A Name on the Quilt : A Story of RemembranceRelated to the NAMES Project, a non-profit organization in which families and friends commemorate loved ones through panels on a national quilt. Lauren, the main character, helps her family make a panel for her Uncle Ron. Deals with grief, rememberance, and also acceptance (Grandpa chooses not to participate in the quilt making)
Too Far Away To Touch
Deals more with the effects of AIDS than causes, but shows Zoe's Uncle Leonard taking pills, losing his hair, and growing tired. In depth discussions of death and dying.
Be a Friend: Children Who Live With HIV Speak
Exactly what it sounds like. First hand accounts of children living with HIV. Drawings and writings. Discussions of death and also ostracism.
Daddy & Me: A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and his Daughter Camera
Apparently my favorite book about AIDS from when I was younger is now out of print.
From the Amazon.com/Publisher's Weekly description:
"What you will see here is a portrait of Arthur and Camera as they care for each other on bad days and play together as father and daughter on good days," writes Arthur Ashe's widow, Moutoussamy-Ashe, in her introductory note. Anything but sentimental or maudlin, her photographs effectively and affectingly chronicle daily interactions between Camera and her father after he contracted AIDS. In a straightforward, first-person narrative accompanying the pictures, Camera talks about how she helps her father through his "bad" days, and how he does the same for her. As the book comes to a close, she explains how "Daddy got AIDS from a blood transfusion during a heart operation." Her final words ("And one thing's for sure--I love my daddy and my daddy loves me. That is the best medicine and we both agree!") give no indication that Ashe died. As written, the book allows parents to direct their own discussions about AIDS, and reinforces the impression that Camera's special relationship with her father will live forever in her memory.
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