Susan Amerikaner

Coco is a young monkey character from Mickey Mouse and Friends, who has recently been diagnosed with type I diabetes. Though she is looking forward to going back to school and showing off her new medical bracelet, she has some concerns. This will be the first time Coco has attended school since her new diagnosis and she is worried about how the other students may react and the questions they may have. Thanks to the help and support of her friends, Coco finds the courage to share her medical show more bracelet with the class. After she receives such a positive response from her peers, Coco decides to work on a project to educate others and answer even more questions they may have about type I diabetes.
I really enjoyed this story and felt especially close to it due to my own juvenile diagnosis of type I diabetes. I I could totally relate with young Coco and some of her fears and anxieties. I think this book would be a great tool for a child recently diagnosed with an illness, and also for siblings, friends, and young family members that may not understand how that person is feeling. show less

Beginning readers based on popular movie franchises - eh. I always told myself I would never buy these, especially since there are quality beginning reader series available, but now that I have children I see why such books are made. My girls love them. They want to read about their favorite characters. And if it gets them reading, I need to sacrifice some of my own preconceptions. In this book, readers receive an extremely simplified version of the Cars 2 movie. The story is pared down to show more the point of not always making sense - for example, Mater is running from the bad guys and flying in the air, and the next page he is being thanked by the queen for stopping them. We just have to assume the confrontation occurred. The purpose, clearly, is to use sentences of basic vocabulary and simple construction. I can see early readers having a successful time reading this. On the other hand, much of the language feels stiff and unnatural. The illustrations are attractive, in style with the movie. On the whole, the book is mediocre to bad, but I will still be reading it many times over, because my daughters love the characters. show less

This book has a sense of mysticism that enraptures- it takes us on a vision quest and walk about of Moana who finds herself and through this experience perhaps more

I like this book because it tells an entertaining story and throws in some challenging names to challenge the reader as they go along in the book. The pictures are fun and recognizable because they are Disney Planes characters. This book used the name "Ripslinger" which is kind of complicated compared to the rest of the words in this book. Another harder name this book used was "Dottie." This book shared an inspirational message of overcoming adversity. Dusty was never meant to be a racing show more plane, but he figured out a way to "train" himself so that he could join the "big race" along with the other racing planes. Dusty quickly made an enemy with the fastest plane and that plane tried to destroy Dusty. But, without using tricks or anything mean, Dusty won the race. This is a good model of being honest. The "big picture" of this book is to try your hardest and put your mind towards whatever you want to accomplish and you might succeed at something you were told that you could never succeed at. show less