Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When Someone You Love Has Cancer-- A Hopeful, Helpful Book for Kids

by Ellen McVicker

Book Overview

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH (softcover) on Amazon.com under "Besos de Mariposa y Deseos con Alas." This award winning children's book, illustrated by Nanci Hersh, award winning artist and cancer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1424310563
• ISBN13: 9781424310562
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: S.N.
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Helpful book for kid's dealing with cancer

We gave this book as a tool to our extended family to help their kid's deal with cancer in the family. We were told it was good.

a must have for children of cancer survivors

I can't even tell you how many times I've read Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings to my son! While I'm reading to him each night, he traces the "flight lines" of the butterflies with his fingers. He's only five and "gets it". His favorite part is where we share peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (The ONLY thing he'll eat for lunch!!!) I was 29 when I was diagnosed. He was only 1. I didn't have to explain anything to him as a one year old, but he understands the meaning of the pink ribbon now. This book is a MUST have for the children of survivors. What a great gift to give to your local elementary school or library.

wonderful and important

Incredible book: excellent writing, wonderful illustrations and brilliant conveyance of a difficult message. I can't say enough good things about it. I hope your book reaches the thousands of doctors, hospitals, clinics, labs, schools, libraries and homes where it is really needed. You have produced something very special for this world.

A beautiful little book with a great big heart

What a wonderfully gentle and life-giving way to break very difficult news to the child who needs to learn of a loved one's cancer. This remarkable little book will indeed give that child wings. It will enable him or her to realize that life is filled with transformations that often begin at the most difficult of times. A wonderful gift!

A must-have for kids

The success of this book can best be defined by what my child said to me when I read it to her: "Mommy, how did the book know exactly what I was thinking?" What better endorsement for a book than that!! There's nothing else like it on the market. Congratulations to the author and the illustrator (who helped bring the words to life!).