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Understanding Insulin: A Kid’s Guide by Nevin Smarts

“Ask a Nerd” (Nevin) Smarts Health Books, by Suzanne Rightley, inspire kids to make better choices. These books help kids make healthier decisions as they explore the topic of insulin. Targeted for ages 10-14, children seamlessly learn important facts about this crucial hormone.

Parents and teachers will appreciate the health-based content. Kids will enjoy the hero in the stories.

Nevin Smarts is a nerdy fifteen-year-old boy. He faces many challenges in promoting healthy choices.

About the Nevin Smarts Series…

Nevin Smarts, aka, Nerdy Nev, is on a mission. His task? Motivate his friends, family, and beyond… to actively pursue their own health and wellness.

His motto? 

“Your health is your first job. Do it right, and you’ll never have to fire yourself.”

Get healthy! It’s on everyone’s mind, and Nevin Smarts is no exception. With an above average IQ, Nevin knows he can do his part to promote healthy living.

Insulin: Hero or Villain (Book 1, kids 10-14)

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Book 1 – Insulin: Hero or Villain

When it comes to insulin, Nevin cuts through the noise. He explains how insulin works. Yes…what you choose to eat and drink, does matter… a lot!

“Do you want insulin to be your friend or your enemy?”

Great Question! In this “Ask a Nerd” Smarts Book, Nevin shares what everyone should know about the amazing hormone, we call… insulin.

One day, Nevin is asked…”What’s up with insulin?”

Not the most brilliant question he’s ever heard, but regardless, Nevin is thrilled, and ready, to face the challenge.

Insulin: Are You Sensitive? (Book 2, kids 10-14)

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Book 2 – Insulin: Are You Sensitive?

One day, Nevin accidentally insults a cool kid’s eight-year-old niece…Oops. “I didn’t say she was fat, but I might have said she should lose a little bit of weight.”

Not his finest moment, but Nevin is determined to make things right. How? By explaining that people wouldn’t be sensitive about their weight, if they were sensitive to insulin.

“Ask a Nerd” Smarts Health Books can be found on Amazon. For more books by Suzanne Rightley, including Granola Brea, Health-nut Series, visit her author page.

If you are worried about children’s health and want to take action, check out Suzanne Rightley’s health-based fiction books. These books offer friendly ways to share health information. Humour and lively narratives are an added bonus.

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Tee It Up

What are your favorite sports to watch and play?

Funny thing about me and sports… ah… I don’t do sports. Lol. It may be because I don’t have a competitive bone in my body or I’m naturally clutsy. In any case I don’t have a favourite sport to either watch or play..

My husband, on the other hand, played hockey, baseball, lacrosse, and who knows what else, growing up. I get exhausted just hearing about it. And… for a time pursued golf both as an amateur and as a professional.

I do exercise… a lot actually, because of the benefits of exercise combined with a healthy diet (no added sugar and harmful seed oils).

I do write children’s fiction and have a sports-themed series going called Tee It Up, mainly because I can take advantage of my husband’s vast knowledge of sports. 😉

“Eddie’s Story“ by Suzanne Rightley

Eddie has what it takes to be a hockey superstar but struggles with making the big career choice because of his love for golf. With the help of family, friends (old and new), Eddie discovers a lot about himself during his summer job. Good book choice for boys 12-15.

Learn more about Suzanne Rightley’s Tee It Up Series. Visit her author page to discover more children’s fiction stories available as ebooks or paperback.

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Now is the Right Time to Educate Children on Matters of Health

Children today will shape health and wellness awareness tomorrow. Therefore, this is our time (concerned adults) to step up and give them the knowledge they need to effect those necessary changes.

To Do: Teach Them

  • Using detailed data, endless statistics, confusing graphs, blah, blah…which all equals “BORING” to children …. Or
  • Imagination, vision, and fiction… featuring a kid heroine with health facts spouting out of her mouth, ah, constantly, one hilarious predicament after another

If you’re a kid, the choice is obvious!

Sadly Our Reality Today is Loaded with Statistics… non of which is fictional…

Obesity and other metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease have become a far worse “pandemic” than the Coronavirus ever hoped to achieve in its wildest dreams (assuming a virus could dream in terms of stardom).

In addition, adults are not the only victims. Children are not immune to metabolic diseases and the growing numbers of sick kids is frightening.

One Suggestion… Health Awareness as a new fiction genre for kids

Children’s fiction author, Suzanne Rightley, has two books published aimed at relaying healthy lifestyle choices to our children, directly, via fun/lively/often humourous dialogue… aka fiction (Genre: Health Awareness)

Besides her obvious goal of educating kids on matters of health/making healthy choices, Suzanne hopes to inspire other children’s authors to jump on board.

These are the ideal days to push helpful data to children.

Many parents and teachers are looking for material to support their efforts in assisting kids in matters of their own health and wellness. As authors we can give them helpful tools to back up their efforts.

Visit any of the following links to learn more about Suzanne’s fictional hero… affectionately known as Granola Brea…

Granola Brea Books on Amazon; Granola Brea Book Series Page; Suzanne Rightley’s Author Page for more information as well as a complete list of Rightley Books

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Kids Fiction – Thoughtful Gift

Children books make timeless gifts, that never lose their appeal or importance, for kids of all ages.

Suzanne Rightley Books

Suzanne Rightley is an author of children’s fiction stories for independent readers who do not require pictures to hold their attention. Written with lively dialogue, plenty of humour, plots and subplots, mystery and intrigue – Rightley Books have a child’s natural curiosity firmly in mind.

If nurturing a child’s imagination is a priority, then Suzanne’s books encourage her readers to ‘paint the picture’ in their own minds.

Media influence surrounds us (and our children) everywhere we go. Seldom are we not assaulted by visuals that dictate what appeals to us. It’s a world of ‘bells and whistles’ and whether we realize it or not – we are guided (some would say manipulated) into what the ‘seller’ wants us to believe.

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Children’s fiction requires no ‘bells and whistles’ if the narration provides the visuals in words.

A child’s imagination is still required to complete the comprehension process.

Pictures can be helpful, yes, but not necessary.

Encouraging children to search their minds’ eye to ‘see’ the story is a good thing.

Book Series by Suzanne Rightley

Buttercup Girls Mystery Stories

Light, fun reading for girls 7 -9 who love a few giggles with their mysteries.

Granola Brea Health-nut Books

Navigating through a junk-food obsessed world isn’t for the fainthearted.

Brea is determined to handle any predicament that challenges a true health-nut.

Full of hilarious moments appealing to 10-14.

Tee it Up Series

Junior golf is a growing sport and makes a great backdrop to explore challenges that face tweens and young teens. Topics include lifeskills, career choices, and family/friend/coworker relationships.

Note: Extensive knowledge of golf rultes/etiquette not required.

Relatable narrative for boys 12-15

Ivey Sisters, P.I.

Inheriting a detective agency presents challenges for Claire and Connie Ivey. With the help of loyal employees and a family friend/cop, the sisters tackle strange cases with surprising twists.

For mystery lovers ages 12-15

Visit Suzanne’s author page for details: Suzanne Rightley or visit her author website @ suzannerightley.com