Brianna Breathes Easy: A story about Asthma
Illustrator
Jayoung Cho
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Publication Year
2005
ISBN
9780807508800
Pages
32 Pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Brianna gets the lead in the Thanksgiving school playshell be Hero the Hen! She almost forgets about the coughing and breathing trouble she's been having.Brianna loves practicing her leaping and flapping. But at the dress rehearsal, she has a bad coughing attack and feels a tightness in her chest. The teacher calls 911 and the paramedics take Brianna to the hospital. There, Dr. Anderson diagnoses Brianna with asthma. Brianna begins to learn about her disease and how to manage it. Things are soon under control, and she's back on stage for her debut!
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Illness; sickness; disease; lung disease; asthma
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Keywords
school play; coughing; triggers; hospital; nebulizer; breathing; inhaler
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kroll, Virginia L., "Brianna Breathes Easy: A story about Asthma" (2005). Diverse Families. 2131.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2131