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Our Mom Has Cancer | 
 enlarge | Authors: Abigail Ackermann, Adrienne Ackermann
Publisher: American Cancer Society
Category: Book
Buy New: $8.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 335333
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.1
ISBN: 0944235166
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.19699449
EAN: 9780944235164
ASIN: 0944235166
Publication Date: April 1, 2002
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Product Description
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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Wonderful for families affected by cancer January 2, 2008
This is an easy to read book from the child's perspective, which makes it easier to relate for kids.
A book a child can understand September 3, 2007
My daughter is undergoing chemo. She was told she would lose her hair, so before she lost all of her hair I ordered this book for my grandson. It helped tremendously for him to understand why Mama was bald. I recommend this book highly to anyone who has a child whose parent is going through chemo.
Best picture book about parental cancer November 15, 2001
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
Many children's books about cancer in a parent treat it as movie disease: a convenient way to introduce mortality. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I needed a way to let my children know what they could expect as far as my therapy, and let them know what might happen emotionally.This is by far the best of several children's picture books written about a parent with cancer. Because it is written and illustrated by two sisters, it conveys what kids want to know. It showed the passage of time during treatment, and it showed that people were loving and kind and hopeful in the midst of a rotten time. This book is excellent, and I would recommend it to any parent who has been diagnosed with cancer as a way to open discussions with elementary-aged and younger children.
Two Thumbs Up! January 24, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I go to school at Village Elementry in Coronado. Adrienne and Abigail are the cusins of a kid in my class named Paul. They got to come to our school and read the book to us. I think it was very good. It really is based on a true story! The book was about there mom who had breast cancer. They even wrote a hat song in the story! I give the book two thumbs up!
From the Publisher: January 23, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
When Abigail and Adrienne's mom told them she had cancer, they were afraid. But when the girls couldn't find any books that explained what might happen to their mother and what they might expect, they wrote one themselves.They tell readers when their mother was tired during treatment, friends and family pitched in to help cook and to push her in her wheelchair. When chemotherapy made their mom's hair fall out, friends and family threw a hat party for her and honored her with an original song. Their mom's hair has grown back, and Abigail and Adrienne have found that their family is closer than ever. The girls' story will show other youngsters that they are not alone in their experience with a loved one's cancer.
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