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Book: "Taking Diabetes to School"

American History Museum

book: Taking Diabetes to School (front cover)
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  • book: Taking Diabetes to School (front cover)
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  • book: Taking Diabetes to School (back cover)

    Object Details

    maker

    Gosselin, Kim

    Description

    Soft cover, staple bound, illustrated children's book. Written by Kim Gosselin and illustrated by Moss Freedman. Published by JayJo Books, L.L.C., Copyright 1998, 2004. Story is about a boy named Jayson and his experience managing his diabetes especially throughout the school day. The story is intended to be read in the classroom to help other children better understand the experience of a classmate with diabetes. The author's own son Jayson was diagnosed with diabetes at age 6. The book belonged to the donor, Kaitlin Marie, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 2.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Kaitlin Marie and Janet Katherine

    date made

    2004

    ID Number

    2017.0192.05

    accession number

    2017.0192

    catalog number

    2017.0192.05

    Object Name

    book

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 20.4 cm x 20.4 cm x .5 cm; 8 1/32 in x 8 1/32 in x 3/16 in

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Diabetes

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-5770-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1920105

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