Winner: 2010 National Health Information Award, Gold; 2010 Mom's Choice Award, Gold, Children's Picture Books - Health and Safety; Finalist: 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award, Children's Juvenile Non-Fiction; 2010 National Indie Excellence Award, Children's Nonfiction2009 USA Best Books Award, Children's Nonfiction Tessa is a 10-year-old girl who wants to understand the confusing world of cancer and then to be able to explain it to other children.
She embarks on her quest by asking questions of her Nana, whose answers are designed to both ease children s fears and provide them with factual information.
About the Author: Beverlye Hyman Fead is a cancer survivor and author of I Can Do This.
Tessa Mae Hamermesh is 11 years old and the eldest of Beverlye s five grandchildren.
Shennen Bersani is a children s book illustrator and a member of the Society of Children s Book Writers and Illustrators.
| Winner | 2010 |
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| Finalist | 2011 |
| Author | Beverlye |
American Cancer Society Nana, what's cancer?, hardcover/beverlye hyman fead
