Book Review: The Best Children’s Books About Eczema
“What would help?” I ask when I interview parents to share their eczema stories. One mother answered, “I’d love a book for my six-year-old that wouldn’t make her feel so alone.” Her comment sent me on a search for children’s books about eczema. There are a surprising number. I decided to read the ones I could find on Amazon and provide an honest review.
- Kathy Sayers
I Have Eczema by Jean Greatsinger and Lisa Crosby
This book was co-authored by an RN, but its not at all clinical. It covers high and low points in a day in the life of approximately 6-year old Emma which includes the irresistible urge to itch, wraps, lotions, her frustration about not being able to pet a dog and a trip to the dermatologist. It’s beautifully illustrated and I think any child eight and under would identify and be engaged.
Excerpt: “I don’t always like putting lotion on my skin. Sometimes I cry when the lotion stings me. I get cranky if the lotion is cold. And it is frustrating when clothes stick to me.”
Rating: 5 stars
The Itchy Kids Club by Gill Grabowski
Twenty silly poems about itching but not always about eczema. What kid wouldn’t be tickled by poems like:
There once was a girl named Francie
Who could never eat anything fancy
For each time she tried, she’d break out in hives
And itch from her shirt to her panties
Rating: 5 stars
