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Coping with Childhood Cancer

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Resources for Families

  • Armfuls of time, the psychological experience of the child with a life threatening illness
    (Barbara M. Sourkes, 1995, 200p.)
    Price: $24.95
    Code: 401.01
  • Building parent professional collaboration
    (L. Edelman, B. Greenland, B. L. Mills)
    Price: $13.95
    Code: 401.02
  • Building the healing partnership, parents, professionals and children with chronic illnesses and disabilities
    (Patricia Tanner Leff & Elaine H. Walizer, 1992, 297p.)
    Price: $42.95
    Code: 401.29
  • Cancer and self help: bridging the troubled waters of childhood illness
    (Mark A. Chesler & Barbara K. Chesney, 1995, 464p.)
    Price: $29.95
    Code: 401.03
  • Cancer as a turning point: a handbook for people with cancer, their families and health professionals
    (Lawrence LeShan, 1989)
    Price: $11.95
    Code: 401.04
  • Chicken soup for the soul: 101 stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
    (Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, 1993)
    Price: $18.50
    Code: 401.05
  • Chicken soup for the soul: A second helping: 101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit
    (Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, 1993)
    Price: $18.50
    Code: 401.06
  • Childhood cancer and the family: meeting the challenge of stress and support
    (Mark Chesler & Oscar Barbarin, 1987, 332p.)
    Price: $49.95
    Code: 401.07
  • Children with cancer: a comprehensive reference guide for parents
    (Jean M. Bracken, 1986, 398p.)
    Price: $14.95
    Code: 100.05
  • Coping with childhood cancer: where do we go from here?
    (2nd Ed., David W. Adams & Eleanor J. Deveau, 1993, 297p.)
    Price: $19.95
    Code: 401.08
  • Emotional aspects of leukemia: a handbook for parents
    (John Spinetta, Patricia Deasy-Spinetta, Faith Kung & Donald B. Schwartz, 1991, 34p.)
    Price: free
    Code: 140.03
  • Fathers of children with special needs: new horizons
    (James May, Association for the Care of Children's Health, 1991, 51p.)
    Price: $6.25
    Code: 401.10
  • I want to grow hair, I want to grow up, I want to go to Boise
    (Erma Bombeck, 1989, 174p.)
    Price: $6.95
    Code: 401.11
  • I know I made it happen
    (Lynn Bennett Blackburn, 1991, 20p.)
    Price: $4.50
    Code: 401.12
  • Illness and healing: images of cancer
    (Robert Pope, 1991, 138p.)
    Price: $24.95
    Code: 401.13
  • Love is letting go of fear
    (Gerald G. Jampolsky, 1979)
    Price: $12.75
    Code: 401.14
  • Love, medicine and miracles
    (Bernie S. Seigel, 1986, 235p.)
    Price: $14.95
    Code: 401.15
  • Love you forever
    (Robert Munsch, 1986, 32p.)
    Price: $5.50
    Code: 401.29
  • Parents of children with cancer speak out: problems, needs and sources of help
    (David W. Adams, Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Canada, 1992, 65p.)
    Price: $5:00
    Code: 401.16
  • Peace, love and healing - bodymind communication and the path to self-healing: an exploration
    (Bernie S. Seigel, 1990, 281p.)
    Price: $14.95
    Code: 401.17
  • Smiling at yourself: educating young children about stress and self esteem.
    (Allen N. Mendler, 1990, 145p.)
    Price: $22.95
    Code: 401.18
  • Strategies: a practical guide for dealing with health professionals and human service systems
    (Craig Shields, 1987, 144p.)
    Price: $15.50
    Code: 401.19
  • The cure: the hero's journey with cancer
    (G. Frank Lawlis, 1994, 95p.)
    Price: $12.95
    Code: 401.21
  • The deepening shade: psychological aspects of life-threatening illness
    (Barbara Sourkes, 1980, 126p.)
    Price: $31.95
    Code: 401.22
  • The healing journey. overcoming the crisis of cancer
    (Alastair J. Cunningham, 1992, 154p.)
    Price: $14.95
    Code: 280.05
  • "They never want to tell you." Children talk about cancer
    (David Bearison, 1991, 194p.)
    Price: $29.95
    Code: 401.24
  • When your child has a life-threatening illness
    (Thomas Franz, Association for the Care of Children's Health and The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, 1983, 23p.)
    Price: $3.50
    Code: 401.25
  • Why mine? a book for parents whose child is seriously ill
    (Joy Johnson, Marv Johnson & Billy Williams, 1981, 11p.)
    Price: $3.95
    Code: 401.26
  • Woulda, coulda, shoulda: overcoming regrets, mistakes, and missed opportunities.
    (Arthur Freeman & Rose De Wolf, 1989, 265p.)
    Price: $13.50
    Code: 401.27
  • When living hurts
    (Sol Gordon, 1988, 158p.)
    Price: $6.50
    Code: 401.28

Resources for Young Children

  • 1. 2. 3 ... Ouchless
    (Gideon Koren, 1995, 22p.)
    Price: free
    Code: 402.01
  • A fun and games book to make you smile
    (Astra Canada, 1995, 22p.)
    Price: free
    Code: 402.02
  • Advice to doctors and other big people from kids
    (Forward by Gerald Jampolsky, 1991, 100p.)
    Price: $14.95
    Code: 402.03
  • An alphabet about kids with cancer
    (Rita Bergland, 1994, 56p.)
    Price: $24.95
    Code: 402.08
  • I found sea shells on the beach
    (Stan Whitsett & Wendy Pelletier, 1993, 20p.)
    Price: $6.95
    Code: 402.04
  • My ABC book of cancer
    (Shannin Chamberlain, 1990)
    Price: $8.95
    Code: 402.05
  • My book for kids with cansur: a child's autobiography of hope
    (Jason Gaes, 1987, 20p.)
    Price: $15.45
    Code: 202.03
  • Pomme recounts ... The Story of Cancer, a big storm in the garden of your life
    (Louise Pomminville & Jocelyn Demers, 1984, 55p.)
    Price: $3.00
    Code: 100.10
  • Stars, hearts, rainbows, wishes and dreams: a colourful way to brighten your day
    (Chandrika, 1993, 41p)
    Price: $10.00
    Code: 402.07
  • There is a rainbow behind every dark cloud
    (Celestial Arts, 1978, 96p.)
    Price: $10.95
    Code: 202.06

Resources for Volunteers and Caregivers

  • Giving comfort
    (Linda Breiner Milstein, 1994, 132p.)
    Price: $6.75
    Code: 405.01
  • I don't know how to help them
    (Linda Maurer, 1991)
    Price: $7.95
    Code: 402.03
  • Taking time for me. How caregivers can effectively deal with stress
    (Katherine L. Karr, 1992, 175p.)
    Price: $19.95
    Code: 402.04
  • Taking time: support for people with cancer and the people who care about them
    (Canadian Cancer Society, 1990, 60p.)
    Price: free
    Code: 405.05
  • When someone you know is hurting
    (M. Gregory Richards, 1994, 235p.)
    Price: $5.95
    Code: 405.06

Surviving Cancer

Cancervive. the challenge of life after cancer
(Susan Nessim & Judith Ellis, 1991, 246p.)
Price: $14.95
Code: 470.01