Dylan siegel right and jonah pournazarianleft at jonahs bar. Dylan siegel beverly hills, ca the charlotte helen bacon. Get push notifications with news, features and more. Mar 22, 20 for a first grader, dylan siegel has gone quite far just to help a friend. Dylan siegels chocolate bar, a 14page book the 6yearold wrote to raise money for gsd, is funding a cure at the uf glycogen storage disease program, the largest program of its kind in the world. That means its awesome, according to the creative mind of dylan siegel.
This story is an update to so chocolate bar, which originally. The chocolate bar book, which is about lots of good things like chocolate bars, has sold more than 20,000 copies in 60 countries and all 50 states. Mar 17, 2014 at the ripe old age of 6, dylan wrote and illustrated a book entitled chocolate bar. Dylan finished writing and illustrating the pages of chocolate bar the next day and urged his parents to help him publish the book, the paper reported. We are humbled by your love, generosity and support through this remarkable journey and thank you from the depths of our overwhelmed hearts, team chocolate bar said in an emailed statement. Dylan wrote a book called chocolate bar to sell at school. When dylan was 6, he wrote a book based around the words he and jonah use to describe something as awesome as their friendship.
Whole foods market shoppers raise the chocolate bar with a. At the ripe old age of 6, dylan wrote and illustrated a book entitled chocolate bar. The story began in november 2012 when dylans idea to raise money to help fight jonahs rare genetic liver disease took shape in the form of a 14page book. Chocolate bar paperback january 1, 2012 by dylan siegel author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Back in 20, dylan wrote a book called chocolate bar and dedicated it to jonah. Dylans idea for the book stems from his use of the words chocolate bar to describe what is awesome to him. You see, for dylan now 7 years old, chocolate bar is a synonym for awesome as in, a trip to disney world is so chocolate bar. A week later, dylan sat behind a table with his freshly printed books and some chocolate bars and sold out. Theres so much hope now because of dylan, weinstein said. At a school event last november, dylan sold all 200 copies of his book and 100 chocolate bars in a matter of hours raising over.
Chocolate bar, which means awesome to dylan, details what he considers chocolate bar, like going to disneyland. We are humbled by your love, generosity and support through this remarkable journey and thank you from the depths of our overwhelmed hearts, team chocolate bar said. I like to help my friends, that is the biggest chocolate bar, he wrote. David siegelabc news chocolate bar means awesome to dylan. The cover of the richly illustrated 14page booklet reads chocolate bar by dylan siegel, and the tone is set is set in the first entry, which reads, i like to go to disney land. A book for jonah alvin independent school district. Childs chocolate bar book raises money for disease research. The book talks about the activities that make dylan happy, including going to the beach and swimming. Jan 04, 2015 chocolate bar means awesome to dylan siegel, the 8yearold who wrote chocolate bar, the book, at just 6 years old to raise money towards a cure for his best friend jonahs rare liver.
Dec 26, 2014 the cover of the richly illustrated 14page booklet reads chocolate bar by dylan siegel, and the tone is set is set in the first entry, which reads, i like to go to disney land. About us chocolate bar means awesome to dylan siegel, the boy who wrote chocolate bar, the book, at just 6 years old to raise money towards a cure for his best friend jonahs rare liver condition, gsd type 1b. David siegel abc news chocolate bar means awesome to dylan. Over the weekend, dylan reached his goal for the project when book. With the help of his parents, dylan published and sold chocolate bar to readers in all 50 states and in nearly 60 countries. This story is an update to so chocolate bar, which originally aired on april 14, 2016. But jonahs friend dylan siegel, 7, had an idea to help him hed write a book. Today we are sharing more about beyonder, dylan siegel who wanted to help find a cure for an extremely rare condition that affects his friend, jonah. Dylan siegel was 6 years old when he hatched a plan to cure his best friends rare disease. Apr 14, 2016 dylan siegel with his book chocolate bar courtesy of david siegel the next week, dylan spoke at a pta meeting.
A grocery store provided chocolate bars for dylan to sell. Chocolate bar a story of true friendship glycogen storage. This book was written by a young man to raise money for his friend who has g. In my opinion, nothings more bitchin than stepping up and taking action, so i interviewed the chocolate bar book boys to find out more. Dylan siegel wanted to help find a cure for an extremely rare condition that affects his best friend, jonah. Erika lantz of the kind world series brings us their story. Jan 23, 20 dylan finished writing and illustrating the pages of chocolate bar the next day and urged his parents to help him publish the book, the paper reported.
Funds raised support worldclass researchers working towards a cure for gsd and are preparing for future human clinical trials. This boy wrote a book to help cure his best friends illness. B dylan siegel wanted to write a book titled chocolate bar about going to the beach and other things he enjoys. Because of dylan, children all around the world are getting healthier.
Chocolate bar means awesome to the 6 year old author whose goal is to raise money to cure his friends rare disease. Jun 11, 2019 dylan siegel right and jonah pournazarianleft at jonahs bar mitzvah courtesy david siegel note. The donations, which will go to a research program at the university of florida school of medicine in gainsville according to abc, have the potential to grow rapidly in the wake of the. In the book, dylan lists some of his favorite things, calling them chocolate bar, his term for awesome. For a first grader, dylan siegel has gone quite far just to help a friend. These two boys are the best of friends, as demonstrated by dylans tireless efforts to.
Chocolate bar means awesome to dylan siegel, the 8yearold who wrote chocolate bar, the book, at just 6 years old to raise money towards a cure for his best friend jonahs rare liver. Dec 18, 2014 because of dylan, children all around the world are getting healthier. Chocolate bar means awesome to dylan siegel, who at just 6 years old, wrote the book chocolate bar to fundraise for his best friend, jonah pournazarian, who suffers from a rare liver condition called glycogen storage disease gsd type 1b. Since november 2012, more than 15,000 books have been sold to people in all 50 states and 42 countries. Someone asked how much money he wanted to raise, and people gasped at dylan s. Dylan siegel with his book chocolate bar courtesy of david siegel the next week, dylan spoke at a pta meeting. He set his sights on using the chocolate bar theme to help fund a cure for his friends disease. Chocolate bar boy changes world one book at a time youtube. How to change the world inspiration from chocolate bar book. Dec 18, 2014 the book talks about the activities that make dylan happy, including going to the beach and swimming. Whole foods market shoppers raise the chocolate bar with. Dylan siegel left and jonah pournazarian with the chocolate bar book. H people were curious about dylans favorite activities. Dylan siegel right and jonah pournazarianleft at jonahs bar mitzvah courtesy david siegel note.