When my child was four years old we found out that her younger sister had leukemia. There are many different types of leukemia. In order to help explain the disease in my product I decided it would be best to just pick one type of leukemia. The type of leukemia I decided on was Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. This is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. The disease spreads rapidly and affects the immature white blood cells (“Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia”, n.d.). Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) is the type of cancer that affects the most children. The good thing is that ALL has a good chance of being curable (“Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia”, n.d.). The issue obviously affects every person that has a relationship with my daughter Reagan, who has leukemia. It really affects me, my wife, and our other daughter Raylyn though. Raylyn does not understand the disease. She is also having a hard time understanding why we are not able to spend as much time with her. This is a result of us spending so much time with Reagan while taking care of her. …show more content…
Raylyn is young and does not know what is happening to her sister. Raylyn also feels that we are not spending enough time with her. This book is designed to help Raylyn better understand what is going on with her sister. Since this book is designed to be read aloud it also helps in that Raylyn will get one on one time with a parent. This product is designed to be read to children who are around four years old. It includes an overview of the definition of leukemia and what happens after you are diagnosed. This book is designed for preoperational thinkers. These children think egocentrically. As a result, it is hard to see the world through others’ eyes. This book helps them understand leukemia through the eyes of another child just like them. It is like the child is narrating their own sibling’s