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Recent SuperDaisy news
SUPERDAISY USA
September 2023
SuperDaisy zoomed across the Atlantic to continue her mission to fight the injustice of childhood cancer in the USA.
VOGUE MAGAZINE supported childhood cancer awareness month with this very special interview with SuperDaisy author, Rebecca Smith. You can read the full interview here:
“ This fantastic, uplifting story is brightening our Read for Good bookcases across the country with so much hope, helping hospitalised children to cope, to imagine & most importantly, to feel seen.”
Inspired by a true story
SuperDaisy is an upbeat and empowering story that emphasises power of identity, strength of character and courage in adversity whilst telling the story of a little girl undergoing treatment for cancer.
This is a story that can carry children through difficult themes and leave them smiling.
Review by Read for Good:
Published in support of Little Princess Trust, the charity that donates wigs to children living with cancer, this is a gloriously colourful book brimming with positive messages for young children. Daisy loves to dress up as a fairy princess but feels miserable when her treatment makes her hair fall out. Imagine her delight when she discovers a pink magic wig in her old costume box that turns her into a super-hero. With her wig on, Daisy is able to rescue Lemurs at the zoo and help a little girl at the beach. Best of all, just wearing it makes her feel better. Picture books often provide a way of talking to young children about difficult themes, and the rhyming language and vibrant illustrations of SuperDaisy tell an appealing story which will help both children living with cancer to feel more confident, and help others to empathise.
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30 copies of SuperDaisy received at GOSH
SuperDaisy was inspired by Daisy, a child treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
On 9th June the Health and Play team at GOSH received 30 copies of SuperDaisy. The team shared a message to say that “we have children that will immediately benefit from this lovely story.”
We hope that all the superheroes at GOSH will enjoy reading SuperDaisy and that the incredible Health and Play specialists will enjoy exploring the story and its themes with the children in their care.
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SuperDaisy to for children with Neuroblastoma
Solving Kids’ Cancer fights for a future where no child dies of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma or suffers due to its treatment.
Solving Kids’ Cancer is a charity that provides support for children with neuroblastoma and their families. They are now including a copy of SuperDaisy in every “Care & Connect” pack provided to children on diagnosis.
“What an incredible book!! SuperDaisy will really help so many children, their families, friends and siblings and also help a wonderful charity.” Anna Austin, Solving Kids Cancer
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A Copy of SuperDaisy in Every Read for Good Hospital Library
Read for Good provides a regular supply of brand new books along with storyteller visits to brighten up the days of children in all of the UK’s main children’s hospitals.
Children unable to leave their beds can choose books from specially designed mobile bookcases.
A copy of SuperDaisy has been made available to every Read For Good hospital library nationwide so that children can benefit from this special story.
“SuperDaisy was delivered with such sensitivity and pitched very well to suit the different age groups. It was very impactful, the girls were talking about it for the rest of the day and thinking about ways that they could help.”
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