Bibliotherapy is the use of books in a therapeutic setting to influence the way individuals feel, think, and solve problems (Mendel, M. R., Harris, J., & Carson, N., 2016). This is crucial for children’s books because it helps the young clients understand their world a bit clearer. Nowadays, a number of clinicians recommend children’s books or databases would further the progress of the clients. Moreover, using bibliotherapy through children’s books will in the future help a child of younger age grasp the mental illness that they are dealing with.
For younger children, understanding their situation is essential because being at such young age and dealing with mental illness is very difficult. At times these children can’t express how they …show more content…
Would most likely be for 12-13 yr olds. The story begins with a sad beginning introducing the topic of death. This is a very hard topic for many children to cope with since they do not fully understand sometimes what is happening. Overcoming sadness is what the books purpose is. Cycle of life and used for counseling to expand on what the child is feeling towards the death of a love one. Sad Days, Glad Days: A Story about Depression would most likely be for ages of 5-8. The story is about a girl, Amanda Martha, trying to understand her mother’s depression. Which at times causes her mother to be sad, cry, or even be in bed all day. This book is meant to help children deal with parents with depression and notice that there are good and bad days to depression. There are also quite a few illustrations, which are meant to help the children visualize depression. Mommy stayed in bed this morning: Helping children understand depression, by Mary Weaver, would be for ages 5-10. This book presents us a scenario where a boy deals with his mother who has depression. Which includes an incident where the mother had to go the hospital a few times. This is important in terms of expressing how it is living with depression. Furthermore, Weaver incorporates many positive figures in the book that are supportive of the mother going through …show more content…
This is yet another book on children learning to cope with there parents depression. Which is quite common throughout many households. The boy, Alex, asks and wonders why his father is acting depressed. Making him wondering if he can catch the “cold”. The book in all is pretty forward about its meaning of depression and does not water down the actual of depression. The Color Thief: A Family 's Story of Depression is a story about boy who has lost his father to depression. This book is for children from ages 4-8 because it is filled with pictures and illustrations. It depicts how the young boys father gets lost in a world with no color, and the father needs help finding the color. In all, this book illustrates a darker tone of depression and how some people live in complete darkness because their depression consumes them. Why is Mommy Sad, A Child’s Guide to Parental Depression, is a short book explaining depression to the younger crowd. This would be for a younger crowd typically ages 4-8, but mainly for 4 year olds because the information is very basic. It explains what depression is and the daughter is trying to understand. It is very basic information for depression, but it was also not very well
For younger children, understanding their situation is essential because being at such young age and dealing with mental illness is very difficult. At times these children can’t express how they …show more content…
Would most likely be for 12-13 yr olds. The story begins with a sad beginning introducing the topic of death. This is a very hard topic for many children to cope with since they do not fully understand sometimes what is happening. Overcoming sadness is what the books purpose is. Cycle of life and used for counseling to expand on what the child is feeling towards the death of a love one. Sad Days, Glad Days: A Story about Depression would most likely be for ages of 5-8. The story is about a girl, Amanda Martha, trying to understand her mother’s depression. Which at times causes her mother to be sad, cry, or even be in bed all day. This book is meant to help children deal with parents with depression and notice that there are good and bad days to depression. There are also quite a few illustrations, which are meant to help the children visualize depression. Mommy stayed in bed this morning: Helping children understand depression, by Mary Weaver, would be for ages 5-10. This book presents us a scenario where a boy deals with his mother who has depression. Which includes an incident where the mother had to go the hospital a few times. This is important in terms of expressing how it is living with depression. Furthermore, Weaver incorporates many positive figures in the book that are supportive of the mother going through …show more content…
This is yet another book on children learning to cope with there parents depression. Which is quite common throughout many households. The boy, Alex, asks and wonders why his father is acting depressed. Making him wondering if he can catch the “cold”. The book in all is pretty forward about its meaning of depression and does not water down the actual of depression. The Color Thief: A Family 's Story of Depression is a story about boy who has lost his father to depression. This book is for children from ages 4-8 because it is filled with pictures and illustrations. It depicts how the young boys father gets lost in a world with no color, and the father needs help finding the color. In all, this book illustrates a darker tone of depression and how some people live in complete darkness because their depression consumes them. Why is Mommy Sad, A Child’s Guide to Parental Depression, is a short book explaining depression to the younger crowd. This would be for a younger crowd typically ages 4-8, but mainly for 4 year olds because the information is very basic. It explains what depression is and the daughter is trying to understand. It is very basic information for depression, but it was also not very well