When a child lives in the first person or closely the experience of a serious illness, there are many questions to answer and much support to offer. "Why, Carlitos, why?" a book to explain leukemia to children. Snoopy, Carlitos and their friends help parents, educators and children cope with childhood illness.
"Why, Carlitos, why?" was born after the request that an oncological nurse made to Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the comic book Charlie Brown and Snoopy, that he wrote a story that would help children with cancer.
After a conversation between them in the author's office, they discovered that the most traumatic part of a sick child's experience was their difficulty adapting to the school environment and Schulz knew that his characters could tell a story about the subject.
A story that was useful for sick children, for their siblings and classmates, and for their parents and educators. As a result is "Why, Carlitos, why?", A positive book that thanks to the experiences of his endearing characters helps to understand the disease from the point of view of the sick child and his companions.
Janice is a new girl who comes to the neighborhood of Snoopy and Carlitos, who likes to swing a lot. The little girl starts to feel bad and stops going to school; Then, his friends find out that he is in the hospital because he has leukemia. The story tells how children live it, Janice's return to school without hair and how he finally heals and can play again on the swings.
The book was presented a few months ago in Spain, as a result of the collaboration between Peanuts Worldwide, the Leukemia Linfoma Foundation, the Quiron Foundation, the MetLife insurance company, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group and the Bruño Publishing House.
Fortunately, leukemia can be cured and the child's attitude and environment is essential to make recovery more bearable. In this respect, the hopeful book that we wanted to talk about has an impact. Currently there are workshops for children about the book in various Spanish cities.
"Why, Carlitos, why?" It is a book to help children cope with leukemia, to normalize the disease and to the environment to integrate these children who suffer from it. It can be found at Fnac and other stores for 10 euros. Part of the benefits obtained from its sale go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.
