35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for helping young children learn about epilepsy, July 20 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Taking Seizure Disorders to School: A Story about Epilepsy (Paperback)
Last year in first grade, we used this book given to us by our Neurologist to teach my daughter and her class about her newly diagnosed seizures. It was most helpful and well received by all. I highly recommend this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
taking seizure disorders to school, May 22 2009
By Elizabeth Murch "seizure mom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Taking Seizure Disorders to School: A Story about Epilepsy (Paperback)
I think the price was too high for the information that the book offered. It was a short book for $9.95 plus shipping, so I feel like I didn't get my money's worth. I bought the book to share with my daughters classmates at school & felt it was made for younger children, maybe 1st or 2nd grade students. My daughter has a seizure disorder & is in 3rd grade. Hope this helps
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too much and yet too little, April 10 2012
By RockerMama - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Taking Seizure Disorders to School: A Story about Epilepsy (Paperback)
I had high hopes, and had hoped to send this book to my recently diagnosed daughter's first grade class. I started reading, and soon realized that wouldn't be happening. The idea of the book is fantastic, and it did have some good things. Fun imagery, simple phrasing easy for kids to understand, and an emphasis on how epilepsy doesn't make you weird. But they tried to cover the more "common" types of epilepsy, but weren't able to adequately cover any of them. If I were a child, unfamiliar with the disease, I know I would be more overwhelmed and scared than anything. If I were to mark the specific pages that relate to my daughter, with the idea that I don't want to overwhelm the kids, I think it would end up still being scary because of the lack of information.