Snow Friends: Our Friend Zuri Has Diabetes

From the Series Celebrating All Friends

Join Zuri and her friend Jayden as they play together in the snow. Follow along as Zuri explains how she safely manages her type 1 diabetes and how her monitor helps her track her blood sugar levels. With a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL), tightly controlled vocabulary, and bright, fun illustrations to match the storyline and enhance empathy, children will learn about inclusion in a supportive educational fiction reading experience.

Children can learn more about diabetes using Fact Surfer, our safe online search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. This book also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents.

Grasshopper Books offers simple, fun fiction for emerging readers. Snow Friends is part of Jump!'s Celebrating All Friends series.

Interest Level Grade 1 - Grade 2
Reading Level Grade 1
Category Fiction, SEL
Subject Early Concepts, Social Studies
Copyright 2024
Publisher Jump!, Inc.
Imprint Grasshopper Books
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2023-07-15
BISACS JUV039150, JUV039060, JUV015000
Dimensions 7.75 x 7.75
Lexile 540
Guided Reading Level G
Features Glossary of key words, Index, and Table of contents

Author: Kirsten McDonald

Illustrator: Michael Emmerson

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