Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-133) and indexes.
Summary
Children grieve in different ways from adults and therefore need alternative strategies to help them through their grief. This book shows how reading fiction, a process termed bibliotherapy, can help.
Contents
What is bibliotherapy? -- How real do we want our realism about death? -- How do authors present death? Then and now: The late nineteenth century to the early twenty first century -- How do writers and readers communicate? -- Classification of books -- A detailed study of the novel 'Squib' -- Analysis of Passage From 'Squib'.