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Within days, Esther was feeling so much better. The clinic provided MannaPack® Potato-D - a fortified potato and soy meal formula specifically designed to complement rehydration and boost recovery from diarrhea. They walked an hour to reach the Real Hope for Haiti Rescue Center.Įsther was quickly identified as severely malnourished and admitted for inpatient care. Hunger in Haiti has spiked over the last several years - devastatingly, nearly half of families in the country are living in acute hunger, many on the brink of starvation.Įsther’s parents already experienced the heartbreaking loss of one child to starvation - so when Esther became ill, they did everything they could to get help. 9 release) by Esther Hershenhorn and illustrated by Zachary Pullen.Esther* and her family live in Haiti one of the most food-insecure places on the planet. "S is for Story" (Sleeping Bear Press, $17.95, ages 9-12, Sept.Perfect for nighttime toddler readalouds.

Small "g has got the googly giggles." All 26 letters are asleep by the end. More traditional one-line text with lively round-eyed illustrations. Knopf, $16.99, ages 4-8) by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Melissa Sweet.Ī charming take on bedtime rituals with capital letters as parents to their little-case kids.

"The Sleepy Little Alphabet" (Alfred A.

"Richard Scarry's Find Your ABCs" (Sterling, $9.95, ages 4-8)Ī reissue of an out-of-print classic stuffed with tongue twisters: "The queen is quaffing a quart of quince juice." Scarry's familiar animals balance slippery spaghetti on a platter and douse the fire on a flaming football as detective pals Sam and Dudley encourage readers to hunt down the ABCs and make something yummy at the end.

U is for unmentionables, including 72,000 pairs of nylons sold in New York on the first day they were available in the 1930s. They wore decorated chopine platform shoes that sent them soaring up to 30 inches. T is for teetering about town like fine European ladies of the 1500s.

"When Royals Wore Ruffles" (Random House, $16.99, ages 5-9) by Chesley McLaren and Pamela Jaber, illustrated by Chesley McLaren.Ī breezy yet informative romp through the history of fashion.