Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries

This book takes you on the author's journey to recovery from breast cancer. Her children take on the role of nurse, decorator and personal shopper with pride and enthusiasm. Accepting her children's need to be a part of her recovery, the author soon discovers that they are integral in helping her get better and that sometimes humour and staying positive is the best medicine of all.

If you heard that your child, friend or family member had an allergy to egg, what do you envision? Would you envision an egg?

It can be a difficult task at times to teach a child, parent, caregiver, relative or friend to think about all the foods and products that may contain egg (or any other allergen). This book is intended as a learning tool so that a dialogue can be started about checking to see what foods or products may contain. The book is written in an easy to follow format where children can play a game of 'hide and seek' with Ryan to find where his allergies are...

How My Sun Got Its Smile is the incredible true story of Deana Vega, a young girl who overcame Leukemia. This brave girl not only learned an incredible life lesson but also continues to give back to other children with cancer. This book is her story, written in collaboration with teacher Judy Willner and illustrated by teacher Meloni Kinckner.

Our Mission:
To inspire other cancer patients, survivors and anyone else who loves a happy ending

An upbeat, empathetic, and essential guide for young people with diabetes

In Diabetes and Me: An Essential Guide for Kids and Parents, Kim Chaloner, who has been teaching award-winning science classes for fifteen years, gives kids the tools they need to take charge of their health and understand what it means to be diagnosed with diabetes. In this graphic guide, she walks four young people through the basics of diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, revealing . . .

- The early signs of diabetes and how doctors can help

- What it means to have Type...

A child on the playground. A quick tumble. A trip to the emergency room. Educating without intimidating, and entertaining without underestimating, DareBone's Big Break helps parents and their children navigate this unexpected experience with poetry, great humor, and medical accuracy. Readers join the adventurous and often clumsy DareBone as he endures his first major injury: a broken elbow. With his wise-cracking sidekick, Wag-A-Bone, narrating along the way, DareBone meets many medical heroes, including orthopedic surgeon, Dr. WonderBone, who guides our hero as he journeys through surgery...