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Children's literature promotes understanding
Bibliotherapy and critical literacy are two ways to use books to help children better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This article explains both strategies and provides resources for selecting appropriate books.
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By Melissa Thibault.

Practice of using selected books to help students overcome real-life problems through identification with the characters or plot elements in the stories.

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