A Kids Book About Cancer by Dr. Kelsie Storm

A Kids Book About Cancer

Dr. Kelsie Storm, Sarah Porter

DK · Print & ebook · April 8, 2025

A discovery pick for readers interested in A Kids Book About Cancer.

Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
A children’s introduction to cancer, its treatment, and coping when someone close has it.
Themes
Understanding cancer, Coping with a loved one’s cancer, Cancer’s impact on families and friends
Genres
Illness & Injury, Death & Grief, Emotions

About this book

Help kids learn what cancer is, how we treat people who have it, and how to cope if we have someone in our lives suffering from it. This is a kids’ book about cancer. As you may know already, cancer doesn't just affect those who have it; it affects their parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and friends.

Continue reading

This book was made to give kids aged 5-9 a basic understanding of what cancer really is, and aims to make it easier to talk about for kids and grownups who may have someone in their life with cancer. A Kids Book About Cancer features: - A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. - A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout. - An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

Talking About Cancer

A children’s introduction to cancer, its treatment, and coping when someone close has it.

Come here for

  • A basic explanation of cancer and how people with it are treated
  • Ways to talk about cancer with children and grown-ups

Expect

  • Cancer’s effects on parents, siblings, relatives, and friends
  • Ages 5–9; intended to be read together

Where it sits

Illness & Injury83%
Emotions30%
Death & Grief26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Illness & Injury
  • Death & Grief
  • Emotions
Authors
Dr. Kelsie Storm, Sarah Porter
Publisher
DK
Published
April 8, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Understanding cancer · Coping with a loved one’s cancer · Cancer’s impact on families and friends
Reading lane
Illness & Injury