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| View Larger Image | Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer...a hopeful, helpful book for kids | Hardcoverby Ellen McVicker (Author), Nanci Hersh (Illustrator)
| List Price: | $16.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Self published | | Edition: | 3rdrd Edition | | Page Count: | 45 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 110,186th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
This is a listen-to or read-aloud book for children. It is a resource that can be used to educate and support any child who is facing the cancer of aloved one. The story, as told through the eyes of a child, lends itself to a simple and clear understanding of cancer. It also teaches children to realize the power they have to be an active and integral part of a loved one's cancer journey. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 9 reviews)
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Useful Book for Explaining a MOTHER's Cancer to Small Children by MCMom  4 Stars
August 23, 2009
I purchased this book to help my not-quite 3-year-old daughter gain a better understanding of my cancer. As noted by another reviewer, this book is written from the perspective of a child whose MOTHER has cancer, so if you are looking for a more generic "loved one" relationship, this probably isn't for you. That said, I appreciated that the book did not specify the type of cancer (usually breast) the mother has been diagnosed with as so many books for children seem to do. When I read it with my daughter, there were ample opportunities to stop and discuss how she and I are feeling. She also liked following the titular butterfly across the pages. It seems to have clarified for her what is wrong with me, what has already happened, and what will happen next. As with any parent with cancer, my worries are only compounded by my fears about how this all is affecting my child. This book has helped provide a reference point for us as her father and I continue to talk with her about what is going on.
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Misleading & confusing for young children! by Lisa Parks (Michigan)  1 Stars
July 27, 2009
After doing a lot of research I ordered this book specifically because the front cover and everything else indicated that the book was to help kids understand when "SOMEONE" they love has cancer. I was greatly disappointed when I received it only to find all the book talks about is when a child's MOM has cancer. It's hard enough to tell my children that their grandpa has cancer let alone confusing them with a book that specifically relates to the mom. Kids take things literal. The last thing I need them worrying about is that I have cancer as well! The cover should read "when your MOM has cancer", or better yet make the actual book more generalized as to who the person they love is because very few books cover the topic of cancer for loved ones other than a parent. The best book I've found to help a young child understand when a grandparent has cancer is "Someone I Love is Sick" by Kathleen McCue. It's very basic but it is a loose-leaf book that allows you to pick & choose what applies to your individual situation and change it accordingly as the person's condition or treatment changes. It also enables you to choose who the book is about: a grandpa, a grandma, a mom or a dad so you're not sending mixed messages to the kids by telling them one thing and reading them another.
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Helpful book for kid's dealing with cancer by T. Kelly (Tucson, az)  5 Stars
May 24, 2009
We gave this book as a tool to our extended family to help their kid's deal with cancer in the family. We were told it was good.
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Thumbs Up! by S. Sloan 5 Stars
July 25, 2008
I sent this book to a friend whose mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. She has 3 children 10 and under. After the grandmother went to her first day long visit at the cancer treatment center, my friend, had her 10 ten year old read the book. She gave it a thumbs up!! Explained things very well for her.
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An Excellent Book by Penny Harter (Summit, N.J.) 5 Stars
July 11, 2008
This combination of text and illustration should be a great help to families facing cancer, especially to the children involved. McVicker's words are just right to support and reassure any child dealing with the diagnosis and with the effects of a parent's treatment, and Hersh's delicate illustrations, superbly complementing the text, shimmer with love and comfort. An excellent book!
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| When Someone You Love Has Cancer: A Guide to Help Kids Cope (Elf-Help Books for Kids)
by Alaric Lewis (Author), R. W. Alley (Illustrator)
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| Because Someone I Love Has Cancer: Kids' Activity Book
by American Cancer Society (Author)
Use art to help your child deal with cancer in the family Your child may struggle with the uncertainty and inevitable change that come when a chronic illness affects someone they know. Because . . . Someone I Love Has Cancer offers your child support, encouragement, and opportunity for imaginative personal expression. This inspired publication is designed to address the basic goals of therapeutic support for children (ages of 6–12) who have a loved one ...
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| Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy
by Amelia Frahm (Author)
Recommended by critics from every industry including- entertainment, medical and literary! Such as The Rosie O Donnell Show – Entertainment, National Oncology Nursing Society- Medical, Today’s Librarian, Midwest Book Review, Against the Grain, Today's Dallas Woman and other literary reviewers across the country! Told through the eyes of it's title character, Tickles Tabitha's Cancer-tankerous Mommy uses candor and comic reality to dispel stereotypes and acknowledge some moody truths...
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| Our Mom Has Cancer
by Abigail Ackermann (Author), Adrienne Ackermann (Author)
Two sisters, ages eleven and thirteen, describe what it was like for them when their mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and chemotherapy,
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| Sammy's Mommy Has Cancer
by Sherry Kohlenberg (Author), Lauri Crow (Illustrator)
When Sherry Kohlenberg was diagnosed with cancer, she wrote this book to help her son understand what was happening to her. Written in spare, simple language, this is a comforting guide for children aged about three to seven. The American Medical Writers' Association voted it "Best Book of 1994".
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