Books about CMV for Families/Child Care Centers--English and Japanese

1. Once Upon a Placemat--A Table Setting Tale: Coloring Book and CMV Prevention Tool by Lisa Saunders: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Placemat-Table-Setting/dp/1540359921/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QGVOJM89CZXZ&keywords=Once+Upon+a+Placemat--A+Table+Setting+Tale%3A+Coloring+Book+and+CMV+Prevention+Tool+by+Lisa+Saunders&qid=1661441826&s=books&sprefix=once+upon+a+placemat--a+table+setting+tale+coloring+book+and+cmv+prevention+tool+by+lisa+saunders%2Cstripbooks%2C48&sr=1-1
2. Help Childcare Providers Fight CMV: Protect Newborns from #1 Birth Defects Virus by Lisa Saunders: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984328697/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i10
3. Anything But A Dog!: The Perfect Pet For A Girl With Congenital CMV(Cytomegalovirus) by Lisa Saunders: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588329968/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i8
4. Mofumofu Riley and Little Elizabeth - Japanese picture book: (original true story by Lisa Saunders, written for children from a dog's perspective by Sayaka Nakai):  http://thousandsofbooks.jp/project/elizabeth/
5. Elizabeth and the Miracle Dog Riley, Japanese adult book, by Lisa Saunders, translated by Sayaka Nakai: https://shop.thousandsofbooks.jp/items/5173204
6. Brielle and Me: Our Journey with Cytomegalovirus and Cerebral Palsy by Kerith Stull: https://www.amazon.com/Brielle-Me-Journey-Cytomegalovirus-Cerebral/dp/0991212207
7. Perfect: A Journey of CMV, Love, and Resiliency by Patty Cutshall-Bailey: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Journey-CMV-Love-Resiliency/dp/1737188708/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
8. Natalie Bug: My Life with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) by Jessica Rachels: https://www.amazon.com/Natalie-Bug-Life-Cytomegalovirus-CMV-ebook/dp/B08Z7161PG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BLN5JORSRNFQ&keywords=Natalie+Bug%3A+My+Life+with+Cytomegalovirus+%28CMV%29+by+Jessica+Rachels&qid=1661440031&s=books&sprefix=natalie+bug+my+life+with+cytomegalovirus+cmv+by+jessica+rachels%2Cstripbooks%2C51&sr=1-1
9. The Stealth Virus by Paul Griffiths: https://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Virus-Paul-Griffiths-ebook/dp/B009L4EA6G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=O5ZM1OUS9NKC&keywords=stealth+virus+paul+griffiths&qid=1661440080&s=books&sprefix=stealth+virus+paul+griffiths%2Cstripbooks%2C61&sr=1-1

Soon to be released:

Remedies for Sorrow by Megan Nix will be published by Doubleday in February of 2023.

https://www.megannix.com/

Pre-order: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/remedies-for-sorrow-megan-nix/1141813904

"An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is born deaf, leading her to investigate and expose a preventable virus that causes more childhood disabilities than any other—but is kept quiet by the medical community.

One virus causes more birth defects and disabilities in children than any other infectious disease, yet 91 percent of Americans don’t know it exists. In 2015, Megan Nix's second daughter, Anna, was born remarkably small and failed her newborn hearing tests. Megan and her husband learned that Anna could be deaf and have lifelong delays due to an infection in the womb with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, a disease Megan unknowingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy.

While doctors warn pregnant women against the risks of lunch meats, sushi, and unpasteurized cheese, they don't mention that CMV is contagious in the saliva of one out of three toddlers, spread through a kiss, a cup, a bite of toast. Anna’s diagnosis leads Megan to years of in-depth research, uncovering a shocking fact: obstetricians in the United States are advised not to mention CMV to women during their pregnancies.

Lyrically written, Remedies for Sorrow unfolds across the dramatic landscape of Sitka, Alaska, as Megan sets out to empower pregnant women the way she was not. Her groundbreaking book will start a national conversation and help avoiding CMV to become as familiar a part of pregnancy as avoiding wine and coffee."

NOTE FROM LISA SAUNDERS:

New York Times published an article by mother Megan Nix, a non-fiction writer committed to seeing the eradication of congenital CMV. Titled, “My Daughter’s Silent Virus: Congenital CMV,” she stated, “To protect your baby from a disabling disease, first you have to know that it exists” (2017). Her book, “Remedies for Sorrow,” will be published by Doubleday in February of 2023.