Mama's Year with Cancer - Hardcover

Churnin, Nancy; Vincent, Shayna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807580791 ISBN 13: 9780807580790

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2023

Synopsis

This tender story explores the impact of a parent's cancer diagnosis on a child's daily life, while offering kids ways to help loved ones on their recovery journey.

This poignant story follows a child who watches her mother go through the pain and distress of hospital stays, surgery, and chemotherapy. She helps her mother by sharing jokes, crafting get-well cards, and giving hugs, and she tries to be understanding when they can’t do all the things they used to do. Finally, after a year of treatment, her mother gets to ring the bell that means she is better.

About this title

About the Authors

Nancy Churnin is the award-winning author of multiple picture book biographies. The former theater critic for the Dallas Morning News and Los Angeles Times San Diego Edition, she's now a full-time writer and peace negotiator between her dog and cats. She lives in North Texas.

Shayna Vincent resides in Carrollton, Texas. She serves as the director of professional development at the Caruth Police Institute at the University of North Texas at Dallas, where she develops and implements leadership curriculum for law enforcement personnel. Shayna earned a master’s degree in alternative dispute resolution from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Wazza Pink was born in Vietnam and still lives there. She loved reading comics and picture books as a kid, and also loved mimicking the styles of her favorite comic book artists. Now an illustrator, she keeps practicing and learning from inference through books, the internet, and her artist friends.

Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807580791
• ISBN 13: 9780807580790
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pink Wazza
• Number of pages: 32