Kathy's Hats: A Story of Hope
Grade 2-4-- A biographical sketch of a young girl's experiences with cancer and chemotherapy. From infancy, when her mother stuck a ribbon on her bald head, to the vision of picking out a hat for a child of her own, Kathy relates how headgear has marked special events in her life. This includes, of course, the hats she wore when her hair fell out from cancer treatments. This adequately written book by the child's mother is simple yet strong, and will no doubt be welcomed by other children in this situation. The amateurish black-line drawings, with a second color as a highlight, however, are less effective than the text. A laudable attempt, but one that is better suited to children's hospital collections than to public or school libraries. --Denise L. Moll, Lone Pine Elementary School, West Bloomfield, MICopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.