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

National Museum of American History

Object Details

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
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
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1920104
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-56bb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
book: Rufus Comes Home: Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes (front cover)
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