This illustrated guide for children provides a sensitive introduction for a child when a parent, sibling or a person close to them is diagnosed with cancer. Cancer in the family is hard for everyone, especially when children are involved. Children need to understand what is happening and it can be hard for adults to explain when they themselves are trying to come to terms with the implications of the diagnosis. Children often want information but sense that they need to protect their parents from the questions they want to ask. Explaining what cancer is in plain language, this book looks at diagnosis, treatment and prognosis from the viewpoint of the child. Including a selection of children's own testimonies that relate to the text, it aims to help explain the sometimes adult feelings and actions that children have to deal with.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Winston's Wish .

Peter Bailey has been illustrating books for more than thirty-five years and has worked with many of today's best known authors, including Philip Pullman, Allan Ahlberg, Michael Morpurgo and Joan Aiken. He lives near Liverpool with his wife, Sian, who is also an illustrator.