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Suggested reading

Recommended reading about childhood cancer from American Cancer Society:

For adults:

  • 100 Questions & Answers About Your Child’s Cancer, by William L. Carroll and Jessica Reisman. 2004
  • Cancer and Self-Help: Bridging the Troubled Waters of Childhood Illness, by Mark A. Chesler and Barbara K. Chesney. 1995.
  • Childhood Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors: A Guide for Families, Friends, & Caregivers by Tania Shiminski-Maher, Patsy McGuire Cullen, and Maria Sansalone. 2001.
  • Childhood Cancer: A Parent’s Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers by Honna Janes-Hodder and Nancy Keene. 2002.
  • Childhood Cancer: A Handbook from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, by Grant Steen and Joseph Mirro (editors). 2000.
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future, by Nancy Keene, Wendy Hobbie, and Kathy Ruccione. 2006.
  • Children With Cancer: A Comprehensive Reference Guide for Parents, by Jeanne Munn Bracken. 2007.
  • Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Cancer and Sickle Cell Disease: A Biopsychosocial Approach, by Ronald T. Brown. 2006.
  • Living With Childhood Cancer: A Practical Guide to Help Families Cope, by Leigh A. Woznick and Carol D. Goodheart. 2001
  • My Child Has Cancer: A Parent’s Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival, by Della L. Howell M.D. 2008
  • Surviving Childhood Cancer; A Guide for Families, by Margot Joan Fromer. 1998.
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner. 2004.
  • Your Child in the Hospital: A Practical Guide for Parents by Nancy Keene and Rachel Prentice. 1999.

For kids:

  • Chemo, Craziness, and Comfort, My Book about Childhood Cancer, by Nancy Keene. (Published by Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation.) 2002.
  • Do I Have to Go to the Hospital?: A First Look at Going To the Hospital (A First Look at…Series),by Pat Thomas. 2006.
  • My Book for Kids With Cansur [sic], by Jason Gaes. 1987.
  • Going to the Hospital, by Fred Rogers. 1997.
  • H is for Hair Fairy: An Alphabet of Encouragement and Insight for Kids (and Kids at Heart!) with Cancer, by Kim Martin. 2005.
  • Little Tree: A Story for Children With Serious Medical Illness, by Joyce C. Mills. 2003.
  • The Amazing Hannah, Look at Everything I Can Do! by Amy Klett. (Published by Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation.) 2005.
  • What About Me? When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick, by Allan Peterkin and Frances Middendorf. 1992.
  • Why, Charlie Brown, Why? A Story About What Happens When a Friend Is Very Ill, Charles M. Schultz. 2002.