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Bauer, Marion Dane. TANGLED BUTTERFLY. Houghton Mifflin, 1980. (YA) Seventeen-year-old Michelle is emotionally disturbed and is taken to Minnesota's Apostle Island for a rest and there meets Paul, a young Native American, who is the first to sense how deeply disturbed she is. 136.74JF (Suicide)
Dinner, Sherry D. NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF — GROWING UP WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN YOUR FAMILY. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1982. (YA) Describes the symptoms and treatments of major mental illnesses. List of support organizations is also included. 132J (Mental illness)
Doyle, Brian. UP TO LOW. Groundwood, 1982. 116p. Two young people learn a lesson about life from Mean Hughie who is dying of cancer. (Cancer)
Fine, Judylaine. AFRAID TO ASK - A BOOK FOR FAMILIES TO SHARE ABOUT CANCER. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986. Describes the various types of cancer and discusses, through case histories, the physical and emotional problems involved in having or knowing someone who has cancer. 616 (Cancer)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. THE GIFT OF THE PIRATE QUEEN. Delacorte 1982. Sixth-grade Grace, her mother dead and her only sister ill with diabetes, learns to be brave like the pirate queen Grace O'Malley, whom her Irish cousin says she resembles. 241JF (Diabetes)
Girard, Linda Walvoord. ALEX, THE KID WITH AIDS. Whitman, 1991. 29p., illus. A fourth grader with AIDS makes a new friends and learns that although he is sick, he can't misbehave in school.
Hausherr, Maxine. CHILDREN AND THE AIDS VIRUS, A BOOK FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS AND TEACHERS. Clarion, 1989 (Elementary) Explains in simple terms the body's immune system, how it is attacked by the Aids virus and what can be done to prevent the disease. The text is divided into a main text for the young reader and subtext for adults. 616.97J (AIDS)
Hyde, Margaret O. CANCER IN THE YOUNG: A SENSE OF HOPE. Westminster Press, 1985 (YA) Discusses various types of childhood cancers, treatment and prognosis for recovery. 616.9J (Cancer)
Kimoy, Barbara. WHEN WILL WE LAUGH AGAIN — LIVING AND DEALING WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA. Defines the illness and gives suggestions for coping. 132 (Eating disorders)
Krementz, Jill. HOW IT FEELS TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE. Little Brown, 1989. 132p., photos. Fourteen children tell how they batle pain, uncertainty, and the changes brought about in their lives by serious illness such as cancer, severe burns, asthma, and kidney failure.
Landau, Elaine. WHY ARE THEY STARVING THEMSELVES. Julian Messner, 1983 (Adult) Discusses two eating disorders, anorexia and bulemia. 132 (Eating disorders)
LeShan, Eda. WHEN A PARENT IS VERY SICK. Little Brown, 1986. (sick parent)
Merrifield, Margaret, M.D. COME SIT BY ME. Alberta Health, 1991. 30p. Picture book about how a grade school class handles the arrival and reaction to a student with AIDS.
Moss, Deborah M. LEE, THE RABBIT WITH EPILEPSY. Woodbine House, 1989. Picture book. 616JF (Epilepsy)
Moss, Deborah M. SHELLEY, THE HYPERACTIVE TURTLE. Woodbine House, 1989. After his mother takes him to the doctor, Shelly the turtle begins to understand why he feels so jumpy and wiggly inside that he can't stay still. 136.76JF (Hyperactivity)
O'Neil, Cherry. DEAR CHERRY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON EATING DISORDERS. Continuum, 1985 (YA) Letters written to Cherry Boone O'Neil after she made it known that she had an eating disorder. 136.74J (Eating disorders)
Ostrow, William. ALL ABOUT ASTHMA. Niles, IL, Whitman, 1989. The young narrator describes life as an asthmatic, explaining causes and symptoms of asthma, and discussing ways to control the disorder to lead a normal life. 616.2JF (Asthma)
Rapp, Doris. IS THIS YOUR CHILD? DISCOVERING AND TREATING UNRECOGNIZED ALLERGIES. Morrow, 1991. 626p., illus. (Allergies)
Swenson, Judy Harris. CANCER THE WHISPERED WORD. Dillon Press, 1986 (Grades 1-5) Presents information about cancer, emphasizing those things of particular interest to children and describing how the disease affects family members. 616.9J (Cancer)
Taylor, Barbara. LIVING WITH DIABETES. Franklin Watts, 1989. (Grades 1-5) Discusses the causes and treatment of ways to cope with diabetes with colorful illustrations and diagrams. 616.4J (Diabetes)
Tiffany, Jennifer, et al. TALKING WITH KINDS ABOUT AIDS: A PROGRAM FOR PARENTS AND OTHER ADULTS WHO CARE. Parent AIDS Education Project, 1991. Resource Manual, 86p. and Teaching Guide, 47p..
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