The following children's books by Dr. Joshua Lawrence Patel Deutsch are free to download, print and distribute.  These books feature farmworker families and address health related topics.  Some of the books are wordless to make them accessible to parents who don't read, or who speak an indigenous language.  If you download the books, consider making a donation to support this program.  100% of donations go towards lowering the cost of the books for health clinics serving farmworker families.  For print copies, purchase from Downtown Book and Sound in Salinas, CA 

These are ideal books for health clinic reading programs.  For a bulk purchase of over 40,000 books (4,000 each of our 10 books), your price per book drops below $1 including tax and shipping.    Click here for more information about the cost of bulk purchasing.  For further inquiries, Email justicewithhealth@gmail.com.

How Tía Guadalupe Beat Diabetes

After Tía Guadalupe is diagnosed with diabetes, her 7-year-old niece Zenaya tries to improve her family's eating habits. Authored by a family physician serving California farmworkers, this book was written to inspire family-centered dietary changes. All revenue will be donated through the author's nonprofit: Justice with Health

Animal Alphabet Alliterations

An alphabet book full of animals and alliterations. Alligator aims apple at airplane. Bear buys big bag of black beans. The pictures are entertaining for children and adults. The alliterations are useful for developing phonemic awareness in early readers and future readers. Children will want to read this book again and again. There's no other alphabet book quite like it. All profits will be donated towards reading and health promotion for farmworker families.

Field of Sunflowers

In Oaxaca, Mexico, a father and daughter plant sunflower seeds in a garden plot that they prepare together. The sunflowers go through their natural life cycle and then birds spread the seeds all over the land. The next spring, there is a beautiful field of sunflowers as far as the eye can see. This is a wordless book designed for children 6 months to 3 years old.

Maya Loves Beans

Maya is a 7 year old girl who loves to eat healthy. She is proud of her family's diet of tortillas, beans and vegetables. Created by a family physician, this book is designed to encourage healthy eating in farmworker families. It is written in English and Spanish and appropriate for children ages 2 to 5. Hopefully, Maya can inspire your family too.

Parts of the Body

This is an introduction to human anatomy and physiology written for children ages 4 and older. The book teaches the major organ systems of the body in the simplest terms, making this fascinating subject accessible to young children. Written by a family physician with young children of his own, this book is part of a nonprofit program to deliver free books to farmworker families in the Salinas Valley.

Juguemos - Play

A wordless book about playing actively with children. A mother and son go to the park after school to play soccer. Their play is briefly interrupted by a cellphone call before the Mom realizes her son deserves more attention. The pictures tell the whole story. A great book for children under 4 years old. All profits go towards reading and health promotion for farmworker families.

Counting - Contando

Two children on a ranch gather food and go exploring. Each page engages the reader with something to count from 1 to 10. This is a great introductory counting book for children ages 2-5. This is a bilingual book English-Spanish.

Lunch - Almuerzo

A family in the Honduran rainforest prepares lunch in a story that captures the diversity of human experience.  This book is based on the author's own experience living in this community.  This is a wordless book appropriate for children 6 months to 6 years old.

¡Apágalo! - Turn it off!

A family addicted to television, videogames, computers and cellphones decides to go screen free after recognizing the adverse impact of screen time on their lives. This is a wordless book designed for children ages 2-8. The pictures tell the whole story. Turn it off! is part of the Justice with Health book series designed by a family physician to promote health and reading in farmworker families. It is a great resource for parents who want to minimize the adverse impact of screens on their children.

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