Talking to children about cancer 2007

Talking to Children about Cancer (Resources)
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this topic please contact one of our patient and family libraries. We are located at The Ottawa Hospital, Civic
Campus (Main Building, Room D100A), General Campus, the Ninon Bourque Patient Resource Library
(Cancer Centre, Main Floor, Room C1239) and the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre (Main Entrance,
Level 2, Room 2712B).
Resources have been divided into sections for adults, teenagers, children. However, this is just a guideline
and books which appear in one section may be helpful for other age-groups too.
* Indicates resource in French
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS
Breast cancer online: in our own words: how we told our children. Breast
Cancer Action Nova Scotia, 2001.
Cancer in the family: helping children cope with a parent’s illness. Sue P
Heiney. 2001
* Ces enfants qui vivent le cancer d’un parent. Marie France Delaigue-Cosset.
2005.
* Comment vivre avec un personne atteinte d’un cancer. Sylvie Pucheu. 2003.
* Et mes enfants dans tout ça : un guide pour les parents vivant avec un
cancer du sein. Linda Corsini. 2006.
Helping your children cope with your cancer: a guide for parents and
families. Peter Van Dernoot. 2nd ed., 2006.
How to help children through a parent’s serious illness : supportive,
practical advice. Kathleen McCue. 1996
* Quand un parent est malade : comment expliquer une maladie grave aux
enfants. Joan Hamilton. 2001
Raising an emotionally healthy child : when a parent is sick. Paula K. Rauch.
2006
What about my kids? : a guide for parents living with breast cancer. Linda
Corsini. 2006
When a parent has cancer : a guide to caring for your children (includes
Becky and the worry cup for children) Wendy S Harpham. 1997
When a parent is sick: helping parents explain serious illness to children.
Joan Hamilton. 2001
RESOURCES FOR TEENAGERS AND OLDER CHILDREN
Mom’s cancer. (for older teenagers) Brian Fies. 2006
Moms don’t get sick. Pat Brack. 1990
Our family has cancer too. Christine Clifford. 1997
Snowman on the pitcher’s mound. Jamie Reno. 2010
When your parent has cancer : a guide for teens.
2010
National Cancer Institute,
FOR CHILDREN (5 – 10 YEARS)
Becky and the worry cup. (In When a parent has cancer : a guide to caring
for your children) Wendy S Harpham. 1997
A Day with Dr Waddel: an introduction to cancer written for children. 1988
* Un dragon dans le cœur. Sophie LeBlanc. 1997
Good luck, Mrs K! Louise Borden. 1999
GrrrOuch! Pain is like a grouchy bear. Cathryn Morgan. 2011
The Hope tree: kids talk about breast cancer. Wendy Harpham. 1999
Let my colours out. Courtney Filligenzi. 2009
Mommy’s in the hospital again. Carolyn S Parkinson. 1994
My daddy’s cancer: An interactive book for children. Cindy Cohen. 1999
My mommy has cancer. Carolyn S Parkinson. 1991
Nowhere hair. Sue Glader. 2010
Once upon a hopeful night. Risa Sacks Yaffe. 1998
Our mom has cancer. Abigail and Adrienne Ackerman. 2001
Our dad is getting better. Alex, Emily and Anna Rose Silver. 2007.
Our mom is getting better. Alex, Emily and Anna Rose Silver. 2007.
The Paper chain. Clare Blake. 1997
Promises Elizabeth Winthrop. 2000
The Survivorship net: a parable for the family, friends and caregivers of
people with cancer. Jim Owens. 2010.
August/2011
Time for me: an activity book for kids when someone in the family has
cancer. June Slakov. BC Cancer Agency, 1999.
When Eric’s mom fought cancer. Judith Vigna. 1993
When mommy had a mastectomy. Nancy Reuben Greenfield. 2005
When Pete’s dad got very sick: a book about chronic illness. Kathleen Long
Bostrom. 2005
When someone is very sick. Jim Boulden. 1995.
Where’s Mom’s hair? A family’s journey through cancer. Debbie Watters.
2005.
Why? Charlie Brown, Why? A story about what happens when a friend is
very ill. Charles Schulz. 1990
The Year my mother was bald. Ann Speltz. 2002
You are not alone: families touched by cancer. Eva Grayzel. 2010
FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
Mom and the polka-dot boo-boo: a gentle story explaining breast cancer to a
young child. Eileen Sutherland. 2007.
My mummy is sick: a story about breast cancer. Fani Madill. 2001
Sammy’s mommy has cancer : a story for children who have a loved one
with cancer. Sherry Kohlenberg. 1994
August/2011