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 Wishlist Fundraiser for June 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser for board books! You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go to https://bit.ly/wishlist_boardbooks.

To become an ECBC GEM (Give Every Month and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE.

Thank you for helping Orange County’s hospitalized kids to thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences!


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Ethan’s Wishlist Fundraiser for May 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser for books with disability representation! You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go to https://bit.ly/wishlist_disability. Also, as always, we are in great need of board books and need to purchase them on a weekly basis, so we always appreciate getting these donated!

To donate a book with disability representation, click HERE.

To donate a board book, click HERE.

To become an ECBC GEM (Give Every Month and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE.


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Ethan’s Wishlist Fundraiser for April 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser for wordless picture books! You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go https://bit.ly/wishlist_wordlesspicturebooks. Also, as always, we are in great need of board books and need to purchase them on a weekly basis, so we always appreciate getting these donated!

To donate a wordless picture book, click HERE.

To donate a board book, click HERE.

To become an ECBC GEM (Give Every Month and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE.


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Ethan’s Wishlist Fundraiser for March 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser! One book type we currently need for both our bedside reading program and our book gifting programs at CHOC is nonfiction picture books. You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go to bit.ly/wishlist_nonfictionpicturebooks. Also, as always, we are in great need for board books and need to purchase them on a weekly basis, so we always appreciate getting these donated!

To donate a nonfiction picture book, click HERE.

To donate a board book, click HERE.

To become an ECBC GEM and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE


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Ethan’s Wishlist Fundraiser for February 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser! This fundraiser is for the special list of books that go in ECBC’s Read Think Thrive Bags, which are the bags that we deliver to kids at CHOC just after they are diagnosed with cancer. You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go to https://bit.ly/wishlist_RTTbagbooks. Also, as always, we are in great need for board books and need to purchase them on a weekly basis, so we always appreciate getting these donated!

To donate a book for ECBC’s Read Think Thrive Bags, click HERE.

To donate a board book, click HERE.

To become an ECBC GEM and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE


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Ethan’s Wishlist Fundraiser for January 2025

Please check out Ethan’s monthly Wishlist Fundraiser! One book type we currently need at CHOC is picture books for older kids and teenagers. You can listen to Ethan’s video below to learn more. To donate a book, click on the link below or go to bit.ly/wishlist_picturebooks4teens. Also, as always, we are in great need for board books and need to purchase them on a weekly basis, so we always appreciate getting these donated!

To donate a picture book for older kids and teens, click HERE.

To donate a board book, click HERE.

To become an ECBC GEM and commit to a monthly donation, click HERE


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Ethan’s December Wishlist Fundraiser – for Graphic Novels

Ethan’s December Wishlist Fundraiser is for graphic novels. Please check out his video!

To donate graphic novels for patients at CHOC, click on the link below. If you’d like to make an ongoing monetary donation that goes towards our monthly targeted wishlist fundraisers, please consider becoming an ECBC Gem (which stands for Give Every Month). You can click on the link below to become a GEM, and select the monthly amount that you would like to give (or choose your own amount).

Thank you for helping hospitalized kids thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences! #decemberwishlistfundraiser #graphicnovels #books4CHOC #readthinkthrive #thrivagainstcancer

To donate a book to Ethan’s August Wishlist Fundraiser: CLICK HERE

To become an ECBC GEM: CLICK HERE


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Ethan’s July Wishlist Fundraiser – for Book Crafting Supplies

Ethan’s July Wishlist Fundraiser is for book crafting supplies. Please check out his video!

To donate crafting supplies for patients at CHOC, click on the link below. If you’d like to make an ongoing monetary donation that goes towards our monthly targeted wishlist fundraisers, please consider becoming an ECBC Gem (which stands for Give Every Month). You can click on the link below to become a GEM, and select the monthly amount that you would like to give (or choose your own amount).

Thank you for helping hospitalized kids thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences! #julywishlistfundraiser #bookcrafting #books4CHOC #readthinkthrive #thrivagainstcancer

To donate a book to Ethan’s July Wishlist Fundraiser: CLICK HERE

To become an ECBC GEM: CLICK HERE


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Outpatient Book Delivery Day at CHOC!

Today was our monthly Outpatient Gifting Library re-stocking day at CHOC Children’s Hospital Outpatient Infusion Center and at the Oncology Clinic. We delivered 352 new books of all types for patients of all ages ranging from infants/toddlers through teens and young adults. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our June Wishlist Fundraiser for nonfiction/informational books. Every donation we receive helps to offset the usual amount that we spend to replenish our book bins. If you’d like to contribute to our July Wishlist Fundraiser for bookcrafting supplies, please click HERE.


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Ethan’s June Wishlist Fundraiser — for Nonfiction Informational Books

Ethan’s June Wishlist Fundraiser is for Informational books. Please check out his video!

To donate an informational book, click on the link below. If you’d like to make an ongoing monetary donation that goes towards our monthly targeted wishlist fundraisers, please consider becoming an ECBC Gem (which stands for Give Every Month). You can click on the link below to become a GEM, and select the monthly amount that you would like to give (or choose your own amount).

Thank you for helping hospitalized kids thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences! #junewishlistfundraiser #informationalbooks #books4CHOC #readthinkthrive #thrivagainstcancer

To donate a book to Ethan’s June Wishlist Fundraiser: CLICK HERE

To become an ECBC GEM: CLICK HERE


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Ethan’s May Wishlist Fundraiser – for Beginning Reader Books!

Happy May! Ethan’s May Wishlist Fundraiser is for Beginning Reader books. Please check out his video below!

To donate a beginning reader book, click on the link below or scan the QR code.  If you’d like to make an ongoing monetary donation that goes towards our monthly targeted wishlist fundraisers, please consider becoming an ECBC Gem (which stands for Give Every Month). You can click on the link below to become a GEM, and select the monthly amount that you would like to give (or choose your own amount).

Thank you for helping hospitalized kids thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences! #maywishlistfundraiser #beginningreaderbooks #books4CHOC #readthinkthrive #thrivagainstcancer

To donate a book to Ethan’s May Wishlist Fundraiser: CLICK HERE

To become an ECBC Gem, CLICK HERE


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Ethan’s April Wishlist Fundraiser – for Spanish Books!

Happy April! Ethan’s April Wishlist Fundraiser is for Spanish-language books, which are in high demand at CHOC and we don’t have any of in our gifting collections. Please check out his video below!

To donate a Spanish book, click on the link below or scan the QR code.  If you’d like to make an ongoing monetary donation that goes towards our monthly targeted wishlist fundraisers, please consider becoming an ECBC Gem (which stands for Give Every Month). You can click on the link below to become a GEM, and select the monthly amount that you would like to give (or choose your own amount).

Thank you for helping hospitalized kids thrive with high-quality books and reading experiences! #aprilwishlistfundraiser #spanishbooks #books4CHOC #readthinkthrive #thrivagainstcancer

To donate a book to Ethan’s April Wishlist Fundraiser: CLICK HERE
To become an ECBC Gem, CLICK HERE