Children's book to raise money for therapy

I just had the idea of doing this and thought I'd sit down and put something on paper.  I was hoping to get some feedback, so if you read this please let me know what you think.  Thank you for your input.

When she’s big like me

I have a brand new baby sister, and you’ll be glad to know,

I know just how to love her and how to help her to grow.

Right now she is just little, but soon you will see,

 She’ll grow up and up and she‘ll be big like me!

I’ll teach her to walk and I’ll teach her to run,

We’ll play and we’ll swing and have lots of fun.

Months have gone by but Sissy won’t grow at all,

What’s wrong mom? Won’t sissy ever be tall?

(picture of the hospital)Now sister is going and my mommy too,

 I stay with grandma and think what to do.

The doctors will look at her and help us to know

What things we can do to help her to grow

My mom says that sister’s not growing quite right,

 We have to be careful to feed her just right.

Mom burps her and feeds her; she needs LOTS of care,

 I play right where she sees me and knows that I’m there.

I give her love, and hugs, and kisses,

Someday I know she’ll get what she wishes.

We’ll run through the fields and we’ll dance hand in hand,

Having a sister is grander then grand.

More months go by, sister is sick again,

This time, as they leave, I try to give her a grin.

Mom says she can’t breathe right, I wonder why not? 

Breathing is easy just suck in a lot!

When she comes home there’s something quite new,

She has a Mickey belly button for food to go through. 

Now sister can eat only the good stuff, she’s lucky

She gets her vegetables by tube with no taste that’s yucky

It helps her to grow and I say to my mom,

“Now she’ll get big and we can all play along!”

She does get bigger and grow quite a bit,

but she can still only roll, not stand, crawl, or sit.

When will she play with me mom?  I ask,

 I try to be patient but it’s a really hard task.

Mom helps me to see some games we can play

So that I can play with her right now, today.

She doesn’t laugh when we play peek-a-boo

But that’s OK, I can laugh for two

She pulls my fingers and squeezes my face

I like to surprise her from my hiding place

We dance to the music together and sing

I take a turn in her blanket swing

Even though she needs a lot of help

And plays much better when she is held

I like to be with her to do what I do

Cause we are friends now through and through

Then a man comes to our door and brings a pink chair,

 it has wheels and it moves, spins right through the air! 

They put sister in it and fix it just right,

 Then mom adjusts it so she’s right at my height!

We play with her light box and she watches me color,

I build up some blocks, She watches them all fall over.

Then I ask moms permission and there’s a smile on her face,

I bring her in the kitchen where there’s plenty of space.

I turn to my sister and ask with a grin,

 How would you like to play and to spin?

She giggles and laughs and I say, “That’s a yes!”

She and I spin around till I fall with dizziness!

My sister is special but her tubes aren’t why,

She’s just my sister and we’re friends, she and I

We spin and we play and we laugh and we share,

I know my sister loves that I’m there. 

She gets stronger and learns more every day

My mom says I help her a lot with my play

She’s growing up fast and I know it won’t be,

 Very long until- She‘s big just like me!

Here are some photos I might include as well as a video of one of the things that inspired the book.

Also, I was thinking that I wouldn't charge for the e-book version just include something at the end that would say: If you want to contribute to helping Izy walk and play please visit this website.  We would have a printed version available for a donation of a certain amount.

We are coming up with ideas to raise money to be able to do a year of Anat Baniel therapy since almost all of Izy's progress has been seen through this type of therapy, but it is very expensive on top of travel expenses.  Of course Insurance won't cover any of it.

Some of the other ideas that we have are to ask families to do fundraisers.  We would come up with a bunch of ideas and ask if each family could raise $75 enough for one 1 hour session.  Here are some of the ideas that we have come up with already:



Sell items on criagslist or ebay and donate the proceeds- put "These items are being sold to benefit a special needs child whose smile touched my heart.  Consider being part of making a better life for this special little girl, and "Be the change you want to see in the world"  For details see. . ."
Sell baked items, or dough, or mixes
Make and sell Candles
Fundraising dinner
Donated ticket sales
Hold a "how to" class and donate the proceeds.
Donate one of your sick days
Hold a read-a-thon
Make your own "restuarant meals" from this website 3-4 times and donate the money saved
By your herbs from iherb using this code 5% of your purchase will go to Izy
Mow lawns or shovel driveways and donate the proceeds
Order bulbs "here" then sell them for mothers day and donate the proceeds
Hold a car wash, put up posters and accept donations
Pizza for Izy. Sell make your own pizza kits.  Get the orders up frount and then hand them out on a specified day.   (Crust, sauce, pepperoni, cheese) 3 for $20
Sell or buy Lifebeacons. A portion will go to Izys therapies

More ideas or critiques are welcome at this point.  We also were going to sell cards, and tote bags with Izy's fingerpaintings on them, as well as hard copies of the book.