Book: "Rufus Comes Home: Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes"

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book: Rufus Comes Home: Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes (front cover)
book: Rufus Comes Home: Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes (interior page)
book: Rufus Comes Home: Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes (back cover)

Object Details

maker

Gosselin, Kim

Description

Soft cover, staple bound, illustrated children's book. Written by Kim Gosselin and illustrated by Terry Ravanelli. Published by JayJo Books, L.L.C., Copyright 2001. Story is about a boy named Brian and his experience being diagnosed with diabetes, learning how to manage diabetes, and receiving the bear Rufus to help him through this process. The book belonged to the donor, Kaitlin Marie, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 2.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Kaitlin Marie and Janet Katherine

date made

2001

ID Number

2017.0192.04

accession number

2017.0192

catalog number

2017.0192.04

Object Name

book

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 20.4 cm x 20.4 cm x .5 cm; 8 1/32 in x 8 1/32 in x 3/16 in

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Diabetes

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-56bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1920104