The Princess and the Peanut Allergy Hardcover – Picture Book, March 1, 2009

My daughter is princess obsessed in every way. This book was something she connected with while she was just beginning to learn about her allergy. This was so so good in helping her know she is not alone and that we need to tell people about her allergy instead of stay quiet.WELL DONE!

I struggled to find a decent book to read to my 5-year-old about her food allergies. This one is really great, I'm happy I took a chance on it. My daughter loves the story about two friends getting ready for a birthday party. There is some fun alliteration in describing what the party will be like and my daughter thinks it's funny. There are a few things as a parent that I'm really happy the book touched on: that even a tiny bit of an allergen can make a person sick; that you might need to go to the hospital if you ingest your allergen; and that you always need to keep medicine with you wherever you go. Overall it's a great book for kids that presents a situation they can understand and relate to.

Just read this with my four year old daughter who has a peanut allergy as well as other things. I appreciate that the author approached the challenges with discussing food allergies to people who simply don’t understand. I have food allergies myself and still feel a sense of anxiety of how to discuss this with people who can be dismissive and/or ignorant. It takes a lot of courage to speak up and it helps so much if you have thought about things to say in advance. This book gives language to a complicated issue and shows how both sides may feel during a discussion like this.

I've read a lot of special needs kids' books, and they all too often fall into the trap avoided by the Princess and the Peanut Allergy: too saccharine, or too simple. By focusing on the social ramifications of food allergy, the author doesn't try to prove that food allergy is real, but rather presents it as a fact: peanuts make the character sick. And that takes the story to the real challenge of food allergy, which is how to be a friend to a food allergic kid, in a food saturated culture. And, how to be a food allergic kid, and still have friends.Food is everywhere! And this book poses the question: do you need to give up food, especially special, celebratory food, in order to have an allergic friend? In order to have allergies?I was pleased that the answer was, simply, no. And that the story left my 1st grade son thoughtful - and asking questions.

Love this book it’s so cute my 1.5 year old has developed a severe peanut allergy and this helped us to give her a small introduction to peanut allergy and her special medicine that she needs to take when we go places.

My daughter is 3 1/2, loves princesses, and is allergic to peanuts and almonds. She LOVES this books, and wants me to read it over and over and over!Some of it is a little silly, like how the main charactor didn't know her best friend was allergic (didn't she have a peanut-free lunch table?)...and how she asked for the cake to be made with out peanuts, in a bakery that uses peanuts, without worries about cross-contamination. BUT, that might be too complex for kids to understand, so I think this is a great book for preschoolers, and am buying an extra copy for my daughter's class.

My daughter is 2 with a peanut allergy and LOVES this book, she practically has it memorized. It has been a great help in teaching her that she can’t have ANY peanuts. She goes around saying “No peanuts! Not even a little bit!” which is a line from the book. I highly recommend.

Cute little story about food allergies; my daughter was very excited to read about someone with the same allergy as she has! Not entirely realistic, though- I'd have a hard time believing that any "best friend" and her mom wouldn't have a clue about such a close friend's peanut allergy until after a party was planned- I suppose it was simplified for the kids, but still bugs me as a parent.

Great book for young allergy sufferers