"Military Deployment in a Family: Children’s Literature as a Basis for " by Tina M. Taylor, Aimee Tubbs et al.
 

Military Deployment in a Family: Children’s Literature as a Basis for Counseling Support

Keywords

bibliotherapy, military deployment, children’s literature

Abstract

The authors summarize 30 children’s books that tell stories of a family member’s military deployment in order to identify books that could be used in bibliotherapy for children impacted by deployment. In this sample of books, the main characters are most commonly portrayed as feeling sad about a family member’s deployment. The most prevalent coping strategies are finding ways to stay connected to the deployed person and talking with an adult. An unexpected finding was a coping strategy of expressing pride in the family member’s military service.

Original Publication Citation

Tubbs, A., Young, E. L., Heath, M. A., & Dyches, T. T. (2019). Military Deployment in a Family: Children’s Literature as a Basis for Counseling Support. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 58 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol58/iss1/5

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2019

Publisher

Western Michigan University

Language

English

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Counseling Psychology and Special Education

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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