Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 1992
• Run Time: 22 minutes
• ASIN: 0965083209
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,770 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

School Library Journal - September 1993

"...designed to explore the topic and present information to viewers in a non-threatening, informative, and easy-to-understand format."

Product Description

MY HAIR'S FALLING OUT... Am I Still Pretty? A Childhood Cancer Education Video, is a fictional, one person performance which tells the story of a young girl who is diagnosed with leukemia, undergoes hospitalization and chemotherapy, and returns to school, her cancer in remission. Writer, Actress Colleen Goddard portrays all the characters in this twenty two minute program, from young cancer patient, to doctor, to family members and other kids at school and in the hospital. Although the subject matter is difficult at times - a friend she makes in the hospital dies - the program is upbeat, including animation, music and dance segments. Simple, clear information about what cancer is and how it is treated is explained, as well as insight into the feelings of patients and those who love them, which make this program especially appropriate for school children.

The video is a 1996 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Group Film Award Winner and has been reviewed by School Library Journal, Video Rating Guide for Libraries, and Children's Video Report. It is listed in numerous book publications as a resource to help children and families understand their cancer experience, and has been reviewed in publications issued by many prominent national childhood cancer organizations. It has also been included in the national school reentry kit distributed by Candlelighters' Canada-The Childhood Cancer Foundation. The video has been seen regionally on public television stations throughout the United States.

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