Beyond the Rainbow: A Workbook for Children in the Advanced Stages of a Very Serious Illness

Author: Marge Heegard
This book provides children and their caregivers a broad range of opportunities to
express thoughts and feelings related to advanced stages of a life-threatening illness. The book
has a warm interactive quality to it. Through the creative activities it offers, children can learn to
communicate more openly about their illness, develop coping skills, express personal wishes,
foster hope, and share thoughts and concerns about death.
What About Me?: When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick
Author: Allan Peterkin
When a child is seriously ill, siblings experience mixed emotions and hurt feelings,
and wonder about the future. In this heartwarming story, the narrator, a confused young girl,
expresses all of these concerns when her brother goes to the hospital for an extended stay.