What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer?: Explain the Science of Cancer and How a Loved One's Diagnosis and Treatment Affects a Kid's Day-To-day Life

When Sara Olsher was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 34, her first thought was how to tell her six-year-old daughter without scaring her. As it turned out, explaining cancer was only the beginning. Treatment is long and causes a lot of ongoing changes in the family-all of which can be confusing, scary, and isolating for kids.Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain the science of cancer and how a loved one's diagnosis and treatment affects a kid's day-to-day life. What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer? uses bright and fun illustrations to show how cells can turn into cancer, and helps reduce confusion about how cancer treatment affects a person and the kids in their lives."Most of the time we do the same things in the mornings. We wake up. We eat breakfast. (I like apples. Stuart only eats bugs.) ... when something big changes, what we do each day can change too. Stuart wants to know what happens to our days when someone we love has cancer."Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from issues like cancer. What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer? is the perfect book for families that want to explain what cancer actually is and how it affects a kid's life, and applies to mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, and many types of cancer, including breast cancer, colon cancer, blood cancers such as leukemia, and bone cancers. By creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges. What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer? helps families that want to reduce their kids' anxiety surrounding a scary diagnosis. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations.

What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer?: Explain the Science of Cancer and How a Loved One's Diagnosis and Treatment Affects a Kid's Day-To-day Life (What About Me? Books)

Medical Books

Olsher, Sara

Nursing

Mighty Bright

Down-to-earth, practical, and full of friendly real-world help for kids, What Happens When Parents Get Divorced? is a unique book for families transitioning to two households. Unlike other books, What Happens When Parents Get Divorced? focuses on how divorce and shared parenting will affect a child's life and uses a visual calendar kids can truly understand.Kids and grown-ups have lots of fears, but for many of us, the "unknown" edges out pretty much everything else. When something big like a divorce or separation happens in a child's life, they often feel like everything they know is thrown into chaos. Kids (like the rest of us) handle change best if they know what to expect, both on a day-to-day basis and long-term. What Happens When Parents Get Divorced? makes sense of marital separation and creates a visual routine that helps kids feel safe.Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain what separation and divorce is and how it affects a kid's day-to-day life. Using an illustrated calendar to explain how divorce affects a child's daily routine, What Happens When Parents Get Divorced? focuses on the child's experience and removes the unknowns from the equation. This book takes the proven therapy technique of using a custody calendar and brings it to book form, helping parents show kids exactly what to expect.By creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges. What Happens When Parents Get Divorced? is the perfect book for families that want to reduce their kids' anxiety surrounding divorce and separation. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations.

What Happens When Parents Get Divorced?: Explain what divorce is and how it affects a kid's day-to-day life (What About Me? Books)

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Returning to school is different because of COVID-19, and for kids it can be confusing too. Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they talk about the uncertainties of returning to school, including distance learning, hybrid models, social distancing, and how to be okay - even if things change again.

What Happens When School Starts Again: Helping Kids with Uncertainty When School is Different (What About Me? Books)

Qué Pasa Cuando La Escuela Empieza de Nuevo: Ayudando a los niños con incertidumbre cuando la escuela es diferente debido al coronavirus (¿Que Hay de Me?) (Spanish Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

In this version of the popular five-star book What Happens When Parents Get Divorced, author Sara Olsher has created a resource for divorcing lesbian couples to help their children understand divorce in a way that reflects their own family.\nThe book stars Mia, a biracial little girl with crazy pigtails, and her two moms. It explores all the possibilities that come from parents splitting up.\nKids and grown-ups have lots of fears, but for many of us, the "unknown" edges out pretty much everything else. When something big like a divorce or separation happens in a child’s life, they often feel like everything they know is thrown into chaos. Kids (like the rest of us) handle change best if they know what to expect, both on a day-to-day basis and long-term. What Happens When Moms Divorce makes sense of marital separation and creates a visual routine that helps kids feel safe.\nJoin Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain what separation and divorce is and how it affects a kid’s day-to-day life. Using an illustrated calendar to explain how divorce affects a child’s daily routine, What Happens When Moms Divorce focuses on the child’s experience and removes the unknowns from the equation. This book takes the proven therapy technique of using a custody calendar and brings it to book form, helping same-sex couples show kids exactly what to expect.\n“Most of the time we do the same things in the mornings. We wake up. We eat breakfast. (I like apples. Stuart only eats bugs.) . . . When something big changes, what we do each day can change too. Stuart wants to know what happens to our days when our parents get divorced.”\nBy creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids’ lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life’s inevitable challenges. What Happens When Moms Divorce is the perfect book for families that want to reduce their kids’ anxiety surrounding divorce and separation. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations.\nAimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from life's toughest stuff.\nMeet Mia and Stuart 
With her messy pigtails and sunny personality, Mia brings a bit of fun to books about hard topics. Explaining life’s toughest stuff to her toy giraffe, Stuart, Mia is the star of the What About Me? book series, where she’s able to help kids feel safe by explaining exactly what they can expect when faced with big changes.

What Happens When Moms Divorce: A Book for Divorcing Families with Two Moms

LGBTQ+ Books

In this version of the popular five-star book What Happens When Parents Get Divorced, author Sara Olsher has created a resource for divorcing gay couples to help their children understand divorce in a way that reflects their own family. The book stars Mia, a biracial little girl with crazy pigtails, and her two dads. It explores all the possibilities that come from parents splitting up.Kids and grown-ups have lots of fears, but for many of us, the "unknown" edges out pretty much everything else. When something big like a divorce or separation happens in a child's life, they often feel like everything they know is thrown into chaos. Kids (like the rest of us) handle change best if they know what to expect, both on a day-to-day basis and long-term. What Happens When Dads Divorce makes sense of marital separation and creates a visual routine that helps kids feel safe.Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain what separation and divorce is and how it affects a kid's day-to-day life. Using an illustrated calendar to explain how divorce affects a child's daily routine, What Happens When Dads Divorce focuses on the child's experience and removes the unknowns from the equation. This book takes the proven therapy technique of using a custody calendar and brings it to book form, helping same-sex couples show kids exactly what to expect."Most of the time we do the same things in the mornings. We wake up. We eat breakfast. (I like apples. Stuart only eats bugs.) . . . When something big changes, what we do each day can change too. Stuart wants to know what happens to our days when our parents get divorced."By creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges. What Happens When Dads Divorce is the perfect book for families that want to reduce their kids' anxiety surrounding divorce and separation.

What Happens When Dads Divorce: A Book for Divorcing Families with Two Dads

What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer: A Book about Childhood Cancer for Kids

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, life flips upside-down. Suddenly, our days (and our thoughts) are dominated by doctors, nurses, child life specialists, and a million technical terms that will make anyone's head spin. Add extreme fear and anxiety to that, and you've got a recipe for the most stressful time in a family's life.What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer is a book written with purpose of relieving the anxiety and confusion that comes from a child's cancer diagnosis and treatment.What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer covers the main points of pediatric cancer - what it is and what the experience of treatment is like - and shows how it can change a kid's day. The book is great for ages 4 -10 and discusses:- The science of cancer- Changes to routines- Surgery and anesthesia - Chemotherapy- Hair loss and hair changes- Port, central line, and tubies- Hospital stays- Radiation- Scans and blood draws- Emotions relating to cancerOver the course of a year and with the help of both experts and families who have been through pediatric cancer, author and illustrator Sara Olsher explains the science of cancer (in an age-appropriate, totally non-scary way) and uses an illustrated calendar to show how various treatments affect a child's day-to-day. This method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from issues like cancer. By creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges. What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer? helps families that want to reduce their kids' anxiety surrounding a very scary diagnosis. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations.

What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer: A Book About Childhood Cancer for Kids (What About Me? Books)

Medicine

Cuando sucede algo tan grande como un divorcio o una separación en la vida de un niño, a menudo sienten que todo lo que conocen se convierte en un caos. Los niños (como el resto de nosotros) manejan mejor los cambios si saben qué esperar, tanto en el día a día como a largo plazo. ¿Qué sucede cuando los padres se divorcian? da sentido a la separación matrimonial y crea una rutina visual que ayuda a los niños a sentirse seguros.Únete a Mia y su jirafa de peluche Stuart mientras explican qué es la separación y el divorcio y cómo afectan la vida diaria de un niño. Usando un calendario ilustrado para explicar cómo el divorcio afecta la rutina diaria de un niño, ¿Qué sucede cuando los padres se divorcian? se centra en la experiencia del niño y elimina las incógnitas de la ecuación. Este libro toma la técnica de terapia probada de usar un calendario y lo lleva a la forma de un libro, ayudando a los padres a mostrarles a los niños exactamente qué esperar.Al crear una rutina que los niños puedan ver y comprender, los padres pueden restaurar un sentido de seguridad y previsibilidad en la vida de sus hijos, ayudándoles a ser más resilientes frente a los desafíos inevitables de la vida. ¿Qué sucede cuando los padres se divorcian? es el libro perfecto para familias que desean reducir la ansiedad de sus hijos en torno al divorcio y la separación. Su objetivo es empoderar a los niños con conocimientos, que se ha demostrado que ayudan a los niños en situaciones traumáticas.Dirigido a familias con niños de 4 a 10 años, este método de enseñanza se basa en décadas de ciencia sólida sobre cómo los niños aprenden y afrontan los principales cambios diarios que resultan de las cosas más difíciles de la vida.

¿Qué Pasa Cuando Los Padres se Divorcian?: Explicar qué es el divorcio y cómo afecta el día a día de un niño

Nothing Stays the Same, but That's Okay: A Book to Read When Everything (or Anything) Changes

What happens if we move to a new house? 
What if I get a new brother or sister? 
What if one of my parents goes away for awhile? 
What if I start a new school? 
What if something changes?!\nKids and grown-ups have lots of fears, but the "unknown" edges out pretty much everything else. When something changes in a child's life, life goes from predictable and safe to confusing . . . and kinda scary.\nKids (like the rest of us) handle change best if they know what to expect, both on a day-to-day basis and long-term. Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain changes big and small, and they affect a kid's day-to-day life. Using an illustrated calendar to explain how changes affects a child's daily routine, Nothing Stays the Same But That's Okay focuses on the child's experience and removes unknowns from the equation.\n"Most of the time we do the same things in the mornings. We wake up. We eat breakfast. (I like apples. Stuart only eats bugs.) . . . But our days can be different. Some days we go to school, and some days are the weekend! We can see the different days on a calendar like this one. When something goes from one thing to being a different thing, it's called a change." 
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By creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges.\nNothing Stays the Same But That's Okay is the perfect book for kids who don't handle transitions or changes very well, or who are facing big changes like starting school or getting a new sibling. It aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through hard situations. Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from life's toughest stuff.

Nothing Stays the Same, But That's Okay: A Book to Read When Everything (or Anything) Changes

Science, Nature & How It Works

What happens if we move to a new house? 
What if I get a new brother or sister? 
What if one of my parents goes away for awhile? 
What if I start a new school? 
What if something changes?!\nKids and grown-ups have lots of fears, but the "unknown" edges out pretty much everything else. When something changes in a child's life, life goes from predictable and safe to confusing . . . and kinda scary.\nKids (like the rest of us) handle change best if they know what to expect, both on a day-to-day basis and long-term. Join Mia and her stuffed giraffe Stuart as they explain changes big and small and how they affect a kid's day-to-day life. Using an illustrated calendar to explain how changes affects a child's daily routine, Nothing Stays the Same But That's Okay focuses on the child's experience and removes unknowns from the equation.\nThis book is a therapist-approved resource for teaching kids the coping skills necessary for adapting to transitions and change. By introducing the concept of an overwhelmed, too-busy brain, kids are empowered to recognize overwhelm in themselves and choose from a variety of tools to help manage it.\n"Most of the time we do the same things in the mornings. We wake up. We eat breakfast. (I like apples. Stuart only eats bugs.) . . . But our days can be different. Some days we go to school, and some days are the weekend! We can see the different days on a calendar like this one. When something goes from one thing to being a different thing, it's called a change."\nBy creating a routine that kids can see and understand, parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives, helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable changes.\nNothing Stays the Same But That's Okay is the perfect book for kids who don't handle transitions or changes very well (especially those with anxiety, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, or autism), or who are facing big changes like starting school or getting a new sibling.\nIt aims to empower kids with knowledge, which is proven to help kids through hard situations. Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from life's toughest stuff.

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