How to Manage a Mammoth: A book for children and families living with Type 1 diabetes

How to Manage a Mammoth is a book for children and families living with type 1 diabetes, featuring Jake, his Mum, and Mel the diabetes mammoth, to help them understand the challenges and communicate with their carers. It also includes a list of tasks and activities to help manage the psychological challenges of living with diabetes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 20 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Living with a condition like type 1 diabetes can be a daunting task. How to Manage a Mammoth is a book designed specifically for children and families who are navigating the challenges of living with type 1 diabetes. Join Jake, his mother, and Mel, the diabetes mammoth, as they team up with their friends to shrink Mel to a manageable size. Through this fun and imaginative story, children will gain a better understanding of the challenges they face daily and learn effective communication skills to share their feelings with their carers.

The book also includes a comprehensive list of tasks and activities that children and parents can engage in to manage the psychological aspects of living with diabetes. It serves as an invaluable resource for parents and carers supporting a child with type 1 diabetes, as well as the broader diabetes healthcare team, including clinical psychologists, specialist nurses, endocrinologists, and general practitioners.

By reading How to Manage a Mammoth, children will gain confidence, develop coping strategies, and learn to thrive in their journey with type 1 diabetes.

Weight: 124g
Dimension: 210 x 296 x 5 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009065641