Hello, I'm Olivia and I'm three years old. My mum has breast cancer. Mum says it's a bad disease. At first I was afraid that I could get cancer too if we cuddled, but Mum explained everything to me in detail: cancer isn't contagious and she's now getting a very special medicine that makes all your hair fall out and makes you feel very weak. But Mum is doing everything so that she will hopefully get well again. This children's book explains in age-appropriate terms what cancer is and what happens during surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Following the autobiographical picture story, psychotherapist Peter Kravitz encourages parents to find their individual way through this challenging time. With helpful addresses, book tips and further information. For children from the age of 3. "The diagnosis of cancer usually triggers horror and helplessness in the family. Children are confronted with an abundance of taboos and secrets. This leads to irrational fears, even to the question of whether it will still be possible to cuddle with mummy in the future. Elke Thompson takes the professionally correct view that you have to talk about it when something in your body doesn't feel right. And she talks about the danger of this disease in a child-friendly way. By preventing possible family secrets, the book exerts a helpful therapeutic effect." Dr Hans Hopf, child and adolescent psychotherapist.