Speaking with your child about cancer can often times feel difficult and overwhelming. A book may serve as a great tool to get this conversation started.

1. A Day With Dr. Waddle by The Center for Basic Cancer Research
2. Chemo to the Rescue: A Children’s Book About Leukemia by Mary Brent
3. Childhood Cancer Survivors:  A Practical Guide to Your Future by Nancy Keene, Kathy Ruccione and Wendy L. Hobble
4. You and Leukemia:  One Day at a Time by Lynn S. Baker, M.D., W.B. Saunders, 1988
5. Dear Bruno by Alice Trillin and Paul Newman
6. How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen
7. Kathy’s Hats;  A Story of Hope by Trudy Krisherr and Abby Levine
8. H is for Hair Fairy: An Alphabet of Encouragement and Insight for Kids (and Kids at Heart!) With Cancer by Kim Martin
9. Sky Memories by Pat Brisson, Delacorte Press, New York, 1999
10. What is Cancer Anyway?:  Explaining Cancer to Children of All Ages by Karen L. Carney