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My Brand New Leg

My Brand New Leg is an excellent way of introducing children 9-12 to differently enabled individuals.  Wonderfully illustrated, the characters…

© 2001 North, Sharon Rae
Audience: Children, Parent, Professional

My Central Line

My Central Line is a book for children who have received a Hickman Central Line for cancer therapy and other…

© 2019 Angus Olsen
Audience: Children

My Central Line Book

A picture book of a young girl explaining her central line, what her parents do to take care of it…

Wendy Landier RN, BSNm CPON and Tamara Scott RN, MSN, CPON, CPNP
Audience: Children

My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks

Let’s face it, cancer sucks. This book provides real-life advice from real-life teens designed to help teens live with a…

© 2013 Marc Silver and Maya Silver
Audience: Adolescents/Teens

My Port

My Port is a short book about a child who has an implantable venous access port. It is useful for…

© 2019 Angus Olsen
Audience: Children

No Fears, No Tears: 13 Years Later (DVD)

This DVD revisits seven of the eight original children from the DVD “No Fears No Tears” to explore the long-term…

© 1986 Leora Kuttner
Audience: Adolescents/Teens, Children, Parent

Nowhere Hair

The little girl in NOWHERE HAIR knows two things: Her mom’s hair is not on her head anymore, so therefore…

© 2014 Sue Glader
Audience: Children

Our Cancer Boy

Our Cancer Boy reveals the conversations carried on by letters written by Michael Murdock and his second-grade classmates after Michael…

© 2014 The 2nd Grade Students in Mrs Starnes Class, Bennett Elementary Manassas VA
Audience: Children, Parent, Professional

Our Mom Has Cancer

Written and illustrated by two sisters, age 9 and 11, whose Mom had breast cancer. Chronicles the ups and downs of…

© 2001 Ackermann, Abigail And Adrienne
Audience: Children

Parker’s Brain Storm

Parker, a little bear, has a brain tumor. He meets Dr. Spott E. Dogg, who helps him understand what is…

© 2003 Moliterno, Jennifer A.
Audience: Children

Promises

Book Cover, Promises

At the opening of this moving and ultimately hopeful story, Sarah’s mother is ill. During her treatment she seems to…

© 2000 Elizabeth Winthrop
Audience: Children

Relieve Your Child’s Chronic Pain

Chronic pain in children can manifest as abdominal, migraine, or facial pain. It also stems from a wide variety of…

© 2005 Krane, Elliot J., Md
Audience: Parent

Side Effects

Isabelle, not quite 15, is living a normal life of fighting with her younger brother, being disgusted with her parents,…

© 2006 Koss, Amy Goldman
Audience: Adolescents/Teens

Stevie’s New Blood

Stevie undergoes a bone marrow transplant for his Leukemia. His sister Ann is his donor. The story explains transplant from…

© 2000 Ulberg Lilleby, Kathryn
Audience: Children

Taking Cancer To School

Book Cover, Taking Cancer To School

Max talks about having leukemia, his treatment and losing his hair makes it clear that cancer is not contagious and…

© 2001 Henry, Cynthia And Gosselin, Kim
Audience: Children