Bright Reads Discussion Guides
Talking about cancer with your kids is hard. We get it. Bright Reads books are one way to start this difficult conversation.
We developed the below discussion and activity guides to accompany our Bright Reads books so that parents, guardians, grandparents, and other loved ones have additional questions and activities at their fingertips to help keep these conversations going or to be able to easily return to them at another time.
Each guide has suggested ages for discussion questions and activity ideas, but you know your child the best. Change the questions as you see fit. We hope that you use these in the ways that best work for you and your child.
Check them out!
Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings: When Someone you Love has Cancer by Ellen McVicker
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie
Lost in the Clouds: A Gentle Story to Help Kids Understand Death and Grief by Tom Tinn-Disbury
Mommy Has Cancer: What I Learned about Cancer and How I Helped my Mommy by Corey L. Stevenson Jr.
The Cancer That Wouldn’t Go Away: A story for Kids About Metastatic Cancer by Hadassa Field
A big thank-you to the following professionals who contributed to and reviewed these guides:
Carissa Hodgson, LCSW, OSW-C
Sarah F. Pedonti, Ph.D.
Lauren Rabinovitz, MPH, MSW, LCSW-C
Sarah Keyes, MA, CCLS