Reviews literature concerning bibliotherapy and concludes that it can be of value to a child's overall emotional development and may help in breaking emotional barriers to learning. Discusses the role of the reading teacher in the bibliotherapeutic process. (FL)

Provides strategies for teaching literature, focusing on motivating activities, literature terminology, evaluative techniques, and independent work. Presents detailed activities designed to help children cope with problems and thus promote mental health. (RS)

Discusses the history and importance of bibliotherapy. Suggests that reading teachers need to be aware of the literature which can be used in the classroom and that bibliotherapeutic literature should be a component of reading programs for at-risk students. Appends a 135-item list of bibliotherapeutic literature organized into 55 topics. (RS)

The new realism of using books to offer solutions to problems or present solutions that could lessen a person's inner turmoil and break down attitudinal barriers to learning was coined "bibliotherapy" by G. O. Ireland in 1930. Each year the International Reading Association publishes an annotated collection of contemporary literature in…

Discusses the effects of social change on children and the importance of acknowledging the emotional aspect of learning. Suggests the use of bibliotherapy to provide children with appropriate books to meet their social and emotional needs. (MG)