000			02299cam a2200385Mi 4500
001			ocn884350350
003			OCoLC
005			20230427165707.0
007			ta
008			121023s2012 xx a j 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781479201808
020			_a1479201804
035			_a(OCoLC)884350350
040			_aMLSOD _beng _cMLSOD _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ _dOCLCO
100	1		_aFam, Mary E.
245	1	4	_aThe stars twinkle brightly : _ba children's story about cancer / _cwritten & illustrated by Mary E. Fam.
260			_bThe Author, _c2012.
300			_a1 volume (unpaged) : _billustrations
520			_aThe night before he turns eight, the boy in this story finds a lump on his neck which reminds him of the gumballs he gets when he goes shopping with his dad. The lump doesn't go away and, after an X-ray and a CT scan, he is diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The boy describes feeling sick and losing his hair during the three months of chemotherapy and how much he hates it, but also the positive aspects: his oncologist with the endless supply of "knock-knock" jokes, and the nurses who throw him a personalised chemo-graduation party on his last day of treatment. The boy likes to look at the stars through his telescope and reflects on how the constellations include one called Cancer. The story ends with the boy being declared cancer-free and returning to normal life. This is a compact, simple narrative, full of positivity. The text is on the left page and the page on the right has bold combinations of children's painting style illustrations overlaid or interspersed with computer-generated, eye-catching graphics. Colour picturebook with short text. Audience: Child 6 – 9 years
521			_aAudience: Child 6 – 9 years
650		0	_aCancer _vJuvenile fiction.
650		0	_aCancer in children _vJuvenile fiction.
653			_aChild with cancer
653			_aHospital experience
653			_aSurvivorship
653			_aTreatment
653			_aExplaining cancer / understanding cancer
653			_aChemotherapy
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423787
655		7	_aJuvenile works. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411637
942			_2ddc _cG
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