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Available
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Publication
Albert Whitman & Company (1994), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 40 pages
Description
Children who have come to the National Cancer Institute express their hopes and fears in their own art and writing.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Krguarisco
I found this book to be very touching because it is from the children's point of view who are living with HIV. Instead of their lives being written about, each child has put in their own words and drawings what it is like to be different and live with HIV.
LibraryThing member Mwbordel
Be a Friend is a moving book with writing and drawings of children with HIV and AIDS. They tell us how they face rejection from friends, deal with having a terminal illness, carrying a secret, and fear for their families. Compiled from the works of children being treated at the National Cancer
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Institute, Be a Friend is a message of acceptance to people everywhere. While this particular book is now almost 20 years old, I don't think the specific HIV and AIDS information would be relevant, however, I could use this book to talk about being sensitive, supportive, accepting, and a friend to people around us who maybe suffering with a chronic illness. Show Less
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Awards
CCBC Choices (1994)
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Physical description
40 p.; 10.35 inches
ISBN
0807505900 / 9780807505908
Local notes
OCLC = 627
gift from Dwight Wong
gift from Dwight Wong