Imagine a Rainbow: A Child's Guide for Soothing Pain

by Brenda S. Miles (Illustrator), Nicole Wong (Illustrator)

Describes how thinking of pleasant images and favorite things can help children deal with pain. Includes a section that advises parents how they can help their child manage their pain.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2006

About the author

Brenda S. Miles, PhD, is a pediatric neuropsychologist who has worked in hospital, rehabilitation, and school settings.

Reviews

[Abby Peskin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great start for adults working with children who experience chronic pain. The imagery in this book would be a great starting point to lead a child through imagery to ease away pain. A few concerns I had with it, though - 1. each page presents new imagery, so you would need an adult skilled in leading a child through more of the imagery to really get any pain relief effect, or a child who could take the suggestion and run with it in their imagination. The book itself isn't going to lead them there. 2. on one of the last pages, the phrase "don't think about pain," isn't really going to help the child avoid thinking about pain - they would have done better to use a suggestion of what to think ABOUT rather than what NOT to think about.

[Patricia Tilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Children who suffer with chronic pain are encouraged to use their imaginations and deep breathing as tools for easing their pain. Written in soothing rhyme, the author uses the images of a warm rain, a wind blowing softly, cuddling with a puppy, a clouds in a sky, rainbows, and a field filled with daisies and grass.

I am overjoyed to find a picture book written so simply for children who live with chronic pain, like sickle cell, arthritis, burns, cancer, and lupus. Brenda Miles’ book empowers children by encouraging them to use imagery/visualization and deep breathing to help them when their bodies are hurting. This is a very encouraging book to share with kids who are learning to cope with chronic pain. Wong’s illustrations are whimsical ink and watercolors that inspire, uplift, calm, warm and sooth the child. They are exquisite.

[Ozzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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