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Choosing to smile

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Houlker, Julie, Standeven, Glenda, Rickaby, Michelle. Chilliwack, BC: Choosing to Smile Publications , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 H838 2009

Availability: 6 copies, 6 available

Alternate Title: Choosing to smile : inspirational life stories of three friends who happened to have cancer

Author: Houlker, Julie; Standeven, Glenda; Rickaby, Michelle

Place of Publication: Chilliwack, BC

Publisher: Choosing to Smile Publications

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: xi, 415 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Bone Neoplasms - psychology; Hodgkin Disease - psychology; Survivors - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives

ISBN: 9781986522703

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 H838 2009

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What's up with Bill's mom? : MediKidz explain breast cancer : superhero adventure inside the human body!

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Chilman-Blair, Kim, Quigley, Columba, deLoache, Shawn. London: Medkidz Ltd. , 2014. 2nd. rev. ed.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 C5389 2014

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Alternate Title: Medikidz explain breast cancer

Author: Chilman-Blair, Kim; Quigley, Columba; deLoache, Shawn

Edition: 2nd. rev. ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Medkidz Ltd.

Publication Date: 2014

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Pictorial Works; Cartoons; Juvenile Literature

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 9781906935924; 1906935920

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 C5389 2014

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Bright hour : a memoir of living and dying

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Riggs, Nina. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: BF789 D4 R569 2017

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that ma…

Author: Riggs, Nina

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm

Subjects: Terminally Ill - psychology; Attitude to Death; Life; Life Change Events; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: The Bright Hour is the memoir of Nina Rigg, following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer. "With the lyricism of poetry and a voice that never trades on simple grief, 'The Bright Hour' celebrates living -- living well, living fully -- and the transcendent combination of light and darkness that makes us human." - Cover

ISBN: 9781501169359; 1501169351

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: BF789 D4 R569 2017

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Cancer hates kisses

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Sliwerski, Jessica Reid, Song, Mika. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers , 2017.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S633 2017

Availability: 6 copies, 5 available

"Parents are superheroes, especially when they're battling cancer. This empowering book follows a mother and her family through all the stages of her cancer -- diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation -- and provides an honest and encouraging tool for talking with kids about serious illness. …

Author: Sliwerski, Jessica Reid; Song, Mika

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: 2017

Physical Description: 34 unnumbered pages : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Child; Juvenile Literature; Popular Work

Abstract: "Parents are superheroes, especially when they're battling cancer. This empowering book follows a mother and her family through all the stages of her cancer -- diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation -- and provides an honest and encouraging tool for talking with kids about serious illness. Lovingly upbeat and straightforward, this book is a much-needed and welcome source of comfort for any cancer-fighting family." - Cover

ISBN: 9780735227811; 0735227810

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S633 2017

Website Notes: This resource was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Dying in public : living with metastatic breast cancer

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Hendler, Sue. Kingston, ON: Michael Grass House , 2012.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 H497 2012

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.

Author: Hendler, Sue

Editor: Overall, Christine

Place of Publication: Kingston, ON

Publisher: Michael Grass House

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Neoplasm Metastasis; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Life Change Events; Attitude to Death; Adaptation, Psychological; Personal Narratives; Popular Work

Abstract: This book is comprised of a series columns by Sue Hendler which appeared bi-weekly in her hometown newspaper, The Kingston Whig-Standard, between 2008 - 2009.

ISBN: 9780987972576; 098797257X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Vancouver Library

Call Number: WP870 H497 2012

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Hope tree : kids talk about breast cancer

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Numeroff, Laura, Harpham, Wendy Schlessel. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers , 1999.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 N971 1999

Availability: 11 copies, 11 available

A picture book written to help children cope with a mother's breast cancer. Includes "testimonials" by animal characters in an imaginary support group, allowing each of them to talk about issues they are facing. The "narrators" describe how the family reacted to the diagnosis, meeting the doctors a…

Author: Numeroff, Laura; Harpham, Wendy Schlessel

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: 1999

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: A picture book written to help children cope with a mother's breast cancer. Includes "testimonials" by animal characters in an imaginary support group, allowing each of them to talk about issues they are facing. The "narrators" describe how the family reacted to the diagnosis, meeting the doctors and nurses, trying to look for good things among the bad, and dealing with scary emotions, and they offer hints for helping Mom feel better.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC

ISBN: 9780689845260; 068984526X

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 N971 1999

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Year my mother was bald

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Speltz, Ann, Sternberg, Kate. Washington, DC: Magination Press , 2003.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S743 2003

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Speltz, Ann; Sternberg, Kate

Place of Publication: Washington, DC

Publisher: Magination Press

Publication Date: 2003

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Juvenile Literature

ISBN: 1557988374; 9781557988379

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S743 2003

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When mommy had a mastectomy

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Greenfield, Nancy Reben, Butler, Ralph. Silver Spring, MD: Bartleby Press , 2005.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: WP870 C5 G812 2005

Availability: 5 copies, 5 available

A little girl deals with her mother's breast cancer, masectomy, and breast reconstruction.

Author: Greenfield, Nancy Reben; Butler, Ralph

Place of Publication: Silver Spring, MD

Publisher: Bartleby Press

Publication Date: 2005

Physical Description: 40 unumbered pages : col. ill. ; 23 cm

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Mastectomy; Attitude to Health; Child; Parent-Child Relations; Juvenile Literature; Popular Work

Abstract: A little girl deals with her mother's breast cancer, masectomy, and breast reconstruction.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 0910155607; 9780910155601

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: WP870 C5 G812 2005

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Metu and Lee learn about breast cancer

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Sachedina, Shenin. Winter Park, FL: Dr. Shenin Sachedina Medical Educational Products , 2006.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S121 2006

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Author: Sachedina, Shenin

Place of Publication: Winter Park, FL

Publisher: Dr. Shenin Sachedina Medical Educational Products

Publication Date: 2006

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Family - psychology; Child; Juvenile Literature

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN: 0977864804; 9780977864805

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S121 2006

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Kids' guide to mommy's breast cancer

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Stowe, Karyn, Thompson, Jason, Gordaneer, Chris. Boomington, IN: AuthorHouse , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S892 2011

Availability: 9 copies, 9 available

Author: Stowe, Karyn; Thompson, Jason; Gordaneer, Chris

Place of Publication: Boomington, IN

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 (F0001959)

ISBN: 9781463447168; 1463447167

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr; Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr; Prince George Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 S892 2011

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My mommy has breast cancer

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Wright, Gina, Yordy, Janine. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse , 2009.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 W949 2009

Availability: 1 copy, 1 available

Author: Wright, Gina; Yordy, Janine

Place of Publication: Bloomington, IN

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 27 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Neoplasms - psychology; Parent-Child Relations; Family Relations; Infant; Child; Juvenile Literature

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ISBN: 9781449021504; 1449021506

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 W949 2009

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Monster calls

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Ness, Patrick, Dowd, Siobhan, Kay, Jim. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press , 2011.

Audience: Patient or Public

Call Number: QZ201 C5 N463 2011

Availability: 4 copies, 4 available

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill - an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Author: Ness, Patrick; Dowd, Siobhan; Kay, Jim

Place of Publication: Somerville, MA

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 204 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Grief - psychology; Self Concept; Adolescent; Parent-Child Relations; Adaptation, Psychological; Emotions; Breast Neoplasms - psychology; Fictional Works; Juvenile Literature

Abstract: Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill - an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

Notes: Surrey CIC keep 2022 PFC

ISBN: 9780763655594

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Patient or Public

Location: Vancouver Library; Surrey Cancer Info Ctr; Victoria Cancer Info Ctr; Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Call Number: QZ201 C5 N463 2011

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