• Mental Health and Children’s Bibliotherapy

  • Dec 4 2020
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

Mental Health and Children’s Bibliotherapy

  • Summary

  • This episode explores how reading and writing can benefit children’s mental well-being and how bibliotherapy can have a profound impact on children’s mental wellbeing. 

     

    USEFUL LINKS: 

    National Literacy Trust’s Mental well-being, reading and writing UCL study

    Reading Stages proposed by Maryanne Wolf (2008) in her book Proust and the squid: the story and science of the reading brain

    The Magical Healing Quality of Bibliotherapy

    Bibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health online course

    Reading Affirmation Cards for Raising A Reader

    Children’s A – Z of Book Recommendations

    Help Your Child Become a Lifelong Reader

    Book Recommendations for Different issues for Children (0-5 years)

    A: Attachment and Growth

    First Day of School: Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

    Moving: Amelia’s Notebook by Marissa Moss

    The Anxious Child: Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes

    Missing Parents: The Kissing Hand

    B: Creativity and Critical Thinking 

    Seeing Yourself As Creative - The Dot by Peter H Reynolds

    Imagination - Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

    Confidence in Creativity - Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

    Emotional Intelligence - My Many Coloured Days by Dr Seuss

    C: Childhood Challenges

    Telling the Truth - Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto

    Losing a Tooth - Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate

    Dyslexia - Thank You, My Falker by Patricia Polacco

    Everyone Has Bad Days - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

    Moving to a New Country - Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat

    D: Bullying and Bullying Friendships

    Being Yourself - The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

    Letting Go of Pride - The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

    Bullying - Wonder by R J Palacio

    Cultural Differences and Friendship - Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

    E: Family Matters

    Divorce - Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown

    Adoption and Sibling Rivalry - Jin Woo by Eve Bunting

    Illness in the Family - Punk Wig by Lori Ries

    Dementia - My New Granny by Elisabeth Steinkellner

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