Sickle cell anemia

Roscoe, IL: Hilton Pub, 2002

This resource provides clear-cut and in-depth information on living with the illness. It offers the information on preventing complications, research, and treatment. The knowledge patients and family members need is organized in an easy-to-read format that promotes overall healthy living.

Memphis, TN: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 1996

This book for children with sickle cell disease contains facts about nutrition, activities to help them learn about nutrition, and a section for parents.

Detroit: Lucent Books, 2008.

Discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for sickle cell anemia and describes what populations are predisposed toward the disease.

New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2008.

Explores the scientific discoveries that led to an understanding of the genetic basis of the disease, explaining how a single mutation in hemoglobin multiplies into the many symptoms of sickle cell disease. Also investigated are treatments that help individuals manage sickle cell disease symptoms, and how gene therapy and stem cell therapy may one day lead to a cure for the disease.

New York: Medikidz USA Inc., 2018.

In graphic novel format, the Medikidz, superheroes from the planet Mediland, help Tiahna understand sickle cell disease.