When Mommy Is Sick [Hardcover]

Ferne Sherkin-Langer (Author), Sherkin-Langer (Author), Christy Grant (Editor)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

When Mommy is in the hospital, as she is frequently sick, her child misses her a lot.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2?In this bibliotherapeutic story, a distressed little girl expresses her feelings when her mother goes to the hospital. Time drags and the child thinks of her constantly. Her understanding father helps her to cross off the days until she can visit and takes her to the hospital. When her mother comes home, normal life happily resumes. The nature of the woman's illness is not specified, but she is hospitalized periodically, which would make the book appropriate for children whose parents require chemotherapy, for example, as well as being generally useful for any parental hospital stay. The text is gentle, empathetic, encouraging, and easily understood. The watercolor illustrations of an attractive white family are both full-and double-page and are done in an idealized realistic style. The soft tones and lines reflect well the anxiety and sadness over the situation and later the child's joy.?Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company; 1 edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807588946
• ISBN-13: 978-0807588949
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,643,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful Picture Book for Children, June 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: When Mommy Is Sick (Hardcover)

A colorfully attractive picture book for children to help them cope with a mother's illness and hospitalization. It's written by a pediatric nurse and mother who has Crohn's disease. On CCFA's book list.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book by Mother with Crohn's disease, July 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: When Mommy Is Sick (Hardcover)

A colorfully attractive picture book for children to help them cope with a mother's illness and hospitalization. It's written by a pediatric nurse and mother who has Crohn's disease. On the CCFA's book list

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Age Appropriate help for grasping mental illness, September 5, 2009

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Mary Kay Klim "Marykay" (wishing for Middle Earth, but in NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Mommy Is Sick (Hardcover)

As a seller, I don't writing many reviews, but this book really caught my eye. When I first saw the title, I thought it had to do w/ physical illnesses - breast cancer or some other serious medical issue.

Instead, it tackles the tough world of illnesses that aren't as visible as others, mental illnesses.

The young girl narrates how she feels, missing mom, how others help out, but it's not the same, and how it is to visit mom. Dad is an integral part of the story too. Most importantly, Mom does come home and they are able to pick up their loving relationship again.

Well written, good illustrations, not overly technical, but understanding and understandable.

A well done book, and thanks to the writer, illustrator and publisher for doing a sensitive job on a difficult subject.

Marykay