ED436008 CS216946
Title:Using Literature To Help Children Cope
with Problems. ERIC Digest D148.Author(s): Tu, Wei
Author Affiliation: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN.(BBB30995)
Pages: 4
Publication Date: December 1999
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: ED-99-CO-0028
Report No: EDO-CS-99-09
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Indiana University, 2805 E. 10th Street, Suite 150, Bloomington, IN 47408-2698; Web site: <http://www.indiana.edu/~ericrec>.
Language: English
Document Type: ERIC product (071); ERIC digests in full text (073)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Indiana
Journal Announcement: RIEMAY2000
Suggesting that using children's literature as a tool for problem solving is a
meaningful way for teachers to understand and help children with problems, this
Digest claims that through the exploration of stories, discussion, and reflections
on their own experiences, children can begin to perceive the complexities of the
world in which they live. It offers suggested criteria for selecting literature
to help children cope with problems; guidelines for using literature to help children
cope with problems; resources for materials selection; and selected annotated
bibliographies (on death, disabilities and illness, disaster, separation and divorce
of parents, and violence). (RS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies;
*Childrens Literature; Death; Disabilities; Divorce; Elementary Education; Emotional
Problems; Natural Disasters; *Problem Solving; *Reading
Material Selection;
Social Problems; Violence
Identifiers: ERIC Digests
