| Striped Shirts and Flowered Pants: A Story about Alzheimer's Disease for Young Children Contributor(s): Schnurbush, Barbara (Author), Pillo, Cary (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1591474760 ISBN-13: 9781591474760 Publisher: Magination Press OUR PRICE: $8.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Libby and her Nana do lots of fun activities together: read books, color pictures, plant flowers, and feed song birds. But as time passes, Libby starts to notice that Nana wears clothes that don't match. Nana forgets words in books. Nana mixes up names of birds. Libby finds out that her grandmother has Alzheimer's disease. With gentle reassurances and support from her family, Libby learns how the disease will ultimately affect her grandmother. She discovers ways to handle her feelings and worries, and she realizes that it is okay if she and her Nana wear striped shirts with flowered pants! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006009605 |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 7.82" W x 10" (0.27 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Barbara Schnurbush helps children understand how Alzheimer's disease will ultimately change older people they are close to, such as their grandparents, and provides hints for parents to provide ways that they can help their children handle their feelings and worries. |