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Moxie
Moxie, a blue raccoon, lives up to her name in this story about facing difficulty with spirit and courage. Moxie is an uplifting story for children. Ages 3-11
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Love Sick
Written by teens, this collection of feelings and experiences helps teenagers sort through their own feelings and understand that they are not alone. Ages 12-15
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It Helps to Have Friends When Mom or Dad Had Cancer
By the American Cancer Society (800) ACS-2345. A pamphlet offering coping ideas when a parent has cancer. Appropriate for ages 3 to 16.
Life Isn’t Always a Day at the Beach
By Ganz High Five Publishing. A cartoon illustrated workbook for kids to color themselves to help kids learn and understand their feelings about their parent’s cancer. Appropriate for ages 4 to 13.
My Memory Book
bereavement
By Gretchen Gaines-Lane, LCSW-C. A workbook and journal that helps children explore their feelings about the death of a loved one.
Once Upon a Hopeful Night
By Risa S. Yaffe (oncology Nursing Press). A bed-time tale to help comfort kids who are struggling with their parent’s cancer. Appropriate for ages 3 to 10.
Our Family Has Cancer Too!
By Christine Clifford. A cartoon illustrated book that describes a family’s experience with cancer and how they coped. Appropriate for ages 3 to 16.
Someone I Really Love Has Cancer
By Dana Cohn & L.E. Murray. A cartoon illustrated book for kids to color themselves that describes a boy named Charlie and his friends who help him to understand his feelings about his Mommy’s cancer. Appropriate for ages 3 to 10.
The Paper Chain
By Blake, Blanchard & Parkinson (800) 643-2665. A cartoon illustrated book that tells the story of how one family coped while their mother was in the hospital during her cancer treatment. Appropriate for ages 4 to 10.
When Someone Has a Very Serious Illness
By Marge Heegaard. A cartoon illustrated workbook for kids to color themselves to help kids understand their feelings when their parent is ill.
When Someone Very Special Dies: Children Can Learn to Cope with Griefbereavement
By Marge Heegaard. A cartoon book to be illustrated by children that teaches the concept of death and helps children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone special dies.
for teens
Guide for Teens: When a Parent Has Cancer
Great information for teens coping with their parent’s cancer diagnosis.
http://www.cancer.gov/
It Helps to Have Friends When Mom or Dad Had Cancer
By the American Cancer Society (800) ACS-2345. A pamphlet offering coping ideas when a parent has cancer. Appropriate for ages 3 to 16.
Life Isn’t Always a Day at the Beach
By Ganz High Five Publishing. A cartoon illustrated workbook for kids to color themselves to help kids learn and understand their feelings about their parent’s cancer. Appropriate for ages 4 to 13.
Our Family Has Cancer Too!
By Christine Clifford. A cartoon illustrated book that describes a family’s experience with cancer and how they coped. Appropriate for ages 3 to 16.
What About Me?: A Booklet for Teenage Children of Cancer Patients
By Linda Leopold Strauss. A book addressing the specific needs of teens when their parent has cancer.
Will I Get Breast Cancer?: Questions and Answers for Teenage Girls
By Carole Vogel. A book addressing the specific needs of girls facing their mother’s breast cancer.
for parents
Can I Still Kiss You?: Answering Children’s Questions About Cancer
By Neil Russell. A question and answer book written by a cancer patient who journaled the questions he was asked by his children during his cancer experience. Appropriate for all ages.
Cancer In the Family: Helping Children Cope with a Parent’s Illness
By Sue P. Heiney, PhD, RN; Joan F. Hermann, MSW, LSW; Katherine V. Bruss, PsyD; Joy L. Fincannon, RN, MS. This book outlines valuable steps necessary to help children understand what happens when a parent has been diagnosed with cancer. Appropriate for all ages.
Confronting the Cowbereavement
By Chris Donner. A work written by a husband and father who lost his wife to breast cancer. The author shares his struggle with becoming a single parent and dealing with his own grief while helping his young children deal with theirs. Not written as an “advice” book, but more as a “sharing” of his experience book.
Heaven’s Not a Crying Place: Teaching Your Child about Funerals, Death, and the Life Beyond.bereavement
By Joey o’Connor. A book for parents, teachers and professionals to help kids learn to trust God and celebrate life and to deal with, learn from, and have hope in the face of death.
Mom’s Don’t Get Sick
By Pat Brack. A book addressing the problems that children are faced with when their mother is dealing with cancer. Appropriate for ages 3 to 13.
Telling Your Child You Have Cancer
by Steve Rogers
The Grieving Childbereavement
By Helen Fitzgerald. A book for parents, teachers or professionals that explains childhood grief.
The Grieving Teenbereavement
By Helen Fitzgerald. A book for teens, parents, teachers or professionals that addresses the specific issues of teen grief.
When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring for Your Children
By Dr. Wendy Schessel Harpham. Practical advice along with a companion book for the kids entitled: Becky and the Worry Cup. Appropriate for parents with children ages 3 to 13.
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