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100 Questions & Answers About Your Child's Cancer

An invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.
Language: English
Order online at: www.amazon.com
Release Date: Jan 01, 1900
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0763731404
Author: William L. Carroll, Jessica Reisman
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.

A Day with Dr. Waddle

Affiliation: Center for Basic Cancer Research
Your day with Dr. Waddle begins in a research laboratory where Dr. Waddle, a friendly duck, who just happens to be a scientist, explains that cancers are diseases of cells. Dr. Waddle describes a cell and tells how scientists do research, like detectives, to find clues to diseases like cancer. A Day With Dr. Waddle is a coloring book and a workbook with puzzles to solve, and ends with six good health habits for children to follow.
Language: English
Order online at: http://www.amazon.com
Pages: 40
ISBN: 0967656508
Author: Center for Basic Cancer Research

Chemo Girl

Chemo Girl is the fictional tale of a superhero created by Christina Richmond, who was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of muscle cancer, when she was in the seventh grade. She was only 12 years old. During her many hospitalizations, she developed this book in order to help others.
Language: English
Order online at: www.jbpub.com
Order by calling: 800-832-0034
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0763703141
Author: Christina Richmond

Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

This second edition of the most complete parent guide available, features detailed and precise medical information about solid tumor childhood cancers, including neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, liver tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, and bone sarcomas.
Language: English
Order online at: http://www.amazon.com
ISBN:  0596500149
Author: Honna Janes-Hodder, Nancy Keene
Publisher: Patient Center Guides

Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers (3rd Edition)

Keene is one of the original developers of the Patient-Centered Guides series, and the parent of a child who survived leukemia. She provides a detailed, straightforward guide for parents containing the basic information that newly diagnosed families need to cope with their challenging situation. The text is also useful for healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of children with cancer. The third edition includes updates on treatment methods and new resources for medical information, emotional support and financial assistance.
Language: English
Order online at: http://www.amazon.com
ISBN: 0596500157
Author: Nancy Keene

Cutting Up: Ideas that Helped One Teenager through Cancer Treatments

This book is a compliation of ideas gathered through the guidance of my parents, family, and caretakers. I hope these ideas will help you in your journey or at least serve as a springboard for inspiration of your own ways to reach complete wellness.
Language: English
Order online at: www.aubriespage.com
Release Date: Jan 01, 2004
Pages: 0
Author: Aubrie Maze

Getting Beyond Tragedy

In this wrenchingly honest account of one family's loss of a loved one-a child-we experience love, fear, bereavement, anger and despair, but also faith, hope, strength, and,eventually peace. Anyone confronting siniliar losses in their lives will be moved and comforted by the powerful words in this book.
Language: English
Order online at: Amazon.com
Order by calling: (866)639-7688
Release Date: May 24, 2006
Pages: 164
ISBN: 13:978-09785311-0-2; 10:09785311-0-8
Author: James Phillips Noble
Publisher: MBF Press, Montgomery, Alabama

Human Values in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

The increase in new medical technology and experimental treatments has made the study of medical ethics essential for practitioners on all levels. This book brings together experts in the fields of pediatric hematology/oncology, ethics, and law to examine the treatment for childhood cancer today.
Language: English
Order online at: http://www.amazon.com
ISBN: 0275922634
Author: John T. Truman, Jan Van Eys, Carl Pochedly
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

Joey's Special Eye

Affiliation: The Eye Care Foundation
A children's book about Joey, a boy diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
Language: English
Order online at: www.eyecarefoundation.org
Release Date: Jan 01, 2007
Pages: 0
Author: Grace Talusan, illustrations by Rob Harrell

Know Before You Go

Affiliation: Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
This Candlelighters publication is a complete guide to the journey through childhood cancer, from diagnosis through treatment and beyond. Written by an adult survivor of childhood cancer and reviewed by dozens of top experts, Know Before You Go offers the information, practical advice and 'light of hope' that is needed. This publication is free.
Language: English
Order online at: http://www.candlelighters.org
Author: Sheryl Lozowski Sullivan, M.P.H.

The Amazing Hannah, Look at Everything I Can Do!

Affiliation: Candlelighter's Childhood Cancer Foundation
This 28 page picture book is written for the preschool (1 to 5 years) child who has been diagnosed with cancer. Through real-life photos, children will be able to identify with Hannah's hospital stay, special friends, tests, treatment and germ care. This publication is free.
Language: English and Spanish
Order online at: http://www.candlelighters.org