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Books that our Staff Recommends on Heart Conditions in Children

The following books are recommended by our cardiac physicians, nurses, and other cardiac team members. The books cover a wide variety of topics including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Franklin Goes to the Hospital
by Sharon Jenning, Brenda Clark (Illustrator), Paulette Bourgeois, bre Clark

Franklin's shell has cracked, and he needs to be a brave turtle when it's time to go to the hospital. Franklin's approach to life will comfort children of a broad age range.

Buy at Amazon.com or other online book stores.

The Heart: The Kid's Question and Answer Book
by Willis Hurst, Stuart Hurst, Jackie Ball, Patricia J. Wynne, Patsy Bryan (Illustrator)

Cardiologist J. Willis Hurst, M.D., former president of the American Heart Association, has written with his grandson Stuart the question-and-answer book on the heart for children ages 7-10. In the book, children ask their camp doctor to explain the workings of the heart while on a fishing trip. Readers will accompany them on their trip and learn all about the heart, how it works, and how to keep it healthy in this breezy fact-filled book, packed with charming and accurate illustrations of this mysterious aspect of the human body. The only book on the subject geared specifically for children of this age group, answering tough questions like, "if someone in my family has heart disease, can I catch it?"

Buy at Amazon.com or other online book stores.

The Heart of a Child : What Families Need to Know About Heart Disorders in Children (Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
by Edward B. Clark (Editor), Carleen Clark (Editor), Catherine A. Neill (Editor)

Written for parents whose child has a heart disorder, this book provides up-to-date and reliable information from medical experts on children's heart problems. The first edition of The Heart of a Child was widely praised for helping families understand and cope with heart disorders, and many support organizations and websites now recommend this book as "must have" for families. Reflecting changes in treatment and new knowledge about genetics, as well as changes in the system for health care delivery, the text and illustrations have been thoroughly updated with the latest developments in understanding and treating heart problems in children.

Written by experts in pediatric cardiology from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the University of Utah Medical Center, this new edition of The Heart of a Child uses case examples, questions-and-answers, detailed drawings, and careful descriptions to explain the causes of heart disorders, how they are discovered and diagnosed, how they affect children, and how they are treated.

The overriding principle of modern treatment is to restore the child who has a heart problem to the best possible health with the minimum of tests and procedures. The Heart of a Child helps parents understand the challenges, the options, the decisions—and the many reasons for hope.

Buy at Amazon.com or other online book stores.

The Parent's Guide to Children's Congenital Heart Defects : What They Are, How to Treat Them, How to Cope With Them
by Gerri Freid Kramer, Shari Maurer

If you have a child with a congenital heart defect (CHD), you have a million questions: How did this happen? What kind of surgery is best? What’s life going to be like for my child after surgery? Will problems crop up later? Will the crisis ever end? In The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Congenital Heart Defects, more than thirty leading experts in pediatric cardiology—cardiologists, surgeons, nurses, nutritionists, counselors, and social workers—give detailed answers in plain language to help you learn to live with your child’s CHD.

Written by two parents of children with CHD in an easy-to-follow question-and-answer format, this guide brims with the latest information on diagnosis, treatment options, surgery, aftercare, and growing up with CHD, along with the voices of dozens of other parents who have lived through CHD and know what you’re going through. In these pages, you’ll find the information, empathy, and support you need to care for your child and thrive together.

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