This bibliography of 85 items is intended to help parents and professionals identify books that are written about or include characters who have a disability. The bibliography begins with a list of other resource guides to disability literature. The list of children's literature is then presented, grouped according to the following disabilities:…

Brief citations are given for over 300 items each of which has been used at least twice successfully with discussion groups at jails, halfway houses, convalescent hospitals, alcoholic and drug clinics, and psychiatric hospitals during 1974-75. The listings include poetry, films, biographies, essays, plays, short stories, and music. They are…

Bibliotherapy is the process of growing toward emotional good health through the medium of literature. The books selected for bibliotherapy must be chosen carefully. The Newbery and Caldecott books are logical choices as they have received the most prestigious awards given in children's literature. If bibliotherapy is to help children and cause…

Bibliotherapy can help children prepare for and understand the death of a loved one. An annotated bibliography lists references with age level information on attitudes toward death and deaths of a father, friend, grandparent, mother, pet, and sibling. (Author/CL)

Bibliotherapy, or reading and discussing books about situations similar to what a child may be facing, can help children in numerous ways. Offers strategies for using books to help special needs children adjust to the adoption experience. Recommends 16 specific books, providing full publication data and a short annotation for each title. (MDM)

In this bibliographic essay, the author discusses professional resources on bibliotherapy and useful book selection guides. (SJL)

The bibliotherapeutic technique can help children adjust to the foster care and adoption experience. Appropriate children's books for grades 1 to 6 are described. The application and limitations of bibliotherapy are discussed. (Author/BN)

Three books are listed that may promote the feeling of accomplishment and control in learning disabled children and adolescents. (CL)

The authors describe a procedure, bibliotherapy, for using books to help gifted and talented children discuss and develop alternative approaches for meeting their special challenges and problems. A list of books are offered for the areas of personal problems, social problems, and educational/vocational problems. (SB)

Recent interest in the potential uses of bibliotherapy (defined as a process of dynamic interaction between the reader and literature) has prompted research into the effects of bibliotherapy on the reader's attitudes and personality. This document lists and describes 14 completed doctoral dissertations in the area of bibliotherapy and its effects.…

This article provides annotations of 11 stories about children and adolescents who happen to have a handicap. The books meet the following guidelines: (1) the story's theme does not center exclusively on a handicap; (2) characters are not stereotyped; and (3) stories meet general criteria for good children's literature. (Author/CB)

Lists six sections of resources on alcohol and alcoholism to guide librarians in selecting materials for alcoholic patrons and to show what kinds of education are possible in the public library. Sections include alcohol and alcoholism, alcohol education, fiction, nonprint resources, bibliographies, and other information sources. (BH)

Reviews research on bibliotherapy in an attempt to find scientific justification for its use. An overview of the experimental research conveys a generally unfavorable picture of its effectiveness. Guidelines for future research suggest the experimental manipulation of specific variables of interest. (Author/JAC)

This annotated bibliography was prepared for the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education as a resource for teachers to use in helping young children cope with death and separation. It includes (1) a selected list of children's books which treat death, (2) a selected list of children's books which…

Argues that bibliotherapy can be used to help children develop reading comprehension skill and to use that skill to understand their own personal and social development in a better way. Provides a list of books suitable for bibliotherapy. (FL)