Children's Book: Who is Pee Dee? by Kay Mixson Jenkins

Reviews:

Author Kay Mixson Jenkins has given PD families an enormous gift. Matched with colorful illustrations and a wealth of resources, Who Is Pee Dee? Explaining Parkinson s Disease to a Child is not just for kids. --James Trussell, President NWGA Parkinson's Association Kays book provides a loving and gentle explanation for the youngest kids in PD families. She lays the groundwork for the hard road ahead. --Eugenia Kaye Founder PDHOPE This book would have been great to have when my son was growing up, to help him understand what was happening to his grandmother. --Bill Bell, President Northwest Parkinson's Foundation Who is Pee Dee? gets right to the heart of what a young child can understand about PD. You must have really listened to Colt and thought long and hard about what was difficult for him to underatand. You are going to help so many people with this book. I am very proud of you and I plan to read this book to many young school aged children. Thank you for opening your heart to the world in order to help small children understand what has happened and how they can help. -Kristin Paulson Former Teacher --Northwest GA Parkinson's I read Who is PEE DEE? to my god son and his sister just before my DBS surgery; it made things so much clearer to them that they bought me my very own PEE DEE bear to have at the hospital with me and they now can relate on their own level the different emotions and troubles parkisnon's presents over the course of a typical day. I personally reccomend this book for anyone with Parkinson's that have children close to them it is a must have for your library. Ken Glowienke, diagnosed at age 38; president Focus on a Cure Foundation for Parkinson's Arbor Books picks the best of the holiday season: 2. Who Is Pee Dee? Explaining Parkinson s Disease to a Child by Kay Mixson Jenkins seeks to help children understand a disease that affects one in every 100 people over the age of sixty in the United States. With colorful illustrations, the book follows a boy named Colt and his toy panda bear named Pee Dee as they learn about this chronic disease --Arbor BooksFor years I have witnessed Mrs. Jenkins' caring spirit and passion to find a cure for Parkinson's. She has been an advocate and inspiration to our patients and to this community. Who is Pee Dee ? continues her mission to promote awareness, instill empathy and provide advice for family members of ALL ages touched by this disease. --Barbara Gatens, M.A. CCC-A,FAAAKay Jenkins has created a wonderful vehicle to introduce young boys and girls to the effects that Parkinson s disease can have on their parents or grandparents, changes that can be disturbing and even frightening to young children, if misunderstood. In a gentle, yet informative narrative, she not only illustrates for children how Parkinson s disease can affect their loved ones, but also provides them ideas that children can employ in order to give them a sense of being a helper. This book is a perfect gift for parents with young onset Parkinsons disease to give to and read with their children. It is equally perfect for older persons with Parkinsons disease, whose grandchildren might be even more prone to misunderstand the changes that are taking place in their beloved grandmother or grandfather, to give to their grandchildren. --Ronald F. Pfeiffer, M.D. University of TN Neuroscience

Book Description:

What better way to explain how Parkinson s affects a loved one than through the eyes of a child? Who Is Pee Dee? does just that with easy-to-understand wording and colorful graphics. This book gives parents a tool they can sit down with their kids to talk about Parkinson s. This richly illustrated book is intended to console and inform children about the chronic disease. As they follow the adventures of a boy named Colt and his toy panda bear, Pee Dee, they will come to understand Parkinson s Disease and learn how they can help their loved ones who have been diagnosed with it.

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