Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When someone you love has cancer…a hopeful, helpful book for kids
Review
“The most beautiful book for parents to read to their children…A resource about how to talk to a child about a parent’s cancer diagnosis…The bst book on this subject that I’ve seen yet. –Maria Housden, author of Hannah’s Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully LivedWhen I first saw this book, I cried. I cried as a mother of young children, for the clarity it brings to the young child’s mind by answering the questions he may not yet be able to formulate and by claming the fears …
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September 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Incredible book: excellent writing, wonderful illustrations and brilliant conveyance of a difficult message. I can’t say enough good things about it. I hope your book reaches the thousands of doctors, hospitals, clinics, labs, schools, libraries and homes where it is really needed. You have produced something very special for this world.
September 9th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
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.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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.