Mental Health and Children’s Bibliotherapy

Send us Fan MailThis 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 studyReading Stages proposed by Maryanne Wolf (2008) in her book Proust and the squid: the story and science of the reading brainThe Magical Healing Quality of BibliotherapyBibliotherapy, Literature & Mental Health online courseReading Affirmation Cards for Raising A ReaderChildren’s A – Z of Book RecommendationsHelp Your Child Become a Lifelong ReaderBook Recommendations for Different issues for Children (0-5 years)A: Attachment and GrowthFirst Day of School: Chrysanthemum by Kevin HenkesMoving: Amelia’s Notebook by Marissa MossThe Anxious Child: Wemberley Worried by Kevin HenkesMissing Parents: The Kissing HandB: Creativity and Critical Thinking Seeing Yourself As Creative - The Dot by Peter H ReynoldsImagination - Extra Yarn by Mac BarnettConfidence in Creativity - Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles AndreaeEmotional Intelligence - My Many Coloured Days by Dr SeussC: Childhood ChallengesTelling the Truth - Too Many Tamales by Gary SotoLosing a Tooth - Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy BateDyslexia - Thank You, My Falker by Patricia PolaccoEveryone Has Bad Days - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstMoving to a New Country - Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria SuratD: Bullying and Bullying FriendshipsBeing Yourself - The Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafLetting Go of Pride - The Rainbow Fish by Marcus PfisterBullying - Wonder by R J PalacioCultural Differences and Friendship - Pink and Say by Patricia PolaccoE: Family MattersDivorce - Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc BrownAdoption and Sibling Rivalry - Jin Woo by Eve BuntingIllness in the Family - Punk Wig by Lori RiesDementia - My New GrannSupport the show