Product Description

This is a listen-to or read-aloud book for children. It is a resource that can be used to educate and support any child who is facing the cancer of aloved one. The story, as told through the eyes of a child, lends itself to a simple and clear understanding of cancer. It also teaches children to realize the power they have to be an active and integral part of a loved one's cancer journey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #181882 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Released on: 2006-10-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 45 pages

Review
"The most beautiful book for parents to read to their children...A resource about how to talk to a child about a parent's cancer diagnosis...The bst book on this subject that I've seen yet. --Maria Housden, author of Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived

When I first saw this book, I cried. I cried as a mother of young children, for the clarity it brings to the young child's mind by answering the questions he may not yet be able to formulate and by claming the fears he may not yet recognize. ...Mothers and fathers will have one less source of anxiety with this book as a resource...[This book} is not just for the child in the midst of a family illness. It is for all children and all parents everywhere. --Beth M Deutsch, MD--Medical Director, HerSpace: Breast Imaging Associates

[This book] is a gem. This is a very important book with a very powerful message. A beautiful work of art that educates children about medical and psychological issues relating to cancer, it is also a gift for the loved one with cancer. ...For a patient with cancer, there is no better gift than the comforting words and hugs from a kid who understands...It brightens the day. Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings provides a pathway to this gift. --Neil Shulman, MD author of What's in a Doctor's Bag?, Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine, and President, Patch Adams' Gesundheit Institute

About the Author
Throughout her professional life, Ellen McVicker has always worked in some capacity with children, parents, educators, and people who were dedicated to the mental health profession. Ellen was a master teacher in the field of special education for twenty years, a kindergarten teacher for four, as well as the Director of Education for both Charter Hospital of Denver and the Colorado Children's Museum, and the Marketing Director for the Centre for Behavioral Health at Denver's Porter Memorial Hospital. Ellen would always find ways to lend a voice to any child or parent who did not have the words to say what was needed on their own. Today, Ellen lives in Aurora, Colorado with her husband and two of their three boys.

Customer Reviews

wonderful and important
Incredible book: excellent writing, wonderful illustrations and brilliant conveyance of a difficult message. I can't say enough good things about it. I hope your book reaches the thousands of doctors, hospitals, clinics, labs, schools, libraries and homes where it is really needed. You have produced something very special for this world.

Misleading & confusing for young children!
After doing a lot of research I ordered this book specifically because the front cover and everything else indicated that the book was to help kids understand when "SOMEONE" they love has cancer. I was greatly disappointed when I received it only to find all the book talks about is when a child's MOM has cancer. It's hard enough to tell my children that their grandpa has cancer let alone confusing them with a book that specifically relates to the mom. Kids take things literal. The last thing I need them worrying about is that I have cancer as well! The cover should read "when your MOM has cancer", or better yet make the actual book more generalized as to who the person they love is because very few books cover the topic of cancer for loved ones other than a parent. The best book I've found to help a young child understand when a grandparent has cancer is "Someone I Love is Sick" by Kathleen McCue. It's very basic but it is a loose-leaf book that allows you to pick & choose what applies to your individual situation and change it accordingly as the person's condition or treatment changes. It also enables you to choose who the book is about: a grandpa, a grandma, a mom or a dad so you're not sending mixed messages to the kids by telling them one thing and reading them another.

Helpful book for kid's dealing with cancer
We gave this book as a tool to our extended family to help their kid's deal with cancer in the family. We were told it was good.