Forty-five children, ages four to eighteen, share their experiences and feelings as the siblings of brothers and sisters with disabilities. Situations and emotions are presented with honesty and sensitivity, and without judgment.

Just Kids: Visiting a Class for Children with Special Needs

Sensisi, Ellen B.
Dutton, 1998.
0-525-45646-5.
Grade 3 - 6.

Cindy, a fourth grader, must confront her prejudices when she is assigned to spend time in a class for children with special needs. The assignment is the result of Cindy's reference to the "retard class." The teacher explains types of disabilities. Cindy learns she has much in common with her special needs schoolmates and disabilities are really "differences" in how we manage things. This photo-documentary is based on a true incident.

Delicate Threads: Friendships Between Children With and Without Special Needs in Inclusive Settings

Staub, Debbie
Woodbine House, 1998
0-933-14990-5
Adult

This book recounts the author's study of friendships between seven pairs of children - each involving a child with moderate to severe disabilities. Practical suggestions to help teachers and parents promote friendships in inclusive settings are included.

Cells Are Us

Balkwill, Fran Dr
Carolrhoda Books, Inc. 1990
0-87614-762-7
Grade 2 - 4

Cartoon type drawings are used to illustrate this simple explanation of how humans begin as two cells and grow due to the production of more cells. A description of the different types of cells and their roles is included.

Cell Wars

Balkwill, Fran Dr
Carolrhoda Books, Inc. 1990
0-87614-761-9
Grade 3 - 5

This book follows the same format, as Cells Are Us. The focus in this book is to explain how the cells are an important part of the immune system.

One Day at a Time: Children Living with Leukemia

Bergman, Thomas
Gareth Steven's Children's Books, 1989
0-83687-064-6
Grade 3 - 5

This book is part of the Don't Turn Away" series that uses photographs of children affected by various diseases to compliment the story of their treatment as told by parents and medical specialists. The realistic photographs may be too frightening for some young students. However, the stories are written in language simple enough for children to understand.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Coerr, Eleanor
Putnam, 1997
0-399-20520-9
Grade 3 - 6

A young girl is diagnosed with Leukemia ten years after the atom bomb in Hiroshima. She is determined to get better because of her dreams of being an outstanding runner. She begins folding paper cranes in hopes of finishing one thousand, and, at which time, according to an old story, she would be healed by the gods. Although she is not able to finish one thousand before dying, her friends finish the cranes before her funeral. There is now a peace memorial in Hiroshima dedicated to Sadako.

Cancervive Teacher's Guide for Kids with Cancer

Katz, Ernest and Nessim, Susan, 1995
Cancervive, Los Angelas
Phone: 310-203-9232

Written by a young adult who is a cancer survivor, this teacher's guide offers suggestions for classrooms with an affected student. Included is medical information about various types of childhood cancer, suggestions for welcoming the student back to the classroom, and helping the other students to accept the child.

Understanding Cancer

Lupiloff-Brazz, Marlene and Terkel, Susan N. Watts, 1993
0-531-11085-0
Grade 3 - 5

A straightforward introduction about cancer. Included are sections containing the medical definition of a variety of cancers and treatments, how cancer is detected, the emotional changes that may occur in a family, and reasons for hope.

Cancer: Can it be Stopped?

Silverstein, Alvin, 1987
0-397-322202-X
Grade 6 and up

Explains various forms of cancer, their symptoms, possible cause and treatments and discusses research being conducted.

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