The Day My Best Friend and a Migraine Slept Over
Ana Solarte
(Illustrator)
Description
This colorful story follows two young girls on the occasion of a big sleepover-with roller-skating, glow-in-the-dark stickers, blanket forts, and a special adventure all on the agenda. The narrator is torn between trying to have fun with her friend and conceding to the increasing throbbing in her head.
But the eight-year-old has learned to manage. She pays attention to her body, and with a little help from Mom and Dad, the sleepover happens in spite of the migraine, with all the fun and joy you would expect. Along the way, readers learn about the ways a migraine comes on, what it feels like, how to cope, and how it runs its painful course. And that special adventure? Well, let's not give everything away before you read the book!
A book for children with insights for adults, The Day My Best Friend and a Migraine Slept Over illuminates this often invisible-but surprisingly common-condition. (About 10% of kids aged 5 to 15 get migraines, and the numbers are even higher for adults.) Both author and illustrator drew on personal childhood experience to create this fictional story, and the authenticity shows throughout the book.
**Shortlisted for The Forevability Book Awards**
Product Details
| Publisher | Audrey Beth Stein |
| Publish Date | October 11, 2022 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9798985426526 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 8.5 X 0.1 inches | 0.2 pounds |
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Reviews
"Stein's picture book captures the complicated feelings that can come along with chronic illness." - Kirkus Reviews
"[A] true to life depiction of the impact migraines have...A must read for any parent or child who knows someone suffering from this debilitating condition." - Nicholas Tzikas MD MPH, Assistant Professor Of Clinical Neurology, Associate Program Director of Headache and Facial Pain Fellowship, Yale University
"This book should be read by parents, teachers, friends and families of migraine sufferers. Congratulations to the author for bringing this information to a greater audience." - Marc Irwin Sharfman MD, Board Certified Neurologist, Headache Institute, Longwood Florida
"This cleverly written children's book...is a great vehicle for children and adults alike to see how migraine can affect a child's carefree life and it is done in a light-hearted way." - Alicia Torborg, Executive Director, Association of Migraine Disorders
"[A] great introduction to migraine for children and also informative to adults. It neatly describes what it is like to have a migraine attack, both physically and mentally, and shows children that they are not alone in living with the condition."- Rachel Baxter, Communications Officer, The Migraine Trust
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