Suggested Reading: Children and Adolescents
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- Are You Tired Again?…I Understand by Marilyn Deutsch, PhD. This book, with fun cartoon characters, takes children in an interactive workbook fashion through the experiences of two young children whose mother developed a chronic illness, lupus.
- Celebrate Me! by Lynda Farrington Wilson. A children’s storybook that fosters self-esteem through the awareness of differences and choices; helps in understanding the confusion and self-confidence issues that confront young children who are suffering from visible skin conditions and abnormalities.
- Loopy Lupus Helps Tell Scott’s Story About a Disease Called Lupus by Scott (a child with lupus). Written by a child with lupus for other children and their families who are affected by lupus.
- The Monster Under the Bed: Child-Rearing When a Parent Is Chronically Ill by Barbara Butler.
- When Mom Gets Sick by Rebecca Samuels. Written and illustrated by a 9-year-old, this is a compelling story based on the experiences of a sensitive and insightful young girl who makes the best from what could be a devastating situation.
- When Mommy Is Sick by Ferne Sherkin-Langer, Kay Life. In this bibliotherapeutic story, a distressed little girl expresses her feelings when her mother goes to the hospital. Time drags and the child thinks of her constantly. Her understanding father helps her to cross off the days until she can visit, and then takes her to the hospital.
- Young People and Chronic Illness by Kelly Huegel, Elizabeth Verdick. This book is a wise, practical, heartfelt guide for young people with chronic illness.
hope this helps,
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Lily
