Nana, What's Cancer? Book

Chapter 1: What is cancer?
Chapter 2: What causes cancer?
Chapter 3: Can you catch cancer?
Chapter 4: Can anyone get cancer?
Chapter 5: When you have cancer, do you have to stay in bed?
Chapter 6: Can you get cnacer when you already have another disease?
Chapter 7: Is it okay to feel sad when someone you love has cancer?
Chapter 8: Why are some cancers worse than others?
Chapter 9: Do animals ever get cancer?
Chapter 10: Is there anything else we can do to stop cancer?
Chapter 11: Do children get cancer, too?
Chapter 12: What's important to remember about cancer?
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Glossary

Beverlye Hyman Fead's winning battle with cancer was the subject of her memoir, I Can Do This: Living with Cancer, Tracing a Year of Hope (published by Wellness Program of S.B.C.C., 2004). She lives well and actively with stage IV cancer-writing, painting, traveling, and spending time with her husband and five grandchildren. She is a Legislative Ambassador and Hero of Hope for the American Cancer Society. She has been honored by the Israel Cancer Research Fund of California and received the Courage Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Beverlye's passion is to raise money for research, to share her story, and to offer hope and encouragement to all those on their cancer journey.

Tessa Mae Hamermesh was just eight years old when she came to her grandmother with an idea. She wanted to write a book with her Nana that would explain cancer to children. That was the beginning of Nana, What's Cancer? Now eleven, Tessa is dedicated to helping other kids understand therealities and effects of cancer and to inspiring people to help defeat cancer once and for all.

Shennen Bersani is a children's book illustrator who brings a unique blend of realism and heartfelt emotion to her art. She is able to depict an exceptional likeness of her subjects, while letting their natural warmth and personality shine through in every image. She lives with her family near Boston, Massachusetts.