Bibliography of Books Focused on Themes



Tools for Therapeutic Reading and Sharing:

A Book List

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An integrated lists of these lists:

Barbara Meyers, Suzanne Miller, Joel Meyers, & Steve Phelps

1. Melissa Allen, Kathryn Scott, Nathan Jones, Emily Heaton, & April, Gstettenbauer

2. Catherine Cook-Cottone

Updated 11/2003

Table of Contents

Abandonment …………………………………………………………………………

Abuse and Prevention of Abuse ………………………………………………………

Adoption ………………………………………………………………………………

Anger …………………………………………………………………………………..

Baby Sitters ……………………………………………………………………………

Being Different (handicaps, individual differences, racial differences) ………………

Being Lost ……………………………………………………………………………..

Bullying ………………………………………………………………………………..

Chemical Dependency …………………………………………………………………

Communication – Expression of Feelings ……………………………………………..

Death ……………………………………………………………………………………

Parents ………………………………………………………………………….

Grandparents ……………………………………………………………………

Friend …………………………………………………………………………...

Pets/Animals ……………………………………………………………………

Miscellaneous About Death …………………………………………………….

For Parents and Teachers ……………………………………………………….

Dentists ………………………………………………………………………………….

Divorce, Separation, and Single-Parent Families ………………………………………..

Single Parents ……………………………………………………………………

Step Families …………………………………………………………………….

Doctors …………………………………………………………………………………..

Family Problems (loss of job, fire in the home, no time for children) …………………..

Foster Care ……………………………………………………………………………….

Friendship ………………………………………………………………………………...

General Sources for Educators and Parents ……………………………………………

Going to the Hospital …………………………………………………………………..

Loneliness ……………………………………………………………………………...

Being Alone ……………………………………………………………………

General Loneliness ……………………………………………………………..

Separation ………………………………………………………………………

Lying ……………………………………………………………………………………

Moving …………………………………………………………………………………

New Babies …………………………………………………………………………….

Responsibility ………………………………………………………………………….

School Entry ……………………………………………………………………………

Separation (for Parents and Teachers) …………………………………………………

Shyness ………………………………………………………………………………...

Sibling Relationships …………………………………………………………………..

Siblings (for Parents and Teachers) ……………………………………………

Sibling Rivalry …………………………………………………………………

Suicide …………………………………………………………………………………

Stealing ………………………………………………………………………………...

Teenage Issues …………………………………………………………………………

Terrorism and Violence ………………………………………………………………..

Working Parents ……………………………………………………………………….

Abandonment

The House of Wings. Betsy Byars. (ages 9-12)

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Pearl Buck. (ages 8-12)

Abuse and Prevention of Abuse

Don’t Hurt Me, Mama. Muriel Stanek, Albert Whitman & Co., 1983. (picture)

It’s My Body. Lory Freeman, Parenting Press, Inc., 1982. (picture)

Mama One, Mama Two. Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, Publishers 1982. (picture)

My Body Is Private. Linda Walvoord Girard, Albert Whitman & Co., 1984 (picture)

Something Happened and I’m Scared To Tell. Patricia Kehone, Ph.D. Parenting Press, Inc., 1987. (picture)

Who Is a Stranger and What Should I Do? Linda Walvoord Girard, Albert

Whitman & Co., 1985. (picture)

You Can Say “NO”: A Book About Protecting Yourself. Betty Boegehold, Western Publishing Co., Inc. 1985. (picture)

No More Secrets for Me: Sexual Abuse is a Secret No Child Should Have to Keep. Oralee Wachter, Little, Brown, and Company, 2002 (Picture, Long Written Passages)

My Very Own Book About Me. Jo Stowell and Mary Dietzel, Lutheran Social Services of Washington, 1982 (Workbook for Children).

The Courage to Heal: A Guide to Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 3rd Edition Revised and Updated. Ellen Bass and Laura Davis, Harper Perennial, 1994 (Adult Workbook)

A Very Touching Book for Little People and for Big People… Jan Hindman, AlexAndria Associates, 2002 (Picture Book)

The Velveteen Rabbit. Margery Williams Bianco, Creative Editions, 1994 (Picture, Authentic Literature)

Adoption

The Adopted One. Sara Stein. (ages 6-12)

Adoption. Elaine Scott. (ages 6-12)

The Chosen Baby. Valen Wasson. (ages 3-9)

Here’s a Penny. Carolyn Haywood. (ages 6-12)

I am Adopted. Susan Lapsley. (ages 3-7)

Is That Your Sister? C. Bunin (ages 5-12)

Anger

How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods. Saxton Freymann, Joost Elffers. Scholastic, Inc., 1999. (ages 3-7)

When Sophie Gets Angry –Really , Really Angry… Molly Bang, Molly Garrett Bang (illustrator). Scholastic, Inc., 1999. (ages 3-7)

Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak. Harper Collins Children’s Books, 1984. (ages 3-7)

Baby Sitters

Bad Boy, Good Boy. Marie Hall Ets, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1967 pp. 50, (ages 6-10)

Be Good Harry. Mary Eileen Chalmers, Harper and Row, 1967, pp. 32 (ages 3-5)

Emily and the Klunky Baby and the Next Door Dog. Joan Lexau, Dial Press, Inc., 1972, pp. 41, (ages 5-8)

Marie Louise’s Heyday. Natalie Carlson, Scribner, 1975, pp.32, (ages 4-8) (fear of being endangered)

My Friend the Babysitter. Jane Werner Watson, Robert E. Switzer and J. Cotter Hirschberg, Golden Press, 1971, pp.32, (ages 2-5)

The Night Daddy. Marcia Gripe, Delacorte Press, 1968, pp. 151 (age 8+)

Being Different (handicaps, individual differences, racial differences):

Don’t Forget Tom. Hanne Larsen. (ages 5-12)

Handicapped Children. Edward McGrath. (ages 5-12)

He’s My Brother. Joe Lasker, Albert Whitman & Co., 1974. (picture)

I Have a Sister: My Sister is Deaf. Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. (picture)

Meet Camille & Danille: They’re Special Persons. Margaret H. Glazzard H & H Enterprises, Inc., 1978. (picture)

Meet Danny – He’s Special. Margaret Glazzard. (ages 5-12)

Meet Scott: He’s a Special Person. H & H Enterprises, Inc., 1978. (picture)

Mental Retardation. Robert E. Dunbar, Franklin Watts, 1978.

My Friend Jacob. Lucille Clifton. (ages 5-12)

My Friend Leslie: The Story of a Handicapped Child. Maxine B. Rosenberg, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1983. (picture)

My Sister. Karen Hirsh, Carolrhoda Books, Inc. 1977 (picture)

My Sister’s Silent World. Catherine Arthur. (ages 5-12)

One Little Girl. Joan Fassler. (ages 5-8)

Smallest Boy in Class. Jerrold Bein. (ages 5-8)

The Ups and Downs. Bob Gill. (ages 5-12)

Tracy. Nancy Mack, Raintree Editions, 1976. (picture)

What If You Couldn’t… Janet Kamien. (ages 5-12)

What Is the Sign for Friend? Judith Greenberg, Franklin Watt, 1985. (picture)

Winter of the Owl. June Hanson. (ages 5-12)

Being Lost

The Boy Who Would Not Say His Name. Elizabeth Vreeken, Follet Publishing Co. 1959, pp. 40. (ages 5-8)

Have You Seen My Brother? Elizabeth Guilfoile, Follett Pub. Co., 1963, pp.29, (ages 5-8) (being lost)

Hello Henry. Ilse-Margaret Vogel, Parents’ Magazine Press 1965, pp.40, (ages 4-7) (fear of being)

Is Milton Missing? Steven Kroll, Holiday, 1975, pp. 32, (ages 4-8)

Lost. Sonia Lisker, Harcourt Brace Javonovich, 1975, pp. 48, (ages 4-8)

Mike’s House. Julia L. Sauer, Viking Press, Inc. 1954, pp. 32 (ages 4-8)

Moose, Goose, and Little Nobody. Ellen Raskin, Parents’ Magazine Press, 1974, pp. 32, (ages 4-8) (mouse)

My Mother Is Lost. Bernice Myers, Scholastic Book Services, pp. 48, (ages 4-6) (in department store)

When Lucy Went Away. Max. G. Ross, Dutton, 1976, pp. 32 (ages 4-8) (pet cat)

Bullying

A smart girl’s guide to friendship troubles: Dealing with fights, being left out, &

the whole popularity thing, 2003. American Girl Library

Big Bad Bruce. Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. (ages 5-8)

The book of mean people, 2002. By Toni and Slade Morrison

Bully, 2001. Judith Caseley.

How to handle bullies, teasers, and other meanies: A book that takes the nuisance

out of name-calling and other nonsense, 1995. Kate Cohen-Posey

Nobody knew what to do: A stoy about bullying, 2001. Becky Ray McCain

Stop picking on me: A first look at bullying, 2000. Pat Thomas.

Chemical Dependency

An elephant in the living room: The children’s book, 1984. By Jill Hastings and

Marion Typpo

The Brown Bottle. Penny Jones, Hazelden, 1983 (picture)

The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Teenage Depression and Suicide. John Chiles, M. D., Chelsea House Publishers, 1986.

I Can Talk About What Hurts. Janet Sinberg and Dennis Daley, Hazelden, 1989.

It Won’t Happen to Me: True Stories of Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Susan Newman, The Putnam Publishing Group, 1987.

My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease. Claudia Black, Mac Publishing, 1979. (picture)

My House is Different. Kathe DiGiovanni. Hazelden, 1989. (picture)

One Day at a Time. P. K. Hallinan, Hazelden, 1989. (picture)

Teens Talk About Alcohol and Alcoholism. Paul Dolmetsch and Gail Mauricette, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987.

Through Tasha’s Eyes. Tasha Hollingsworth, Troy Public Library, 1985. (picture)

When Your Parent Drinks Too Much. Eric Ryerson, Facts on File Publications, 1985.

I wish Daddy Didn’t Drink So Much, 1988. Judith Vigna

Communication – Expression of Feelings

The Boy with a Problem. Joan Fassler. (ages 4-8)

The Cry of the Crow. Jean George. (ages 5-12)

How Do I Feel. Norma Simon, Albert Whitman & Co., 1970. (picture)

Feelings Between Kids and Parents. Marcia Conta. (ages 4-8)

How Does it Feel? Joyce Strauss. (ages 5-12)

It’s a Shame About the Rain: The Bright Side of Disappointment. Barbara Hazen. (ages 5-12)

I Have Feelings. Terry Berger, Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1971. (picture)

I Know I’m Myself Because… Polly Greenberg, Human Sciences Press, 1981. (picture)

Nobody’s Perfect. Not Even My Mother. Norma Simon, Albert Whitman & Co., 1970. (picture)

No Time for Me. John Barrett. (ages 5-12)

The Secret Worry. Elissa P. Benedek, M. D., Human Sciences Press Inc., 1984. (picture)

Sometimes I’m Afraid. Watson, Jane Werner, Robert E. Switzer, M. D. and J. Cotter Hirschberg, M. D., Crown Publishers, Inc., 1986. (picture)

Sometimes I’m Jealous. Watson, Jane Werner, Robert E. Switzer, M. D. and J. Cotter Hirschberg, M. D., Crown Publishers, Inc., 1986. (picture)

Sometimes I Get Angry. Watson, Jane Werner, Robert E. Switzer, M. D. and J. Cotter Hirschberg, M. D., Crown Publishers, Inc., 1986. (picture)

Today Was a Terrible Day. Patricia Reilly Giff, The Viking Press, 1981. (picture)

Wishful Lying. Rose Blue. (ages 5-12)

The feelings book: The care and keeping of your emotions, 2002. The American Girl Libabry.

Death

Parents

The Big Wave. Pearl Buck. (ages 9-11)

Geranium Morning. E. Sandy Powell & Renee Graef (illustrator). Lerner Publishing Group. (ages 5-8)

How it Feels When a Parent Dies. J. Krementz. (ages 5-12)

Learning to Say Goodbye: When a Parent Dies. Eda Leshan. (ages 5-12)

A New Mother for Martha. Phyllis Green. (ages 5-12)

When My Dad Died. Janice Hammond. (ages 5-12)

When My Mommy Died. Janice Hammond. (ages 5-12)

Grandparents

Annie and the Old One. Miles. (ages 6-9)

Grandmother’s Pictures. Sam Cornish, Bradbury Press, 1976, pp. 32, (ages 5-6)

My Grandpa Died Today. Joan Fassler, Beh. Pub. Inc., 1971, pp. 31, (ages 4-8) (mourning)

My Grandson Lew. Charlotte Shapiro Zolotow, Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1974, pp. 32, (ages 3-7) (grandfather)

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. Tomie de Paloa. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1978. (ages 4-8)

Pop’s Secret. Townsend. (ages 5-12)

Why Did He Die? Audrey Harris. (ages 5-12)

Friend

Badger’s Parting Gifts. Susan Varley. Morrow, William & Co., 1992. (ages 4-8)

I Had a Friend Named Peter: Talking to Children about the Death of a Friend. Janice Cohn, Gail Owens (illustrator), Morrow, William & Co., 1995. (ages 5-7)

A Taste of Blackberries. Doris Buchanan Smith, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973, pp. 58 (ages 8+) (friend/mourning)

Pets/Animals

Bambi. Feliz Salten, Simon & Schuster, 1929, (ages 5+)

Charlotte’s Web. E. B. White, Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1952, pp. 184. (death of a friend)

The Dead Bird. Margaret Wise Brown, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc., 1965, pp. 45. (ages 4-7) (funeral/burial)

The Old Dog. Sarah Abbott, Coward, 1972, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

My Friend Fish. Marnie Hegwood, Holt, Rinehardt & Winston, pp. 32. (ages 6+) (first encounter with dead fish)

My Turtle Died Today. Stull. (ages 5-12)

No More Secrets for Me. Oralee Wachter, Jane Aaron (illustrator). Little, Brown & Company, 1983. (ages 6-9)

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney. Viorst. (ages 4-8)

When Violet Died. Mildred Kantrowitz, Parents’ Mag. Press, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 4-8) (bird)

Miscellaneous About Death

About Dying: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together. Walker & Co., 1974, pp, 47 (ages 3-8) (pet and grandfather)

The Accident. Carol Carrick, Seabury, 1976, pp. 32. (ages 5-8)

Across the Meadow. Ben Schecter, Doubleday, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 5+) (preparation for death)

American Negro Poetry. Arna Bontemps, (ed.), Hill and Wang, 1963.

The Animal Family. Randall Jarrell, Pantheon, 1965, pp. 180.

Annie and the Old One. Miska Miles, Little, Brown and Company, 1971. (picture)

The Birthday Visitor. Edith G. Stull, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964, (ages 5-8)

Bridge to Terabithia. Katherine Paterson, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1977.

Cock Robin. Mother Goose Illustrated by Barbara Cooney. Scribner 1965, pp. 32. (accidental death and funeral)

Come Again in the Spring. Richard Kennedy, Harper & Row, 1976, pp. 48 (ages 6+)

Death Is Natural. Lawrence Pringle, Four Winds, 1977, pp. 54, (excellent biological viewpoint)

Do You Love Me? Dick Gackenbach, Seabury, 1975, pp. 48. (ages 5+) (accidental)

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: Story of Life for All Ages. Leo Buscaglia. Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1982. (ages 5-8)

First Snow. Helen Coutant, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1974 pp. 33. (ages 5-6)

Friendship Hedge. Gunilla Norris, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1973, pp. 46. (ages 7-8) (pet)

Gentle willow: A story for children about dying, 1993. By Joyce C. Mills.

Go Tell Aunt Rhody. Aliki, Macmillan, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 4-7)

Growing Time. Sandol Stoddard Warburg, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1969, pp. 44. (ages 7-9) (pet)

The Hundred Penny Box. Sharon Bell Mathis, Viking, 1975, pp. 48. (ages 6+)

I wish I could hold your hand: A child’s guide to grief and loss, 1998. By Dr. Pat Palmer

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children. Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen, Bantam Books, 1983. (picture)

Lost and Found: A Kid’s Book for Living through Loss. Marc Gellman, Thomas Hartman, Debbie Tilley (illustrator). Morrow, William & Co., 1999. (ages 12+)

Love You Forever. Robert Munsch, Firefly Books Ltd., 1986. (picture)

The Magic Moth. Virginia Lee, Seabury Press Inc., 1972, (ages 8-11) (sibling)

Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death. Hilaire Belloc, Dial, 1970, pp. 32. (ages 6+) (accidental death and responsibility)

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs. Tomie de Paola, Rae Publishing Co., Inc., 1982 (picture)

The Nanny Goat and the Fierce Dog. Charles Keeping, Phillips, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 4-8) (confronting loss)

A New Mother for Martha. Phyllis Green, Human Sciences Press, 1978 (picture)

Nonna. Jennifer Bartoli, Harvey House, 1975, pp. 48. (ages 4-8) (funeral/burial)

Sad isn’t bad: A good-grief guidebook for kids dealing with loss, 1998. By Michaelene Mundy

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine. Evaline Ness, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. (ages 3-7)

Someone Small. Barbara Borack, Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1969.

A Summer to Die. Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977.

Tear Soup, 1999. By Pat Schwiebert and Chuck Deklyen

Tell Me About Death: Tell Me About Funerals. Elizabeth Adam Corley, Grammatical Sciences, 1973, pp. 35.

Two Knots in a Counting Rope. Philip Bluehose and Walter Carpenter, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1964. (ages 6+)

When People Die. Joanne Bernstein and Stephen Gullo, Dutton, 1977, pp. 40. (age 5+)

When the Whale Came to My Town. Jim Young, Knopf, 1974, pp. 38.

Why Did He Die? Audrey Harris, Lerner Pub. Co., 1965, pp. 28. (ages 4-7) (grandfather)

For Parents and Teachers

The Child and Death as Seen in Different Cultures. M. Diskin, & H. Guggenheim; In E. A. Grollman (ED.), Explaining death to children to children. Beacon, 1967.

Children’s Experience with Death. R. Zeligs; Charles C. Thomas, 1974.

Death Eudcation: Preparation for Living. B. R. Green and D. P. Irish (Edes.); Schenkman, 1971.

Dying Among Alaskan Indians: A Matter of Choice. M. Trelease; In E. Kubler-Ross (Ed.), Death, The Final Stage of Growth.

Helping Children Understand Death. D. R. Crase & D. Crase. Young Children, 1976, 32, 21-21.

How to Teach Children About Death. A. Gordon & D. Dlass; Prentice-Hall 1979.

How Younger Children View Death and Themselves. Rochlin, G. In E. A. Grollman (Ed.), Explaining Death to Children. Beacon, 1967.

Life and Death: Concepts and Feelings in Children. D. Elkind; Day Care and Early Education, 1977, 1, 27-31.

On Death and Dying. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; Macmillan, 1969.

The Psychology of Death. R. Kastenbaum & R. Aisenberg; Springer, 1972.

We Are But a Moment’s Sunlight: Understanding Death. Charles S. Adler, Gene Stanford, & Sheila M. Adler; Pocket Books, 1976.

Dentists

The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist. Stan Berenstain. (ages 5-12) WI & WP Lib.

I Want to be a Dentist. Carla Green. (ages 4-8)

Let’s Go to a Dentist. Naomo Buckheimer. (ages 4-8)

Our Tooth Story. Ethel Kessler. (ages 4-10)

Divorce, Separation and Single-Parent Families

All Kinds of Families. Norma Simon; Whitman, 1976, pp. 40. (ages 5-7)

The Animal, the Vegetable and John D. Jones. Betsy Byars, Delacorte Press, 1982.

A Solitary Blue. Cynthia Voigt, Atheneum, 1984.

The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce. Richard Gardner. (ages 5-14)

Breakfast with my Father. Ron Roy. (ages 5-12)

Daddy. Jeannette Caines, Harper & Row, 1977.

Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary, William Morrow and Company, 1983.

Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families. Laurene K. and Marc Brown. The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. (picture)

The Divorce Express. Paula Danziger, Delacorte Press, 1982.

Divorce. Terry Berger. (ages 5-12)

Divorce Can Happen to the Nicest People. Peter Mayle. (ages 5-18)

Eliza’s Daddy. Thomas Ianthe; Harcourt Brace, Jov., 1976, pp. 64. (ages 4-8)

Emily and the Klunky Baby and the Next Door Dog. Joan M. Lexau; Dial Press Inc., 1972, pp. 41. (ages 5-8)

Everett Anderson’s Year. Lucille Clifton, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

Families. Meredith Tax, Little, Brown & Company, 1981. (picture)

A Father Like That. Charlotte Zolowtow; Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1971. (ages 3-8)

Free to Be You and Me. Linda Sitea; Zachery’s Divorce. Pp. 124-127; McGraw Hill.

A Friend Can Help. Terry Berger. (ages 3-7)

Happily Ever After…Almost. Judie Wolkoff, Bredbury Press, 1982.

How It Feels When Parents Divorce. Jill Krementz. Alfred Knopf, 1988. (grades 4-8)

I don’t want to talk about it, 2000. Ny Jeanie Franz Ransom.

It’s an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World. Paula Danziger, Delacotre Press, 1969.

I Wish I Had My Father. Norma Simon, Albert Whitman & Co., 1983. (picture)

I Love My Mother. Paul Zindel; Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1975, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

It’s Not the End of the World. Judy Blume. (ages 5-12)

I Won’t Go Without a Father. Muriel Stanek; Whitman, 1972, pp. 32. (ages 5-8)

Jenny’s Revenge. Anne Norris Baldwin, Four Winds, pp. 40. (ages 5+)

Joshua’s Day. Sandra Surowiecki; Lollipop Power, 1972. (ages 3-6)

Lucky Wilma. Wendy Kindred; Dial, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 4-7)

A Look at Divorce. Margaret Sanford, Pursell; Lerner, 1976, pp. 36. (ages 4-7)

A Magic Eye for Ida. Kay Chorao, Seabury, 1973, pp. 48. (ages 5-8)

Me and Mr. Stenner. Evan Hunter, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1976.

Me Day. Joan M. Lexau; Dial, 1971, pp. 29 (ages 7-10)

Mom and Dad are Getting a Divorce!. Florence Bienenfeld, EMC Publishing, 1980. (picture)

Mom and Dad Don’t Live Together Any More. Kathy Stinson, Annick Press Ltd., 1984. (picture)

Mom, The Wolf Man and Me. Norma Klein, Pantheon, 1972.

Morris and His Brave Lion. Helen Rogers; McGraw-Hill, 1975, pp. 48. (ages 4-8)

Mushy Eggs. Florence Adams, Putnam, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel. Peggy Mann, Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1973.

My Special Best Words. John Steptoe, Viking, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 3-6)

Neighborhood Knight. Eleanor Schick; Greenwillow, 1976, pp. 64. (ages 5+)

Some of the Days of Everette Anderson. Lucille Clifton, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1970, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

Son for a Day. Corinne Gerson. (ages 5-12)

Strider. Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (illustrator). Morrow, William & Co., 1991. (ages young adult)

Striped Ice Cream. Joan M. Lexau; Lippincott, 1968, pp. 125. (ages 5+)

Talking About Divorce and Separation: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Earl A. Grollman, Beacon Press, 1975. (picture)

Things Won’t Be the Same. Kathryn Ewing. (ages 5-12)

Too Hot for Ice Cream. Jean Van Leeuwen; Dial, 1974, pp. 40. (ages 4-8)

Two Homes to Live in: A Child’s Eye View of Divorce. Barbara Hazen. (ages 5-12)

Two Special Cards. Sonia O. Lisker, & Leigh Dean; Harcourt Brace, Jov., 1976, pp. 48. (ages 4-7)

What Kind of Family is This? A Book About Stepfamilies. Barbara Seuling, Western Publishing Co., Inc., 1985. (picture)

What’s Going to Happen to Me? When Parents Separate or Divorce. Eda LeShan, Four Winds Press, 1978.

Where Is Daddy? The Story of Divorce. Beth Goff. (ages 4-8)

Single Parents

Mom Is Single. Lena Paris, (ages 5-10)

I Won’t Go Without a Father. Muriel Stanek, (ages 5-10)

A Private Matter. Kathryn Ewing. (ages 5-12)

Step Families

The Big Red Barn. Eve Bunting. (ages 4-10)

Blue Willow. Doris Gates. (ages 9-11)

My Other Mother, My Other Father. Harriet Sobol. (ages 5-12)

A New Mother for Martha. Phyllis Green. (ages 5-12)

She’s Not My Real Mother. Judith Vigna. (ages 4-12)

For Parents and Teachers

Creative Divorce. M. Krantzler, M. Evans and Co., 1974.

Daddy Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. R. Turow, Anchor Books, 1978.

Divorce is a Grown Up Problem: A Book About Divorce for Young Children and Their Parents. J. Sinberg, Avon, 1978.

A Guide for Single Parents. K. Hallett, Calestial Arts, 1974.

The American Way of Divorce: Prescription in Change. S. Kessler, Nelson Hall, 1975.

The Divorce Experience. M. Hunt and B. Hunt, McGraw-Hill, 1977.

Marital Separation. R. Weiss, Basic Books, 1975.

The Parents Book About Divorce. R. Gardner, Doubleday, 1977.

What Every Child Would Like Parents to Know About Divorce. L. Salk, Harper and Row, 1978.

Doctors

The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor. Stan Berenstain. (ages 4-10)

Doctors and Nurses. What They Do. Carla Greene. (ages 4-10)

Doctor’s Tools. Marguerite Lerner. (ages 4-10)

Family Problems (loss of job, fire in the home, no time for children)

A Chair for My Mother. Vera B. Williams, Greenwillow Books, 1982. (picture)

Eclipse. Kristine L. Franklin, Joseph Fiedler (illustrator). Econo-Clad Books, 1998. (ages 11-15)

A Hospital Story: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together Sara Bonnett Stein, Walker and Company, 1974. (picture)

It’s Mine. Leo Lionni. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1996. (ages 4-6)

But She’s Still My Grandma! Doreen Rappaport, Human Sciences Press, 1982. (picture)

The Kweeks of Kookatumdee. Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. (ages 5-8)

No Time for Me. John Barrett, Human Sciences Press, 1979. (picture)

Secret City, U.S.A. Felice Holman. 1991. (ages 12+)

She’s Not My Real Mother. Judith Vigna, Ann Fay (Editor). Albert Whitman, 1987. (ages 6-8)

Tight Times. Barbara Shook Hazen, Puffin Books, 1979. (picture)

My Mother and I Are Growing Strong: Mi Mama y yo nos Hacemos Fuertes. Inez Maury, New Seed Press, 1978. (picture)

Visiting Day. Jacqueline Woodson, James E. Ransome (illustrator). Scholastic, Inc., 2002. (ages 5-8)

Foster Care

Aaron’s Door. Miska Rules, 1977. Little Brown NY. (picture)

The Cat That Was Left Behind. C. S. Adler, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. (intermediate grades)

The Gift Giver. Joyce Hansen, Houghton Mifflin, NY 1980. (intermediate grades)

The Great Gilly Hopkins. Katherine Peterson, Crowell, 1978. (11 years)

Jason’s Story: Going to a Foster Home. Deborah Anderson & Martha Finne, Dillon Press Inc., Minneapolis, MN. (ages 5-9)

Mama One Mama Two. Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1982. (ages 4-7)

Miss Ghost. Ruth Arthur, Atheneum, NY, 1979. (intermediate grades)

My Little Foster Sister. Muriel Stanek, Albert Whitman & Co., 1987. (ages 4-7)

My Name is Mike Trumsky. Ruth Piepgras, The Child’s World Inc., 1977. (ages 5-8)

The Pinballs. Betsy Byars, Harper & Row, 1977. (ages 10-13)

Toby Lived Here. Hilma Wolitzer, Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1978. (ages 6-12)

Without Hats, Who Can Tell the Good Guys? Mildred Ames, E. P. Dutton, 1976. (intermediate grades)

Friendship

Aldo Applesauce. J. Hurwitz. (ages 5-12)

Anyhow, I’m Glad I Tried. Judith Vigna. (ages 5-12)

Being Alone, Being Together. Terry Berger. (ages 5-12)

Feelings Between Friends. M. Conta. (ages 3-7)

A Friend is Someone Who Likes You. J. Anglund. (ages 4-9)

Felicia the Critic. E. Conford. (ages 9-11)

How to Find a Friend. Sara Asherson. (ages 4-9)

How to lose all your friends, 1994. By Nancy Carlson

Last Was Lloyd. D. Smith.

The care and keeping of friends, 1996. The American Girl Library.

General Sources for Educators and Parents

The Magic Years. Selma Fraiberg.

Going to the Hospital

At the Hospital: A Surprise for Krissy. Sandra Ziegler. (ages 4-8)

Curious George Goes to the Hospital. Margaret Rey. (ages 4-9)

Danny Goes to the Hospital. James Lincoln Collier; Grosset and Dunlap Inc., 1970, pp. 45. (ages 5-8) (surgery/eye)

The Emergency Room. Eleanor Kay; Franklin Watts Inc., 1970, pp. 65. (ages 9-12)

The Get-Well Hotel. S. Goodbody. (ages 4-11)

The Hospital Book. James Howe. (ages 4-11)

A Hospital Story: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together. Walker & Co., 1974, pp. 47. (ages 3-8) (surgery/tonsils)

I Think I Will Go to the Hospital. Jean Tamburine; Abington Press, 1965, pp. 48. (ages 4-8) (surgery/tonsils)

I Want Mama. Marjorie Sharmat; Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1974, pp. 30 (ages 4-8) (ages 5+) (pictures and writing by children who have been to the hospital)

Jeff’s Hospital Book. Harriet Sobol; Walck, 1975, pp. 48. (ages 4-8) (photographs)

Let’s Find Out About the Hospital. Eleanor Kay; Franklin Watts Inc., 1971, pp. 48. (ages 4-7)

Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans; The Viking Press Inc., 1939, pp. 48. (ages 3-8)

Now One Foot, Now the Other. Tomie de Paola. Putnam Publishing Group, 1981. (ages 5-9)

The Operating Room. Eleanor Kay; Franklin Watts Inc., 1970, pp. 62. (ages 9-12)

Pablito’s New Feet. Alfons Weber; Thomas Y Crowell Co., Inc., 1969, pp. 29. (ages 6-8) (appendectomy)

Sadako. Eleanor Coerr, Ed Young (illustrator). Putnam Publishing Group, 1997. (ages 5-11)

Up on Cloud Nine. Anne Fine. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 2002. (ages 9-12)

A Visit to the Hospital. Francine Chase; Grosset & Dunlap, 1957, pp. 68. (ages 4-8) (tonsillectomy)

What Happens When You Go to the Hospital. Arthur Sahy; Reilley & Lee Co., 1962, pp.31. (ages 4-7) (tonsillectomy)

Loneliness

Being Alone

First Pink Light. Eloise Greenfield; Crowell, 1976, pp. 40. (ages 4-8)

Leave Horatio Alone. Eleanor Clymer; Atheneum, 1974, pp. 64. (ages 4-8)

Lost in a Storm. Carol Carrick; Seabury, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 5-8)

Me and My Captain. M. B. Goffstein; Farrar, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 3-7) (positive aspects of being alone)

You Go Away. Dorothy Corey; Albert Whitman, 1976, pp. 32. (ages 2-5)

General Loneliness

5A & 7B. Eleanor Schick; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1967, pp. 30. (ages 5-8)

Crowboy. Taro Yashima; The Viking Press Inc., 1955, pp. 37. (ages 3-7)

I Love Gram. Ruth A. Sonneborn; The Viking Press Inc., 1971, pp. 29. (ages 4-7) (fear of death, illness & loneliness)

Joanna Runs Away. Phyllis LaFarge; Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1973, pp. 56. (ages 6-9)

Little Toot. Hardie Gramatky; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1939, pp. 91. (ages 3-7) (accept loneliness)

Lonely Maria. Elizabeth J. Coatsworth; Pantheon Books, 1960, pp. 38. (ages 4-8) (using imagination)

Lonesome Little Colt. Clarence W. Anderson; Macmillan Pub. Inc., 1961, pp. 46i. (ages 4-7) (death of colt’s mother and loneliness)

Maxie. Mildred Kantrowitz; Parents’ Magazine Press, 1970, p-p. 33. (ages 5-8)

Plenty for Three. Liesel M. Skorpen; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Inc., 1971, pp. 44. (ages 4-8) (making friends to cope)

Staying Home Alone on a Rainy Day. Chihiro Iwasaki; McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1969, pp.26. (ages 5-8) (fear of the unknown)

Separation

Feelings. Judy Dunn; Creative Educational Society Inc., 1971, pp. 37. (ages 3-8) (losing a tooth)

Goodbye, Hello. Robert Welber; Pantheon, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 3-6) (initial separation for very young children)

Katie Goes to Camp. Eleanor Schick; Macmillan, 1968, pp. 32, (ages 4-8)

My Mother and I. Aileen Lucia Fisher; Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Inc., 1967, pp. 29. (ages 5-8) (temporary separation from mother on a trip)

The Runaway Bunny. Margaret Wise Brown

Sometimes I’m Afraid. Jane W. Watson, Robert E. Hirschberg, & J. Cotter; Golden Press, 1971, (ages 2-5)

The Summer Night. Charlotte Zolotow; Harper & Row, 1974, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig; Simon & Schuster, 1969, pp. 32. (ages 5+) (loss of child to parents)

The Train. Robert Welber; Pantheon, 1972, pp. 46. (ages 5-8) (accepting having a fear of separation)

Lying

“The Hundred Dollar Lie”: in Dr. Gardner’s Stories about the Real World. Richard Gardner. (ages 6-12)

The Lie. Ann Helena. (ages 6-12)

Wishful Lying. Rose Blue. (ages 6-12)

Moving

Angelita. Wendy A. Kesselman; Hill & Wang Inc., 1970, pp. 70, (ages 5-9) (new home)

Best Little House. Aileen L. Fisher; Thomas Y. Crowell Comp. Inc., 1966, pp. 35. (ages 5-8)

The Big Hello. Janet Schulman; Greenwillow, 1976, pp. 32 (ages 4-8)

The Boy Who Wouldn’t Talk. Lois K. Bouchard; Doubleday, 1969, pp. 64. (ages 6-9)

Carmen. Bill Binzen; Coward, 1969, pp. 48. (ages 4-8)

A Friend in the Park. Anne Baldwin; Four Winds, 1973, pp. 40 (ages 4-8)

Goodbye Kitchen. Mildred Kantrowitz; Parents Magazine Press, 1972, pp. 38. (ages 4-7) (new neighbor)

Good Says Jerome. Lucille Clifton; Dutton, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 5-9)

How Juan Got Home. Peggy Mann; Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Inc., 1972, pp. 94 (ages 8-10)

I’m Moving. Martha Hickman; Abingdom, 1974, pp. 32 (ages 4-8)

Janey. Charlotte Zolotow; Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1973, pp. 24. (ages 4-7) (meaning of moving)

M is For Moving. Velma Ilsley; Henry Z. Walck, 1966.

Moving Day. Tobi Tobias; Knopf, 1976, pp. 32.

A New Home for Billy. May Justus; Hastings, 1966.

New Neighbors. Ray Prather; McGraw Hill, 1975.

Sad Day Glad Day. Vivian Thompson; Holiday House, Inc., 1962, pp. 38. (ages 5-8) (possessions)

That New Boy. Mary Lystad, Crown, 1973, pp. 32. (ages 4-8)

Who Will Be My Friends? Syd Hoff; Harper & Row, 1960.

Will You Be My Friend? Chihiro Iwasaki. (ages 3-5)

New Babies

Billy and Our New Baby. Helene Arnstein. (ages 3-6)

Feeling Angry. Sylvia Tester. (ages 5-12)

Just Mommy and Me. Christine Eber, Lollipop Power, Inc., 1975. (picture)

My Baby Brother Needs a Friend. Moncure. (ages 4-10)

My Mama Needs Me. Mildred Walter, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1983. (picture)

A New Baby. Terry Berger. (ages 3-7)

Nicky’s Sister. Barb Brenner. (ages 4–7)

She Comes Bringing Me that Little Girl. Eloise Greenfield. (ages 3-7)

That New Baby. Sara Stein. (ages 3-8)

Responsibility

Henry and the Paper Route. Beverly Cleary. (ages 7-10)

Little Owl Indian. Hetty Beatty. (ages 4-7)

My Brother Stevie. Eleanor Clymer. (ages 7-11)

School Entry

All Ready for School. Leone Adelson; David McKay Co., Inc., 1957, pp. 26. (ages 4-6) (ambivalence)

Almost Big Enough. Jean Tamburine; Abingdon Press, 1963, pp. 45. (ages 3-5)

Be Brave Charlie. Patricia M. Martin; Putnam, 1972, pp. 32. (ages 6-9)

Betsy’s First Day at Nursery School. Gunilla Wolde; Random, 1976, pp. 24. (ages 2-4)

Buzzy Bear’s First Day at School. Dorothy Marino.

Did You Carry the Flag Today? Rebecca Candill; Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966, pp. 95. (ages 5+)

First Day In School. Bill Binzen; Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1972, pp. 33. (ages 4-6)

The Little School at Cottonwood Corners. Eleanor Schick; Harper & Row Pub. Inc., 1965, pp. 32. (ages 3-6)

My Nursery School. Harlow Rockwell; Morrow, 1976, pp. 24. (ages 3-5)

The New Teacher. Miriam Cohen; Macmillan Pub. Co. Inc., 1972, pp. 30. (ages 4-6)

A Pocketful of Cricket. Rebecca Candill; Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc., 1964, pp. 45. (ages 4-7)

Polly’s Tiger. Joan Phipson; Dutton, 1974, pp. 44. (ages 6+)

I Am Here, Yo Estoy Acui. Rose Blue; Franklin Watts, Inc., 1971, pp. 45. (ages 5-8) (new country/new language)

Ramona The Pest. Beverly Cleary; William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1968, pp. 192. (ages 5-8) (about a kindergarten girl)

Rutherford T. Finds 21B. Barbara J. R. Rinkoff; G. P. Putnams’ Sons, 1970, p. 44. (ages 5-7)

Shawn Goes to School. Petronella Breinburg; Crowell, 1973, pp. 24. (ages 3-5)

Sabrina. Martha Alexander; Dial, 1971, pp. 32. (ages 3-6)

The Two Friends. Grete Mannheim; Knopf, 1968, pp. 48. (ages 4-8)

The Very Worst Thing. Berthe Amoss; Parents’ Magazine Press, 1972, pp. 40. (ages 5-8)

Will I Have a Friend? Miriam Cohen; Macmillan Pub. Co. Inc., 1967. (ages 3-5)

Willy Bear. Mildred Kantrowitz; Parents’ Magazine Press, 1976, pp. 32. (ages 3-6)

Separation (for parents and teachers)

The Challenge of Day Care. S. Provence, A. Naylor, J. Patterson, Yale University Press, 1977.

A Primer of Infant Development. T. G. R. Bower, Freeman, 1977.

Separation. John Bowlby, Basic Books, 1973.

Children’s Literature and Separation. J. Fassler; Young Children, 1974, 29, 311-323.

Shyness

Toto the Timid Turtle. Howard Goldsmith. (ages 6-12)

Very Shy. Barbara Hazen. (ages 5-12)

Sibling Relationships

A New Baby. Terry Berger; Children’s Press, 1974.

Big Sister, Little Brother. Terry Berger; Children’s Press, 1974.

Big Sister, Little Sister. Charlotte Zolotow; Harper & Row, 1966.

Brothers Are All the Same. Mary Milgram; Dutton, 1978.

The Day I Had to Play With My Sister. Crosby Bonsall, Harper & Row, 1972.

Feelings Between Brothers and Sisters. Marcia Conta and Maureen Reardon; Children’s Press, 1974.

Go and Hush the Baby. Betsy Byars; Viking Press, 1971.

Gorilla Wants to Be the Baby. Barbara S. Hazen; Antheneum, 1978.

If It Weren’t For You. Charlotte Zolotow; Harper and Row, 1966.

Jeremy Isn’t Hungry. Barbara Williams; E. P. Dutton, 1978.

My Sister. Karen Hirsch; Carolrhoda Books, 1977.

Nobody Asked Me if I Wanted a Baby Sister. Martha Alexander; Dial Press, 1971.

Rose-Too-Little. Sue Felt; Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1950.

Sometimes I’m Jealous. Jane Watson; Golden Press, 1972.

Tom in the Middle. Berthe Amoss, Harper & Row, 1966.

Siblings (for parents and teachers)

Raising Siblings. Carole Calladine, Delacorte Press, 1979.

That New Baby: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together. Sara B. Stein, Walker, 1974.

Sibling Rivalry

DJ’s Worst Enemy. R. J. Burch. (ages 9-12)

If It Weren’t for Benjamin. Barbara Hazen. (ages 6-12)

Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing. Judy Blume. (ages 8-11)

Stealing

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Pearl Buck. (ages 8-12)

Suicide

Right Behind the Rain. Joyce Sweeney. Pp.192, 1987. (ages 12+)

St. Michael’s Scales. Neil O. Connelly. pp. 320, 2002. (ages 12+)

Teenage Suicide. Sandra Gardner with Gary Rosenberg, M. D. Julian Messner, 1985.

Teenage Issues

Am I Still Visible? Sandra H. Heater, White Hall Books, 1983.

Bulimia. Barbara G. Bauer, Ph. D., Wayne P. Anderson, Ph. D. and Robert W. Hyatt, M. D., Accelerated Development Inc., 1986.

Coping: When Your Family Falls Apart. Dianna Booher, Julian Messner, 1979.

Different Like Me. Evelyn Leite and Pamela Espeland. Johnson Institute Books, 1987.

It Won’t Happen to Me: Teenagers Talk About Pregnancy. Paula McGuire, Delacorte Press, 1983.

On The Streets: The Lives of Adolescent Prostitutes. Elaine Landau, Julian Messner, 1987.

The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women. Diana E. H. Russell, Basic Books, Inc., 1986.

Trouble at Home. Sara Gilbert, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1981.

Terrorism and Violence

The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate. Janice Cohn, Bill Farnsworth (illustrator). Albert Whitman, 2000. (ages 7-11)

One April Morning: Children Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing. Nancy Lamb, Floyd Cooper (illustrator). Harper Collins Children’s Books, 1996. (ages 10+)

September12th: We Knew Everything Would Be All Right. H Byron Masterson Elementary School First Graders. Scholastic, Inc., 2002 (ages 4-8)

Why Did It Happen? Helping Children Cope in a Violent World. Janice Cohn, Gail Owens (illustrator). Morrow, William & Co., 1994. (ages 4-6)

With Their Eyes: September 11th – The View from a High School at Ground Zero. Annie Thomas, Foreword by Anna Deavere Smith. HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. (ages 12+)

Working Parents

The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House. Marge Blaine. (ages 4-12)

No Time for Me. Joan Fassler. (ages 4-12)

References

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Bernstein, J. E. Books to help children cope with separation and loss. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1977.

Cornett, Claudia E. and Charles F. Cornett. Bibliotherapy: The Right Book at the Right Time, Phi Delta Kappan Educational Foundation, 1980.

Dreyer, S. S. The bookfinder: A guide to children’s literature about the needs of problems of youth aged 2-15 (Vols. 1-3). Circle Pines, MN.: American Guidance Service, 1970.

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