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Kathy's Hats: A Story of Hope
Kathy describes the hats she has worn since she was a baby--winter hat, sunbonnet, Easter finery--until the year she gets cancer and chemotherapy leaves her with a new need for hats that makes her dislike them for the first time. A realistic, straightforward and upbeat picture of a child coping with cancer and surviving it. Full-color illustrations.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 28th 1992
by Albert Whitman & Company
(first published September 1992)
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Summary: Kathy's Hats begins by talking about all the different hats the Kathy wore when she was a little girl. She loves those hats when she is a little girl. But when she gets older, her love for hats disappears. Kathy is diagnosed with cancer, and because of her chemotherapy treatments she loses her hair. Kathy complains about wearing hats because she wishes that her hair would grow back. Her mother tells her that she needs to start wearing the most important cap of all, her thinking cap. The...more
K-6
fluent
read aloud/independent
problem realism
dialgue/conflict & resolution/being different
courage/hope/challenge/inspiration
a child's story of experiencing cancer and the treatments
she wears hats
fluent
read aloud/independent
problem realism
dialgue/conflict & resolution/being different
courage/hope/challenge/inspiration
a child's story of experiencing cancer and the treatments
she wears hats
Genre: Biographical Picture Book
Reading Level: Late Early
Topics & Themes: Cancer. Hats. Coping with cancer. Hospital. Losing your hair
Curricular Use: Shared reading
Social: Being different. Fitting in. Support.
Literary Elements: 1st person from Kathy's viewpoint:gives child view of going through cancer. Circular character development:Kathy loves hates, hates when forced to wear and stands out, then loves and accepts herself and her hats...more
Reading Level: Late Early
Topics & Themes: Cancer. Hats. Coping with cancer. Hospital. Losing your hair
Curricular Use: Shared reading
Social: Being different. Fitting in. Support.
Literary Elements: 1st person from Kathy's viewpoint:gives child view of going through cancer. Circular character development:Kathy loves hates, hates when forced to wear and stands out, then loves and accepts herself and her hats...more
Little girl who is diagnosed with cancer. She has always worn hats and now her hats are coming in handy. But she doesn't feel happy on the inside so her mother tells her to put on her "thinking cap" which is invisible.
Interest Levels: Lower Grades: k-3
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Topics: Family: Unity; Community Life: School; Emotions: Sadness; Emotions: Joy
Interest Levels: Lower Grades: k-3
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Topics: Family: Unity; Community Life: School; Emotions: Sadness; Emotions: Joy
For Olivia's Award
Level: Emergent
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: An inspirational story about A Child With Cancer
Social: A child having cancer, dealing with cancer, feeling embarassed and trapped by a disease that you can't control, friends and family helping to cope with cancer
Curricular use: Read aloud or independent reading
Literary Elements: Dialogue, Dynamic Character, Conflict and resolution
Strong connection betwe...more
Level: Emergent
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: An inspirational story about A Child With Cancer
Social: A child having cancer, dealing with cancer, feeling embarassed and trapped by a disease that you can't control, friends and family helping to cope with cancer
Curricular use: Read aloud or independent reading
Literary Elements: Dialogue, Dynamic Character, Conflict and resolution
Strong connection betwe...more
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