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author of 14 Hours 'Til Bedtime






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Book Reviews!Children's Book Reviews

Dining out… it sounds relaxing. Unless your child has been newly diagnosed with a food allergy or an autoimmune disease. Then, you’re required to play food detective. When what you eat can truly be a matter of life or death, parents and kids with food issues need all the resources they can get. Here are some good books for kids for whom reading the food label is an important part of life.

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It couldn’t have been the most exciting trip to the mall for an eight-year-old boy. We were there to help Dave’s sister and our future brother-in-law select their wedding invitations. Max was very...


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•Take her medicine without arguing with you this morning?
• Maintain eye contact with you for one whole minute?
• Wait patiently while in line at the store?

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