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HELPFUL BOOKS

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The following links are books and CDs we recommended for anyone living with cancer or loving someone with cancer.  They will offer you information, guidance and hope.  For more information about each title, including some reviews or to be able to purchase them online, click on the picture or title of the selection.

For Children

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How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness

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Paper Chain
 

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Kathy's Hats: A Story of Hope

 
The Kid's Book About Death and Dying
by Eric E. Rofes

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When a Parent Has Cancer:
A Guide to Caring for Your Children/Becky and the Worry Cup : A Children's Book About
a Parent's Cancer (2-book package)

Grief, Bereavement, Faith, Hope 

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Thats Unacceptable - My Personal Story of Surviving a Brain Tumor
by Rebecca L. Libutti 
The book is currently available through The Tattered Cover Book Store at 1-800-833-9327

 
The Courage to Laugh

Humor, Hope, and
 Healing in the Face of Death and Dying

 

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Final Gifts

Understanding the Special  Awareness,  Needs, and Communications of the Dying 

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When Life Becomes Precious


Beyond the Road's End

A Guide for Recovering from the Death 
of a Loved One         
by Mary Catherine Fish
 

 


 

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Death Be Not Proud
: A Memoir (Perennial Classics) 

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
 
  

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The Bereaved Parent

 

Navigating Through a Strange Land: A Book for Brain Tumor Patients and Their Families
by Tricia Ann Roloff

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Options : The Alternative Cancer Therapy Book

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Making Miracles Happen

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Alternatives in Cancer Therapy
: The Complete Guide to Non-Traditional Treatments :

CDs Available


Second Chance
 by Not By Chance * 

Vista Point by Not By Chance*

Additional Books


I Had a Friend Named Peter;
Talking to Children about the 
Death of a Friend
by Janice Cohn


I'll Always Love You
by Hans Wilhelm

 
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
by Bryan Mellonie


Losing Uncle Tim 
by Marykate Jordan


Mrs. Katz and Tush (Reading Rainbow Book) by Patricia Polacco


Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Picture Puffin)
by Tomie De Paola

 


Blackberries in the Dark
by Mavis Jukes

Dad! Why'd You Leave Me?
by Dorothy R. Frost


On My Honor 
by Marion Dane Bauer


Remember the Secret
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

For Those Who Live: Helping Children Cope With the Death of a Brother or Sister
by Kathy Latour

My Grandson Lew
by Charlotte Zolotow


* The group Not by Chance was started by a brain tumor survivor. Their songs are about faith, hope, healing and dealing with cancer.

 

Note...if you have other books you would like to recommend please email me with your suggestions LSB37@aol.com.

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