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 #343

613z1o4oul-_ac_us160_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #343, Charlotte’s Web (by E.B. White). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #342

51kjualnsnl-_sx339_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #342, Moon Over Manifest (by Clare Vanderpool). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #341

imgresHere’s Ethan’s Book Look #341, Henry & Mudge (by Cynthia Rylant). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book #440

51lxgqkzw3l-_sx292_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #340, Frog and Toad collection (by Arnold Lobel). 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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ECBC Book Drive at SOCO and The OC Mix

img_0213ECBC had an amazing day yesterday at SOCO and The OC Mix in Costa Mesa! We crafted books with the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and the MaxLove Project. Girl Scout Troop 3115, who is working on their Bronze Medal with ECBC, sold beautiful handmade ornaments and beanies to help fund Ethan’s Read+Think+Thrive Boxes. And with the help of Susie and Once Upon a Storybook, we collected many books for our library collection at CHOC Hospital. It was such a beautiful day in the courtyard at SOCO filled with lots of giving and love! Thank you everyone who participated for  making this day a success. And thank you to our OC friends who came by — your support is always so appreciated!  img_0228img_0168img_0230img_0197img_0203img_0229img_0231 img_0235img_0186

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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #339

51srjnzxnsl-_sy498_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #339, Dear Santa, Love, Rachel Rosenstein (by Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #338

51kuxqtqil-_sx304_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #338, Bud, Not Buddy (by Christopher Paul Curtis). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #337

61zcvypl02l-_sx319_bo1204203200_ddHere’s Ethan’s Book Look #337, Sideways Stories from Wayside School (by Louis Sachar). 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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Thank you Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School

img_0160-2Today Ethan visited Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School, where he attended their school-wide Shabbat assembly and was presented with 250 new books that the school collected for the library that Ethan & Choco’s Book Club is building for CHOC Children’s Hospital. We are so so grateful for the initiative of the 5th graders who organized the book drive as well as the entire Lower School’s tremendous support and donations!!! And thank you for the warm welcome this morning — from the sign and greeting in the parking lot to being presented with the books on stage and being passed the mic to speak to the school — Ethan loved it all! Thank you TVT and thank you Christine Caplis Gronerfor all your work to help make this happen!  img_5267-2


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #336

51u52hx9lnl-_ac_us160_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #336, The Paper Crane (by Molly Crane). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #335

51vcewaqkwl-_sx351_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #335, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (by Brian Selznick). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #334

51di3akftsl-_sx327_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #334, Chocolate Fever (by Robert Kimmel Smith). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #333

51k2ybbosdl-_sy494_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #333, Not a Box (by Antoinette Portis). 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.  fullsizerender

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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #332

51z0bj7nmsl-_sx334_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #332, The Sign of the Beaver (by Elizabeth George Speare). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #331

51o0sv9qqwl-_sx343_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #331, Legends of Orkney (by Alane Adams) — with a special interview with the author of this awesome series! Thank you so much Alane for letting us interview you, and we can’t wait for #3 to come out next year!

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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Ethan and Maddy interviewing author Alane Adams

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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #330

tumblr_inline_n1b14pkqwb1rbu04kHere’s Ethan’s Book Look #330, The “I Survived” series (by Lauren Tarshis). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #329

51shvzan05l-_sy346_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #329, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (by Judy Blume). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #327

51kqdntmbkl-_sx494_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #327, Turkey Trouble (by Wendi Silvano). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #326

616ayixuwul-_ac_us160_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #326, Toot and Puddle (by Holly Hobbie). 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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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #325

51nlcm22gxl-_sx330_bo1204203200_Here’s Ethan’s Book Look #325, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (by Robert O’Brien). 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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