With over 500 hand-picked titles, Healing Stories recommends carefully selected books essential for any adult looking to help children cope with their growing pains through reading. Annotated with helpful commentary, these titles cover everything from kids' everyday trials (losing baby teeth, starting school, having a bad day) to more emotionally stressful events (death of a pet, moving, illness), giving adults all the information they need to choose the right books. Also features useful tips to make reading fun and helpful for both adults and children. For more information, visit the Healing Stories Web site.
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Believing in the power of stories to help children understand themselves, Golding has compiled an annotated list of more than 500 picture books on topics ranging from simple friendship to more complex themes of illness and divorce. In her introduction, she gives practical tips for adults who will be choosing books from this collection. The author reminds them that books alone can't solve all problems, but that they are excellent tools for starting a conversation. Carolyn W. Lima and John A. Lima's A to Zoo (2005) groups titles by similar topic without the benefit of annotations, whereas John T. Gillespie and Catherine Barr's Best Books for Children (2003, both Libraries Unlimited) provides a one-sentence annotation with evaluative comments for using the titles as discussion starters with children. Both parents and librarians can use these suggested books either for bibliotherapy or for theme-building for storytimes. However, because Golding suggests many older, out-of-print titles, this book would not be as worthwhile as a collection-development guide.—Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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An excellent resource. (Keith Averell )
A wonderful help for parents whose children are facing a transition or life problem, and a great resource for professionals, pediatricians, and teachers. I've frequently recommended it to parents and professionals alike. (Mary Krentz, Ph.D. )
Healing Stories is a unique resource for guidance in sorting through the wealth of children's picture books addressing psychosocial issues. Golding is especially sensitive to questions of inclusiveness, cultural context, and age appropriateness. This is an important book for parents. (Alvin Poussaint, M.D. )
Healing Stories is a unique resource for guidance in sorting through the wealth of children's picture books addressing psychosocial issues. Golding is especially sensitive to questions of inclusiveness, cultural context, and age appropriateness. This is an important book for parents. (Alvin Poussaint, M.D. )
A practical sourcebook of stories to help children (ages 1 to 12) cope with the difficult challenges of life. Highly recommended!! (Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D. )
A valuable family resource for healing and helping children through transitions in life. (William Sears, M.D. )
Research consistently affirms the importance of parental reading to young children as a bond of warmth as well as a stimulus for cognitive, emotional, and social development. Dr. Golding has provided an invaluable tool for parents and other caregivers by identifying and organizing lists of illustrated books for helping children experience basic securities, develop a sense of personal worth, and explore their imaginative potential. The books, arranged for different age levels, also cover a range of problematic aspects in the child's life from daily stresses, fears, or worries to responses to traumatic events. The brief but insightful explanations provided in each area may really aid many adults in helping the children in their care confront the difficulties and also the joys of growing up. In a time of national concern about school readiness and literacy this is a great way to introduce children to the pleasures and values of reading. (Jerome L. Singer, Ph.D. )
An incredibly great resource. (Tracy Trotter, M.D. )
People who love and reread children's books will enjoy Healing Stories, and almost certainly find help within its pages for their children's tribulations, whether big, small, or in between ... Within each category are dozens of marvelous books, intelligently summarized ... this is an exceptional look at two generations of books that can both entertain our children and soothe them in time of need. (The Parent's Press )
People who love and reread children's books will enjoy Healing Stories, and almost certainly find help within its pages for their children's tribulations, whether big, small, or in between ... Within each category are dozens of marvelous books, intelligently summarized ... this is an exceptional look at two generations of books that can both entertain our children and soothe them in time of need. (The Parent's Press )
A wonderful help for parents whose children are facing a transition or life problem, and a great resource for professionals, pediatricians, and teachers. I've frequently recommended it to parents and professionals alike. (Mary Krentz, Ph.D. )
Healing Stories is a unique resource for guidance in sorting through the wealth of children's picture books addressing psychosocial issues. Golding is especially sensitive to questions of inclusiveness, cultural context, and age appropriateness. This is an important book for parents. (Alvin Poussaint, M.D. )
Healing Stories is a unique resource for guidance in sorting through the wealth of children's picture books addressing psychosocial issues. Golding is especially sensitive to questions of inclusiveness, cultural context, and age appropriateness. This is an important book for parents. (Alvin Poussaint, M.D. )
A practical sourcebook of stories to help children (ages 1 to 12) cope with the difficult challenges of life. Highly recommended!! (Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D. )
A valuable family resource for healing and helping children through transitions in life. (William Sears, M.D. )
Research consistently affirms the importance of parental reading to young children as a bond of warmth as well as a stimulus for cognitive, emotional, and social development. Dr. Golding has provided an invaluable tool for parents and other caregivers by identifying and organizing lists of illustrated books for helping children experience basic securities, develop a sense of personal worth, and explore their imaginative potential. The books, arranged for different age levels, also cover a range of problematic aspects in the child's life from daily stresses, fears, or worries to responses to traumatic events. The brief but insightful explanations provided in each area may really aid many adults in helping the children in their care confront the difficulties and also the joys of growing up. In a time of national concern about school readiness and literacy this is a great way to introduce children to the pleasures and values of reading. (Jerome L. Singer, Ph.D. )
An incredibly great resource. (Tracy Trotter, M.D. )
People who love and reread children's books will enjoy Healing Stories, and almost certainly find help within its pages for their children's tribulations, whether big, small, or in between ... Within each category are dozens of marvelous books, intelligently summarized ... this is an exceptional look at two generations of books that can both entertain our children and soothe them in time of need. (The Parent's Press )
People who love and reread children's books will enjoy Healing Stories, and almost certainly find help within its pages for their children's tribulations, whether big, small, or in between ... Within each category are dozens of marvelous books, intelligently summarized ... this is an exceptional look at two generations of books that can both entertain our children and soothe them in time of need. (The Parent's Press )
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