What's Up With Ella?

The books in the Superheroes on a Medical Mission series star a quintet of spandex wearing dynamos who specialize in a different part of the body. Pump knows all about the heart, Chi’s great with breathing and the lungs, Skinderella’s name says it all, Axon is the brains of the mission, and Gastro has “the lowdown on the tum, the bum, and all the parts in between.” Here they take young Ella on a tour of Mediland, a giant planet shaped like a person, to explain her type 1 diabetes. Information about the disease is told in a breezy, often jokingly manner and teaches the basics without getting too repetitive. The superhero angle makes for some exciting touches and visuals of glucose blobs and insulin tangles waltzing arm in arm into cells provide an easy to see picture of how the two work together. Most importantly, this book helps eliminate stress about how to deal with type 1 diabetes and it explains that while doctors will help you find a balance, it is up to you to control it.

What's Up With Ella?