by Dindo Contento (Illustrator), Brenda E. Cortez (Author)
Howl the Owl is back with a new story about Helping Others With Love.Howl's Grandpa Bob has a kidney disease and needs a transplant to receive a new and healthy kidney. Since his kidneys are sick and cannot do the work they are meant to, Grandpa Bob must do dialysis treatment until he can find a new kidney. Howl is curious about where his grandpa goes for dialysis treatment and how it works, so when Grandpa Bob invites him to come along to the dialysis clinic Howl happily accepts. Howl and his family also help Grandpa Bob in his search for a new kidney by posting on social media, displaying a sign on their car, and presenting at Howl's school about organ donation. Eventually Grandpa Bob receives his gift of life from a donor hero who was able to Help Others With Love.Brenda E. Cortez is a proud living kidney donor and ever since donating to another mom in 2005, Brenda has been an advocate for organ donation awareness and helping others. HOWL stands for Help Others With Love which is why Brenda created him to represent kindness and teach about organ donation In this book, she takes on a topic that is affecting almost 500,000 people in the United States (millions worldwide) who are on dialysis for kidney failure, and approximately 93,000 who are currently waiting for a life-saving kidney transplant.As always, Brenda supports Donate Life America with partial proceeds from book sales. Please visit donatelife.net/books for more information about Brenda, her mission and all of her books.