Sometimes kids need help understanding chronic illness and disability, as well as recognizing and processing their own feelings. We hope these topics are an ongoing discussion in your family, and we love to review children’s books that may help you along the way!
What Does Super Jonny Do When Mom Gets Sick?
By Simone Colwill
Mamas Facing Forward purchased a copy of this book to review, and then gave it away in a raffle on Instagram. All opinions in this review belong to Mariah Z. Leach.
Jonny loves to play superhero. When his mom gets sick and needs to go to the hospital, Super Jonny takes his sidekick Bear to visit her there. Together they meet the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff and they learn what each person does to help his mom. Super Jonny tries to figure out how he can help his mom too.
By reading this story, children can learn about hospitals – who they might meet and what might happen while visiting someone there. This can help make the hospital a less scary place! This book is also a great option because it isn’t specific to a particular chronic illness or reason for hospital admission, so it could be used to help kids through unplanned admissions (like a serious flare) or planned admissions (like a surgery).
The author of the book, Simone Colwill, is a mom living with Crohn’s disease. This is her first book for children and it is based on a true story. You can learn more and connect with her at sickmom.org.
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