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 #128

61s0vyM5E1L._SX415_BO1,204,203,200_61CSD924D4L._AC_UL320_SR268,320_51rirQ-m2iL._SX404_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #128, the Where’s My Teddy series (by Jex Alborough). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our Wish List on Amazon.com. Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.   We’ve been receiving many used books recently. Please remember that per hospital policy, we can only accept NEW book donations.

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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #126

51NsaAZq0AL._SX388_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #126, Thank You, Mr. Faulker (by Patricia Polacco). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #125

51oGobI6z6L._SX451_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #125, Moonshot (by Brian Floca). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #124

614-YSOC3QL._SX388_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #124, Where’s My Truck (by Karen Beaumont). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #123

41t9LvFXmXL._SX351_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #123, Out of My Mind (by Sharon Draper). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #122

61wxBgmfBJL._SX448_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #122, The Quiltmaker’s Gift (by Jeff Brumbeau). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 April book donors…and Ethan’s Daily Book Look #121

51o8LuYT2IL._SX378_BO1,204,203,200_Thank you to all of our fantastic book donors in the month of April! So many people donated last month, totaling 173 new books for the month of April! A special thank you to these people who donated a significant number of books: Adrianna Clancy, Andrea DiGennaro, Sophie Lee, Ashley Netzky, Sharon and Tod Paris, Alan and Isabell Posner, and the Sweetman Family. We are so grateful that we are receiving boxes in the mail EVERY day. Thank you!

Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #121, Where the Sidewalk Ends (by Shel Silverstein). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 so much for your support!


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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #120

51eez-qSbKL._SX364_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #120, The Bear and the Piano (by David Litchfield). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #116

31t+mDLv1+L._SX334_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #116, George (by Alex Gino). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #115

516-DNQpGfL._SX435_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #115, Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller (by Doreen Rappaport). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #112

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What a great afternoon at Arroyo Elementary’s first Ripple Kids Fair! Ethan, his buddy Quinn, and Caleb sold ECBC merchandise for the first time to help build awareness in the community about our efforts to build a library program at CHOC. Ethan is so proud to be wearing his shirt — which makes all the difficulty of trying to start this up while still in active treatment completely worthwhile. Susie, the owner of our terrific local bookstore Once Upon a Storybook, brought books to our booth for people to purchase to donate — we are so grateful for our partnership with Susie. Maddy and her friend Ciara, as well as Avery, Sophie H., Colin H., and Sophie L. also made items to sell at the fair and are donating their proceeds to ECBC. Thank you friends for all your support, we’re so grateful for it as we’re trying to get Phase 1 of the program off the ground!  IMG_3639

51pSHUPNEAL._SY476_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #112, Otis (by Loren Long). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to ourWish List on Amazon.com. Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

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51YVsK9iS6L._SX414_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #104, Peppe the Lamplighter, by Elisa Bartone). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to ourWish 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 #102 (and we now have shirts!)

51CoMgwaVHL._SY497_BO1,204,203,200_Our first batch of ECBC t-shirts came in the mail today! Ethan was so excited to see them and do his next Book Look wearing one. I love seeing his pride and ownership with this project — he really feels like he’s doing something special and like he has a significant role. We’ll have youth shirts on sale for the first time at the Arroyo Ripple Kids Fair next Thursday after school! IMG_3462

Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #102, Odd Boy Out, by Don Brown. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to ourWish 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 #100

Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #100, Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing, by April Prince. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to ourWish List on Amazon.com. Items purchased from this list will be sent directly to Ethan & Choco’s Book Club.

51FCBNT24EL._SX380_BO1,204,203,200_-1 Click here for Book Look #100 video.
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Ethan’s Daily Book Look #99

51AdZgwUAOL._SX413_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #99, Dr. De Soto, by William Steig. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to ourWish 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 #98

51eD3PpCd3L._SX407_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #98, Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee, by Chris Van Dusen. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 Book Look #95

41Z2KyGc1hL._SX353_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #95, Ideas Are All Around, by Philip Stead. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #94

51mi0weo+uL._SX404_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #94, The Cow Who Climbed a Tree, by Gemma Merino. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #93

41sSM7s4WTL._AA160_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #93, Spoon, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #92

51fVTiz5XrL._SX403_BO1,204,203,200_Here’s Ethan’s Daily Book Look #92, The Sandwich Swap, by Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio (and illustrator Tricia Tusa). If you’re interested in donating and helping build a library at CHOC Children’s Hospital, you can go to our 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 #92 video.
Click here to purchase books to donate off our Wish List.

Thank you so much for your support!