Ethan & Choco's Book Club

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


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #276

51nhv-ntbdl-_sy396_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #276, The Egg Thief (by Alane Adams) — with a special interview with the author of this book! Thank you so much Alane for letting us interview you and we can’t wait to read the other “thief” books when the come out!

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #275

61ezn1ueyl-_sx405_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #275, Dear Dragon (Josh Funk).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #274

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Thank you Kris Allison and Burnham Beneffits!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated books in the month of September! A HUGE thank you to Kris Allison and Burnham Benefits for the 60 hardcover book titles that you donated– wow, that gave the ECBC Lending Library a fantastic boost (especially of board books, which we really still need a ton of)!  Thank you also to the Schulman Family and Congregation B’Nai Israel Preschool for your super generous donations this month. And a great big thank you to everyone who donated books to ECBC at the OC Children’s Book Festival last weekend — we received so many great books from festival-goers and local authors! Thank you author Lisa Day for donating so many of your own books — they are paperback books so they will go to our Gifting Library, and a bunch of kids in isolation will get to receive them! And thank you to a few of the girls from  Girl Scout Troop #3115 for showing up at the Festival and helping to collect so many book donations that day!

Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #274, The Dot (Peter Reynolds). 51ilwfrfwql-_sy466_bo1204203200_

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #274 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #273

61yijkajzul-_sx437_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #273, Parrots Over Puerto Rico (Susan Roth and Cindy Trumbore).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #272

51tvamwikql-_sx337_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #272, Far From Fair (Alana Arnold).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #272 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #271

51zdwy7ycfl-_sx460_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #271, Bear Snores On (Karma Wilson).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #270

61bmdy75gcl-_sy498_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #270, Could You Hug a Cactus (Phillip Van Wagoner).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #269

51telt3xsol-_sx397_bo1204203200_-1Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #269, The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #269 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #268

61vf5frdn0l-_sy389_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #268, No Monkeys, No Chocolate (Melissa Stewart).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #268 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #267

51yyfy5wwal-_sx405_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #267, Water is Water (by Miranda Paul).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #267 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #266

51bekqwsxcl-_sx370_bo1204203200_-1Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #266, Ghosts (by Reina Telgemeier).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #266 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #265

51aohfslyfl-_sy385_bo1204203200_-1Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #265, Feathers: Not Just for Flying (by Melissa Stewart).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #265 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #264

51yexvcq3bl-_sy388_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #264, Sea of Dreams (by Dennis Nolan).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #263

51tescec1ql-_sx258_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #263, Where’s Spot (by Eric Hill).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #263 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #262

51zj6wyx81l-_sy491_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #262, Quiet Loud (by Leslie Patricelli).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #262 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #261

516rbc2bvl-_sx458_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #261, Baby Faces (by Margaret Miller).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #261 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #260

61o3babxezl-_sx448_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #260, Pop: The Invention of Bubble Gum (by Meghan McCarthy).

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #260 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #259

51uacr0c9zl-_sy446_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #259, Jumanji (by Chris Van Allsburg).  You’ll notice a very unhappy kiddo — here are the effects of steroids fully exposed. Ethan insisted on still making a video, through the tears caused by his monthly 5-days on  Prednisone.

If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #259 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #258

515wwyijahl-_sx329_bo1204203200_-1Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #258, The Erth Dragons (by Chris d’Lacey). If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #258 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #257

51iyzcz7hhl-_sx258_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #257, The Mitten (by Jan Brett). If you’re interested in donating books and helping to build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can click here to access ECBC’s Wish List on Amazon.com.  Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

Click here for Book Look #257 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.