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Asthma: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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MY FRIEND HAS ASTHMA; by Charlotte Casterline; 
Info All Books, 1985.                                    3-6 

A BOY'S BEST FRIEND;  by Joan Alden, 
Catherine Hopkins (illustrator); Alyson 
Wonderland, 1992                                         4-6 

THE LION WHO HAD ASTHMA; by Jonathan London, 
Nadine Bernard Westcott (illustrator); 
A. Whitman & Co., 1992                                   4-6 

THE ABC'S OF ASTHMA: AN ASTHMA ALPHABET BOOK FOR 
KIDS OF ALL AGES; by Kim Gosselin; JayJo Books, 
1998 (ISBN: 1891383043)                                  4-8 

ALL ABOUT ASTHMA; by William Ostrow; Albert 
Whitman & Co, 1993 (ISBN: 0807502758)                    4-8 

I'M TOUGHER THAN ASTHMA!; by Alden R. Carter and  
Siri M. Carter; Albert Whitman & Co, 1996  
(ISBN: 0807534749)                                       4-8 

SPORTSERCISE!: A 'SCHOOL' STORY ABOUT EXERCISE-
INDUCED ASTHMA; by  Kim Gosselin; JayJo Books, 
1997 (ISBN: 0963944983)                                  4-8 

TAKING ASTHMA TO SCHOOL; by Kim Gosselin; JayJo 
Books, 1998 (ISBN: 1891383019)                           4-8 

ZOOALLERGY: A FUN STORY ABOUT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA 
TRIGGERS; by Kim Gosselin; JayJo Books, 1996  
(ISBN: 0963944940)                                       4-8 

LUKE HAS ASTHMA, TOO; by Alison Rogers;  
Waterfront Books, 1987 (out-of-print)                    5-8  

LIVING WITH ASTHMA;  by Margaret O. Hyde and 
Elizabeth H. Forsyth; Walker, 1995                      8-12 

ASTHMA; by Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and 
Laura Silverstein Nunn; Enslow Publishers,   
1997                                                     10+ 

BREATHE EASY: YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO ASTHMA;  
Jonathan Weiss; Magination Press, 1994
(ISBN: 0945354622)                                       10+

COPING WITH ASTHMA; by Carolyn Simpson; Rosen
Publishing Group, 1995 (ISBN: 0823920690)                12+ 

ASTHMA; by Wendy B. Murphy; Millbrook Press, 
1998 (ISBN: 0761303642)                          Young Adult 

ASTHMA (DISEASES AND PEOPLE); by Alvin 
Silverstein; Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1997  
(ISBN: 0894907123)                               Young Adult

COPING WITH ASTHMA; by Carolyn Simpson; Rosen 
Publishing Group, 1995                                  Teen 

RESPIRA CON FACILIDAD/Breathe Easy: Young 
People's Guide to Asthma; by Jonathan H. Weiss, 
Michael Chesworth (illustrator); Magination, 
1996 (ISBN: 094535472X)                              Spanish
                                                   
WINNING OVER ASTHMA; by Eileen Dolan Savage; 
2nd ed.; Pedipress, 1997 (ISBN: 0914625179)             ----

ASTHMA: A GUIDE FOR PATIENTS; by Harold S. 
Nelson; Health Information Network, 1996 (ISBN: 
1885274343)                                            Adult 

ASTHMA: PRACTICAL AND EASY-TO-FOLLOW ADVICE; by 
Erika Harvey; Element, 1998 (ISBN: 1862042071)         Adult

THE ASTHMA SOURCEBOOK: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO 
KNOW; by Francis Adams; Lowell House, 1995 
(ISBN: 1565653297)                                     Adult

ASTHMA: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-MANAGEMENT 
OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES; by Allen M. Weinstein, M.D.; Fawcett, 
1990                                                   Adult 

ASTHMA: THE FACTS; by Donald J. Lane; Oxford 
University Press, 1996 (ISBN: 0192621513)              Adult

CHILDHOOD ASTHMA: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT YOU CAN  
DO; by Neil Buchanan and Peter Cooper; Tricyle 
Press, 1995                                            Adult

CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA: A MANUAL FOR PARENTS; by 
Thomas Plaut, M.D.; Pedipress, 1986                    Adult 

A PARENT'S GUIDE TO ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA; by 
Marion Steinmann; Delta, 1992                          Adult 
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems