 | You and Leukemia: A Day at a Time by Lynn S. Baker MD
Buy used from: $33.46 This book is written for children. It explains leukemia (and cancer) in a way young children can understand. Invaluable!
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 | Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers (3rd Edition) by Nancy Keene
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $3.44 Keene is a compassionate, but well informed author. Her language is easy to understand, and she gives a plethora of details. She even backs up her examples with other parents and children's stories.
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 | Walking with a Shadow: Surviving Childhood Leukemia by Nanci A. Sullivan
Buy new: $33.40 / Used from: $19.95 It's a research book, not necessarily intended for parents or patients. A book of case studies where the patients are all 18 or older, so the patients' protocols are somewhat dated. Lengthy analysis.
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 | The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Buy new: $34.95 / Used from: $42.72 |
 | Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future by Nancy Keene
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Christopher's Journey: One Family's Struggle with Childhood Cancer by Maribeth R. Ditmars
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $3.85 The compassionate story of a family's experience with childhood leukemia. Ditmar includes medical details as well as personal memories.
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 | My Sister's Keeper: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
Buy new: $19.40 / Used from: $3.06 This novel is more about the sister of a teenage girl with leukemia, and her thoughts and feelings.
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 | Sadako and the thousand paper cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 An excellent telling of a young girl with leukemia. Although she lived many years ago, Sadako is known worldwide.
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 | One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue by Ishii Takayuki
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $2.95 Another story of Sadako's journey.
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 | Why, Charlie Brown, Why?: A Story About What Happens When a Friend Is Very Ill by Charles M. Schulz
Buy used from: $3.95 A children's book. Very useful when trying to explain illness to young children.
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 | Zink by Cherie Bennett
Buy used from: $0.01 This is the story of a little girl who develops leukemia, and the fantasy world she visits, as a way of coping with chemotherapy.
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 | What About Me?: When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick by Allan Peterkin
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.58 Don't forget about your other children! This book does a good job addressing siblings worries and needs.
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 | Kathy's Hats: A Story of Hope by Trudy Krisher
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.53 Another book to read to young children. A story of how Kathy copes with chemotherapy.
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 | Chemo Girl: Saving the World One Treatment at a Time by Christina Richmond
Buy new: $17.96 / Used from: $20.16 Another book to read to young children. This presents chemotherapy in an excellent, non-threatening way.
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 | My ABC Book of Cancer by Shannin Chamberlain
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $6.88 |
 | I Can Too!Girls: Cancer Kids Can Too! Books by Cristine Thomas
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