Book - Child
"When Eric's mother goes to the hospital for cancer surgery, Eric is frightened and lonely. When she returns, he is still frightened and often resentful because she is too tired to do the things they used to do together and therapy causes her hair to fall out. With Grandma's help, he makes a snow figure that wears one of his mother's turbans and has ski poles for arms, but when his mother returns from treatment, she is too sick to admire his work. Angrily, Eric smashes the sculpture and sobs his frustration. The next day, Eric's father takes him to a nearby slope to ski and brings some needed normalcy and pleasure to his life. He purchases a knit cap with yarn pigtails for his mother, who tells him she hopes to wear it and ski with them next year. Vigna's watercolors have a gentle quality that complements the text. The story says it's all right to be angry about illness and offers hope without false promises. A reassuring tale for children with illness in their homes." [--from Booklist Magazine]
All Ages
School Age (6-12)
English
0807588830
Judith Vigna
1993 Concept Books
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