The Impact of Using Children’s Literature for Bibliotherapy Purposes on Children Experiencing Divorce

摘要

Divorce is on the rise now not only in Malaysia but all over the world and so many children were affected by this or may experience this in their lives. This study is done to investigate whether children’s literature was really the main contributor in bibliotherapy session. Fewbooks with different themes such as divorce, running away from home, depression, anger, and love were used in this study. Handmade books were also used with similar themes to encourage them to read comfortably. The researchers used guided reading and read aloud method during the bibliotherapysession. It can be concluded that bibliotherapy is one of the methods that can help children overcome their sadness, depression, trauma and anger when experiencing divorce.