Teaching with Books that Heal: Authentic Literature and Literacy Strategies to Help Children Cope with Everyday Problems

by Patricia L. Kolencik, Carianne Bernadowski

Overview

Help children learn coping skills through literature! This book answers the often repeated question: Is there a children's book I can read in my classroom to give children insight into significant life events? Literature ideas and activities help students cope with real-life situations, such as bullying, that interfere with school. This book will assist educators in guiding and nurturing children's special issues and concerns with outstanding, ready-to-go reading and writing lessons. This professional resource for K-6 educators and parents uses literature with identifiable characters to help children who are facing challenges in their lives. Like bullying, peer acceptance, peer pressure, and being different, as well as family situations such as death, divorce, adoption, and sibling rivalry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586832209
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/31/2007
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Patricia Liotta Kolencik is associate professor, Department of Education, Clarion University of Pennsylvania in Clarion, PA.

Carianne Bernadowski is assistant professor, Department of Social Sciences and Education at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, PA.

Editorial Reviews

When students are hurting it is difficult for them to concentrate on school work. To help, teachers and librarians often search for a book in which the characters are facing the same problems and meeting the challenges. This resource is for teachers, guidance counselors, and librarians to find lists of books for students affected by divorce, the death of a family member or a pet, bullying, or peer acceptance. This is not just a bibliography, however. In each section three books are highlighted. There is a short summary of the book, the recommended age range, words for review, and a number of lesson ideas. Listed with each lesson idea are the Information Literacy Standards by number, as well as the NCTE/IRA Standards for English Language Arts, also by number, that correlate. These are included in the sections covering each book as well as in chart format in the introductory section where the standards are listed in full. This book hits two goals: letting students with problems know that they aren't alone and providing literacy lessons that are aligned to standards. Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

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