Snow Friends: Our Friend Zuri Has Diabetes

Join Zuri and her friend Jayden as they play together in the snow. Follow along as Zuri explains how she safely manages her type 1 diabetes and how her monitor helps her track her blood sugar levels. With a focus on social and emotional learning (SEL), tightly controlled vocabulary, and bright, fun illustrations to match the storyline and enhance empathy, children will learn about inclusion in a supportive educational fiction reading experience.

Children can learn more about diabetes using Fact Surfer, our safe online search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. This book also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a glossary, an index, and a table of contents.

Grasshopper Books offers simple, fun fiction for emerging readers. Snow Friends is part of Jump!'s Celebrating All Friends series.