Resources and Recommended Reading
Child Life therapists and your health care team are available to help you and your child prepare for medical treatment. Ask your child’s doctor or nurse if educational materials are available for your use. The following links and suggested reading list also can help you understand and prepare your child and family for a medical experience.
Links
Books
General
- Going to the Hospital by Fred Rogers. (toddler, preschool)
- A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital by Deborah Hautzig. (toddler, preschool)
- FranklinGoes to the Hospital by Paulette Bourgeois. (toddler, preschool)
- Let's Talk About Going to the Hospital by M. Johnson. (preschool)
- Why Am I Going to the Hospital? by Claire Ciliotta. (preschool, school age)
- Maggie and the Emergency Room by Martine Davison. (preschool, school age)
- Having an Operation by Arthur Greenwald, B. Head, and F. Rogers. (preschool)
- Going to the Doctor by T. Berry Brazelton. (preschool)
- Pooh Plays Doctor by Kathleen Zoehfeld. (preschool)
- ABC Feelings by Alexandra Delis-Abrams. (school age)
- A Hospital Story by Sara Bonnet Stein (school age)
- The Hospital Book by James Howe (school age)
- Why Am I Going to the Hospital? by Clair Ciliotta & Carole Livingston
- Madeline by L. Bemelmens
- Helping Children to Overcome Fear by Russell Evans (school age, teens)
- The Teenage Hospital Experience: You Can Handle It by Elizabeth Richter (teens)
- You Can Handle It by Coward, McCann, and Georgehegan (teens)
Siblings
- When Someone Has a Serious Illness by Marge Heegaard.
- Someone Special is Sick by Jim and Joan Boulden. (kids)
- What About Me? by Alan Peterkin.
- When Someone is Very Sick by Jim and Joan Boulden. (teens)
Parents
Your Child in the Hospital by Nancy Keene & Rachel Prentice.
