Useful resources
Below is a list of useful publications for both teachers and young people that address the issues surrounding cancer.
Publications for adults
The Cancer Guide (Macmillan Cancer Support/BBC)
A comprehensive information booklet aimed at people with cancer and those affected by it.
Contact: Macmillan CancerLine 0808 808 2020
Talking to children when an adult has cancer (Macmillan
Cancer Support)
A practical booklet covering questions children and young people might ask and potential reactions and difficulties.
Contact: Macmillan CancerLine 0808 808 2020
What Do I Tell the Children? A Guide for a Parent with Cancer
(CancerBackup)
This booklet outlines the steps a cancer patient can take to help
their children understand what is happening to them. Available to
order online.
As Big as It Gets: Supporting a Child When Someone in the Family
is Seriously Ill (Winston’s Wish)
This booklet provides a range of ideas and suggestions for parents or carers when someone in their family is seriously ill.
Contact: Winston’s Wish Help Line 0845 2030405.
Contact: A helping hand for families
of children and young people with cancer (United Kingdom Children’s
Cancer Study Group)
A quarterly magazine, free of charge, for the families of children and young people with cancer and those who may have lost a child.
Contact: United Kingdom Children’s Cancer Study Group 0116 249 4460
Dr Robert Buckman
What You Really Need to Know About Cancer (Pan Books)
A book which sets out the basic facts about cancer, treatment and living with the illness. A resource for the lay reader and professional.
John Diamond
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too (Vermilion)
A blow-by-blow account of the progress of John Diamond’s cancer and its treatment. Touching, funny and informative.
Beverly van der Molen
Taking Control of Cancer (Class Publishing)
Offers practical and useful advice to people who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Val Speechley and Maxine Rosenfield
Cancer at Your Fingertips (Class Publishing)
Positive and practical answers to questions from those with cancer, or those caring for someone with cancer.
Publications for children
Julie A. Stokes
The Secret C (Winston’s Wish/Macmillan Cancer Support)
A book aimed at children (and adults) that explains how to cope when a member of the family has cancer.
Contact: Winston’s Wish Help Line 0845 2030405.
What’s Going On: A Guide for Teenagers with Cancer
(CanTeen Ireland)
A booklet by teenagers that contains advice and support from teenagers’ experiences of cancer.
Christine Clifford
Our Family Has Cancer, Too! (University of Minnesota
Press)
Helps children and parents explore cancer and all that it means to their family.
Ann Couldrick & Graham Jeffery
When Your Mum or Dad Has Cancer (Sobell Publications,
Oxford)
A booklet that answers the questions children may ask when a parent is seriously ill.
S. Varley
Badger’s Parting Gifts (Picture Lions Collins,
1992)
A book aimed at the under 7s. After wise old badger dies, the other animals miss him, but he lives on in all they have learned from him.
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