Ethan & Choco's Book Club

Striving to make access to books and reading a core part of the care that SuperKids receive in the hospital, with the principal premise that literacy support for children fighting cancer and other life-threatening conditions can help promote cognitive development and social connections that are part of thriving through treatment and beyond


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Please help ECBC provide books for kids at Miracle Manor’s holiday party!

PLEASE HELP! ECBC just agreed to participate in a new holiday event that is occurring in just a few days, and we’re looking for some support to pull it off! 

On Friday December 6th, Miracle Manor (a home subsidized by Miracles for Kids for 12 low-income CHOC families with critically ill children) will be hosting a holiday event for their families, and ECBC was invited to provide storytime and books for all of the kids! Our goal is to provide two books for each of the approximately thirty children who live at Miracle Manor, with books picked out specially to match the ages, gender, and interests of each child. So, we are in need of some quick donations! You can help in one of these two ways: (1) donate via PayPal by clicking on HERE, or (2) donate a book off an Amazon wish list that ECBC created specifically for Miracle Manor kids (click HERE). Books bought off this list will go directly to ECBC with donor name written on the bookplate. We would SO appreciate your help so that we so we can provide specific titles that these children will be excited to read!

Also, ECBC needs holiday-themed books for our bedside reading program, to gift to patients in isolation, and for our annual holiday book give away event in the CHOC Children’s Hospital lobby. Please click HERE to buy books from this wish list!

THANK YOU for helping CHOC patients and families THRIVE through treatment during the holiday season!


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ECBC’s Halloween Book Drive

This is the last week to donate to ECBC’s Halloween Book Drive for our annual BOO-KS for Treats at CHOC Children’s Hospital. Please click below to view Ethan’s video plug. You may CLICK HERE to purchase Halloween-themed books from our Amazon Wish List — all books purchased will be sent directly to ECBC and donor names written on bookplates.

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Kids Helping Kids: Max’s Book Review Blog for Teens

Please check out my 8th grade nephew Max’s well-written and smart book review blog, called “Bookmarkers“!  Max has always loved to read and talk about books, and now he’s working on supporting ECBC with his blog and corresponding Amazon Wish List. Max reviews books for teens and young adults, which is a significant population of patients at CHOC yet the age group for which we have the fewest books! Please check out his blog, consider donating a book off his list, and even use this growing list for book ideas for your own teens!

Link to Max’s Bookmarkers blog: Click HERE
Link to Max’s Bookmarkers Wish List on Amazon: Click HERE