Sugar Was My Best Food: Diabetes and Me

by Carol Antoinette Peacock, Adair Gregory, Kyle Carney Gregory

Book Overview

Diabetes brought big changes for 11-year-old Adair and his family. He learned to prick himself to test his blood-sugar level and got used to two insulin shots a day. For a while he was too weak to run... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807576484
• ISBN13: 9780807576489
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Illustrations great

While the content of this book was excellent, I was even more drawn to the illustrations. Ms. Jones demonstrates poignancy, wisdom, wit, and whimsy in portraying the book's message, always remembering that kids have great sensibilities and that, while words may teach us, viual appeal "sits us down" to be taught.A delight to the eye.

Rave review from the wife of a diabetic

I read Sugar Was My Best Food to learn more about what it must have been like for my husband when he became a diabetic at age 13. I was so impressed by the honest feelings expressed by the young author, and by the tremendous support he got from his family. Anybody who loves or works with a child with juvenile diabetes should read this terrific book. And diabetic kids should read it to learn how heroic they are and that things will get better with time.

First chapter book my 9 year old has ever finished.

My 9 year old son was just diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. He has never been interested in reading . He received this book as a gift and started reading. He finished it in 4 days and has never finished a chapter book in his life. We need more books about kids with diabetes for him to read. Excellent book.

Adair's book makes missing sugar a lot easier!

What a treasure! Adair manages, as only children seem to do easily, to convey truthfully and honestly what it feels like inside to be diagnosed with diabetes (or any other major condition, I imagine). The "little girl" in me finally felt someone understood! There is much good medical information, in plain old English. But what is remarkable is how Adair verbalizes what it feels like, not only physically but emotionally, to have diabetes. Thank you, Adair!