is a classic! Written like a poem, it's really catchy. Kids will love this book and the parents will too. It's simple, educational, inspiring and carries a powerful message. At last a book that really steps youngsters into understanding the truth about healthy foods and healthy bodies.

I thought the pictures were adorable, bright and colorful and there are some really hysterical details. I like the fact that kids get to journey through and learn about the digestive system on this adventure.

I loved the CD that allows kids to listen and read along on their own if they want to. The background music makes it really impacting and the sound effects will make kids laugh.

The recipes are actually delicious!!! From breakfasts, to dinners, to quick and simple deserts, and there are some really healthy alternatives to fast foods. I'll eat these foods every day, you don't need to be a kid to enjoy this food!

All round, this books a winner!

The Doghouse Angel is honest and moving. It helps you access your compassion for other's and see your own struggles with a new perspective. Very powerful for such a short book.

It was surprising to read the author's descriptions and to find myself and other people I've known and places I've heard of and stories they've told. Crimes I've lived through, heard rumors of and imagined. Tragic homes built by people too young, too ignorant, too sick or too hateful to possess the tools needed to craft healthy and happy ones.

It may be enough to stand aside a place we cannot fathom and simply admire the woman who has the courage to describe its horrors. Author Kimberly Steward has earned this here. Her history is, hopefully, the most remarkable readers will ever know.

But it is so much more when you read a book and find yourself literally looking around to see if anyone has noticed you are sitting there naked. Recognizing in it the thoughts you had and the lessons you learned and the hope you dared and the prices you paid for all of it. This book is intimate and personal and painful and triumphant. I wept for this bouquet too big for most to hold-black and blue and awful flowers grown from tiny seeds too many of us held ourselves. It is a grand and unique example that shouts what untold numbers whispered and whisper still.

Read it if you are a therapist or a counselor who deals with physical, emotional and sexual abuse and the myriad results impacting its perpetrators, victims and survivors. Read it if you work with young people who may need you to lend them a voice they cannot find for themselves. Read it if you or someone you love has ever felt the filthy hands of incest or molestation upon them. Read it if you can be inspired by strength and reminded of how grace and the human spirit pulls for the children who know too much too soon and survive, often thrive, in spite of the dreadful odds before them. I truly can't think of anyone for whom this does not apply. This woman is an inspiration and I hope you'll gift yourself with her story.

"The journey to healing from an abusive childhood is often fraught with difficulties. Kimberly Steward relates her experiences in The Doghouse Angel, telling her story through counseling sessions reflecting back to her earlier years as one of eighteen children. There are many portions of this book that are heartbreaking to read. But for those who have experienced similar situations, this book shows that healing can occur. The Doghouse Angel should be required reading for counselors, pastors, and others who deal with abused children and with adults still traumatized by their childhood. Kimberly Steward's insights bring the dark secret of abuse into the light."
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"Powerful" and "Inspiring" are the words most often used by those I speak to who have read "The Doghouse Angel". Many of my friends in our book club, quilting groups and at church knew of my friendship with the author and read the book as soon as it came out. Because they knew something of Kimberly's childhood they were a little apprehensive but quickly became publicists themselves. "She has so many positive things to say after such terrible experiences. I am amazed that she is able to do that."
"What you have just said is the reason she wrote the book and the reason so many people will benefit from reading it," is my reply. People in the healing professions will find the book a valuable resource. As a former foster parent and teacher, I know that, if you have had abusive experiences which still trouble you, or know others in similar situations, you should read "The Doghouse Angel" to see that there are steps to take to heal.
Barbara Kapost, B.S.Ed

I found this book to be a very big eye opener into the lives of abused children.It is amazing what these 18 children endured thru their entire childhood.Yet the author seems to have been able to overcome it all and help others who may suffer as she did.God Bless the little children, may they never have to endure what Kimberly had to.I think this book shows there is light at the end of the tunnel.

It contains loads of information on things you encounter in your daily life, yet presents them in a funny and fun way. The drawings by the author are the best part, it's the icing on the cake! It is great for kids of any age, especially good for summer reading, and a fun read for adults as well. Then keep it as part of your reference book collection.

An excellent book!! Day not only displays his knowledge and artistic talent in this book, but puts everything together with humor and wit. No facts were spared, he'll give it to you straight what can happen to you if you don't give creepy critters some space, and the cartoons will make sure you get the picture ;) All ages will enjoy this entertaining and educational masterpiece!

Ok, so my kid (6 yrs old) asked me if he could read this book instead of playing with Legos. Yeah, I'm still reeling from that. If that's not a glowing recommendation, I don't know what is. This book is like a field guide with all the boring stuff stripped out. It dives right into the information that kids really need -- all the things that will make you itch, swell up or scream mommy! And how to identify them, avoid them or treat them if your curiosity makes you "forget" the first two things. And the cartoons scattered throughout? Brilliantly twisted - in a kid appropriate manner of course!

This book is great! Has an enormous amount of information, that is supported by medical information, wonderful drawings, great humor, and is great for children (and adults actually)! I would recommend this book to anyone with children, as it's a fun way to learn about their environment. Mr. Day is an excellent author, and I look forward to seeing more of his work!

As an educator for 30 years, I love every page, every illustration, every humor punctuated in the text!
Every school library should have this book!
Dr. Yu-Lan Lin
Boston Public Schools

Now in a newly revised and expanded edition, Growing Up Feeling Good: The Life Handbook For Kids by educator and human sexuality expert Ellen Rosenberg is a comprehensive resource written specifically for preteen and teenaged young adults. Individual chapters address such problematic issues affecting preteen and adolescent sexual development as peer pressure, adjusting to the biological changes of puberty, the thorny issues of sex, dealing with separation, divorce, step-families, and a great deal more. Growing Up Feeling Good is a very solid and highly recommended guide for both parents and children.

A must for every young person to read! The author not only discusses topics that are of great concern to kids, but offers many choices on how to handle difficult situations. My three kids have read this book and loved it. And when they don't have it, I'm reading it! I recommend that parents read it as well.

I am a physician and love to speak to pre- and adolescent teens about puberty and all the changes that occur with their bodies and minds at that time. I love this book and refer to it often-my clinic is now purchasing copies for the local school system-to be read, re-read, used and shared-from the elementary kids to the high school students to the teachers and counselors!

This book was recommended to me for my 11- and 13-year-old kids by a physician assistant. She had found it helpful for her teenagers. So I got a copy from the library to review before I let my kids see it. I thought it was excellent: a wide range of topics of interest to adolescents are addressed in an honest, sensitive style. My kids liked the book too, so we decided to buy a copy for reference--for those questions that will come up in the next few years that they don't quite feel comfortable asking Mom or Dad. I'd prefer they get their answers from this book, rather than from a boyfriend or girlfriend.

I first came across this book when I was nine. Since then I have read it a countless number of times. I am sixteen now, and I still look back on it from time to time. It has all the information a young teen would ever need; all in a chunky little manual. The author writes with a very compassionate tone...This is a gem of a book!

This book gives the reader not only the opportunity to spend quality time in the kitchen with their kids, but it also gives a great story line and top of the line flat bread receipies! All parents and children will enjoy "Everybody East Tortillas! Its a Must have book for families who enjoy spending time not only in the kitchen, but with their children a well. Thanks Dolly!!
Kiann Lewis

If you are looking for a way to bring the kid's into the kitchen with you, then this book is a wonderful way to excite them into cooking and learning together. The short, inspiring story leads into a stream of delicious tortilla recipes from around the world that are incredibly easy-to-follow and require minimal utensils. It is a priceless gem for anyone and everyone!

Thought this was a cute little book that I will share with family members and friends.

As a homeschooling parent, this cookbook is great at getting kids to slow down, gather supplies and ingredients, read through the recipe, follow directions and do accurate measurements. If you have a day to devote to a culinary class at home - as my daughter and I did - it is worth it! It is a multitude of school courses all rolled into one little book that can lead you to deeper research and travels with the help of the internet. It also takes you on a journey of love and appreciation of family and self which are great lessons for anyone.

As a stay-at-home mom, this cookbook is great for quick snack ideas as well as for the budding chef to prepare on their own with watchful eyes, of course. My daughter and I had one of THE best times together in the kitchen. We sampled, laughed and got messy as we prepared each tasty recipe. "Maria's Flour Tortillas from Mexico" came in handy as we noticed that we had run out of commercial tortillas for dinner. These are fresher and tastier than the store brand. We have had chapatis prepared for us by an Indian chef before yet "David's Chapatis, from India" are simple and just as delicious with the chutney we prepared with it. "Darren's Piki, or Indian Paper Bread, from the Pueblo Indians" is excellent with salsa as suggested in the recipe. Melissa's Chinese Pancakes from Beijing" is appetizing with scrambled marinated tofu, cilantro, onions, and spices. "Erin's Rice Paper Wraps from Vietnam" is just what we needed for our spring rolls with homemade peanut sauce. The list goes on with other flatbreads from all over the world. There is "Brandon's Fatir Bread, or Bedouin Barley Bread, from Jordan; Brandon's Fenugreek Corn Bread from Egypt; Maria's Corn Tortillas from Mexico; Logan's Naan Bread from India; Jason's Piadine from Italy and Seth's Spelt Breakfast Bread from Switzerland" just to name a few or so. The instructions are detailed enough that a child from 9 and up can easily prepare each recipe without any problems. It is obvious that Dolly Wiseman has been in the kitchen cooking with love with children.

We loved the cover of the cookbook; it made our mouths water with anticipation. When we opened the cookbook, the overwhelming aroma of tortillas filled our nostrils or could it be that we imagined the piping hot aroma of freshly made tortillas? In any case, this cookbook is one that will be used greatly in our kitchen. We look forward to more installments from Maria's class. There are many possiblities of foods from all over the world within her class. In closing, good times was had by all!

Forget buying storebought tortillas. Those days are over! Mrs. Wiseman has written this wonderful book in such a fashion, that anyone, and I mean anyone, can do these easy recipes for tortillas. Mrs. Wiseman introduces many recipes for flatbreads from all over the world. From Egypt to the Americas, there are many different cuisines and such packed in this one, skinny book! These easy to follow recipes are delicious and fun to make. And though I know many kids may not like the news of this but, it is educational too! Her story at the beginning of the book, is a cute but great read. I really enjoyed kneading the dough, for I don't get many chances to knead dough. I was really amazed at how tortillas are made, so I was happy to learn more about them and how to make my own. I also loved mixing the dough with a wooden spoon, like I said, I don't usually get to mix and knead dough.

I don't care what anyone says, but I loved Mrs. Ross's Ancient Egyptian Bread. It was the first recipe my mom and I did. Second was Maria's Flour Tortillas From Mexico, those were awesome! They looked and tasted even better than storebought! Maria's Corn Tortillas From Mexico were interesting. Well, I only say this because we used, instead of corn oil, (which we did not and do not possess) we used Lime and Chili flavor Macadamia oil (which is really good). It came out pretty good and the corn flavor still came through! Darren's Blue Corn Tortillas, were pretty and delicious. What was cool was the tortillas would almost as soon as the raw tortilla would touch the pan would darken into one of the most beautiful purples ever! My mom, I'm actually going to admit, did the Chinese Pancakes, by herself. But, they came out great! What she did was put scrambled soy-ginger eggs in a pancake and roll it up, and that was good! And the spelt bread was really good. Especially with honey.

Well all in all this is a great book for anybody who barely has time to cook or for people who love simple and delicious recipes. I definitely reccomend it!

Thank you, Donna. I am an avid fan of Donna Williams' autobiographical and other scholarly writing on 'autism'. She is a true peacemaker. In her previous book, Like Colour to the Blind, I found tremendous insight into the kinds of problems that many of us encounter when we expand our world to include that of another in an intimate partnership.

Similarly, reading Everyday Heaven inspired me to continue to understand and deepen my relationship with myself. Donna's style is ever fresh and impeccably precise. She continues to charter the borderlands of differences in thinking, feeling, perceiving and behaving that have been labeled 'autistic'. Perhaps with so eloquent a mapmaker as our guide, the rest of us can learn greater tolerance for all of the individual 'autistic' realities that we each bring to bear in the creation of this thing that we think we share called 'consensual reality'. Maybe then there will be peace and Everyday Heaven on earth.

Those who have read Donna Williams' other three autobiographies will continue to find ideas and insights that will stretch anybody's understanding of autism far beyond textbooks and what professionals have published. But more than that, even if you aren't especially interested in autism, this book is about the zest for and love of life. Considering how gloomy and bitter Williams could be if she chose, "Everyday Heaven" really serves as an inspirational memoir. In spite of the very real hardships she describes, this book filled me with joy.

Donna Williams is already one of the most famous people diagnosed with Autism in the world and people look up to her achievements and particularly perhaps, the fact that as an Autistic person, contrary to all existing stereotypes at that time, she has married and, of course, an iconic writer of heterosexual romance.

But all is not what it seems. Agoraphobic, outside of her public face, Donna is actually a relative recluse on a farm in the middle of nowhere, completely controlled by her obsessive rather Autistic-Spectrum and somewhat multiple-personalitied husband, Ian. She is beginning to discover that not all 'Auties' are nice at all and the one she's married is a doosie.

Now, on the day of their second wedding aniversary, only one week after the death of her eccentric rather bipolar father from cancer and in the middle of the filming of a documentary about her life, Donna is falling deeply 'in like' with one of the crew, Mick who himself lost the father he loved. Now Ian boldly de-masks and announces he wants to run off with the male producer!

The de-masked Ian clinically announces how he has now qualified for being two years in the marriage and, hence, is entitled to half of everything she ever made from her internationally bestselling books. To boot, she has only a few weeks before flying to America to give a talk about being happily married and on the Autistic Spectrum before a massive US audience!

As Ian packs up the furnishings and strips their house bare and the cameras keep rolling, Donna's 'in like'with Mick has turned to being in love and after she starts a smart drug she finds herself developing lust for the first time in her life at the ripe old age of thirty-two.

But Mick has his own challenges with love, sex, identity and alcohol and with the help of a colorful hippy eccentric dance teacher, Margo, Donna finds herself on the road again. More alone as famous than she would ever have been otherwise, and deeply traumatised by the death of her father, she confronts her sexual orientation and attraction to women, going to a gay club specifically to meet 'someone'. She ends up in a torid sexual relationship with an alcoholic lesbian, Shelly. Then her best friend, Margo, goes suddenly into a coma, then dies from a brain haemmorage, and soon even Donna's beloved cat Monty joins the 'other side'.

It's like everyone is dying and she is surrounded by their 'ghosts'. But among the ghosts awaits an angel named Chris who in rescueing him from his own messy love triangle, she rescues herself from the edge of breakdown.

Everyday Heaven is a humorous, moving, riveting, roller-coaster of a book.

Of all Donna Williams' books, "Everyday Heaven" is one of my very favorites. The fourth in her autobiographical series, this part of her story invites us to be a fly on the wall while she navigates life and love in her thirties. Donna's unbridled candor draws you in, and her clarity and insight hold you fast. When you read it, you'll want to have a box of tissues near by, and also a friend to share some of her humorous anecdotes with. What strikes me in this book, is that in spite of the horrific circumstances she survived in her early childhood, and to whatever extent her Autism continues to impact her daily life, there is never a moment of blame or bitterness. She personifies resilience and a lust for life. If you dare to read any of her books, Donna Williams is someone who will take all of your excuses away. "Everyday Heaven" is a heavenly read.

Donna is changing the way that, hopefully, millions of people think about 'Autism'. Everyday Heavan gives a wonderful insight into the world of a fantastic lady on the Autism spectrum. In this fascinating book Donna shares the ups and downs of relationships, exposure anxiety, information processing, connection, tolerance, contol, dietary difficulties and many more experiences that she has had. You will be captivated by the warmth and passion that Donna brings to the Neuro -Typical world of Disabling barriers.

I am a mum from the Uk. My 17 yr old son has a diagnosis of ADHD and Asperger's syndrome. without Dr Feingold's diet my son would not have a life. He is not a straight A student, though being very intelligent. This diet helps al kids with challenging behaviours, some become straight A students and others get their lives back - either way this diet is incredible. My son would obviously prefer a meal out sometimes to his gluten free, dairy free, salicylate free diet but he knows that his behaviour will change and therefore all the things he does in life will also be affected. I really truly do not know what I would do without Dr Feingold. In the UK, his diet is not popular, it is not recommended by the experts, so parents know very little about it. If only one parent in the UK read this article and tried it, it is well worth writing it. UK mum

In the late '70s, an earlier version of this book changed my two-year old daughters life forever. I believe that then the title phrase was "hypoactive" instead of "hyperactive". I had an adorable, sweet, little girl that would suddenly go into uncontrollable rages. A neighbor happened to be watching the Phil Donahue show and told me about the cookbook that was discussed on the show that day. I bought it on Tuesday and by Saturday I had a new child. I explained to her that certain things were poison to her and that sugar would make her have what we called a "sugar fit". She, at age 2 1/2, became a helper in the process and would refuse any candy, etc. that was offered to her. She's now age 30, and still is careful about intake, staying aware of how foods affect her. She has never, ever had another "sugar fit". I'm looking for the book again for my son's little boy - age 2 1/2 - who has the same symptoms.

My son was diagnosed last year through his elementary school with ADHD and they pushed medication however I was not about to go that route until I had dissolved every other possible alternative. I purchased the Feingold Diet cookbook and surprisingly the recipies are delicious! I was skeptical at first because my son is 6 years old and I was afraid he would put up an argument to eat these foods but to my surprise we all have liked the recipes we have tried. We have only been on the diet for about 4 weeks in which we have seen some changes in behavior (I think the first couple weeks he was rebelling about having to be on a "special diet" plus when he visits his dad everyother weekend, he has gotten food not approved on the diet which sets us back a couple days). Also to our surprise, my husband has experienced positive changes in his energy level and overall general health. You are what you eat!

I have followed this cookbooks recommendations since 1983. My son is ADHD and my husband always said if you can't read it don't eat it. It definitely made a differnce in my sons actions and he is now graduating from college and we all still eat much healthier than we would have. The recipes in this cookbook are delicious and I would like to give atleast two of these for Christmas presents and I need one l for myself since whoever borrowed it never returned it to me. They must of liked it too.

For parents of children who have been labled ODD, ADHD and other hyperactive and behaivor disorders, this book could change your lives. Dr. Fiendgold has come under critism for his ideas concerning the effect of cemicals in food and their effect on an individuals' nervious systems. When I decided to try Dr. Fiengold's diet I was desperite to help my ODD son and wanted to help him without putting him on drugs. Our whole family tried the diet for six weeks and the results were amazing! Our son is now 20 and a straight A student at the Univerisity of Wisconsin on a music scholarship! He still has to follow Dr. Feingold's guidelines for his diet, but he is a very delightful and productive young man today and has never been on drugs to control his behavior! Thank you DR. Fiengold! We love you!

This book needs to be reprinted!