What About Me? When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick
(Siblings)
Peterkin, A., Washington, DC, Magination Press, 1992
ISBN 0-945354-49-5
What about me? This question, usually unspoken, lies at the heart of this poignant story as a young girl attempts to cope with her brother being ill.
Beautifully written and illustrated, the story deals with the many complicated feelings the well child experiences in such a situation: guilt about having somehow caused the illness, fear that the sibling will die, anger over being left out, anxiety about catching the sickness and longing for life to return to the way it was.
The story will allow parents and their well children to take some time out for one another and to forge a renewed sense of family.
NOTE: This book is only for loan to our Western Australian members.
