Diane stressed the importance of exposing children to quality
literature that offer stories rich in vocabulary, with characters that readers
care about and care about what happens to them. Diane flagged the genre of Bibliotherapy,
which offers books that are written with a direct message of how to cope or how
to respond to a situation, akin to self-help for children. While self help
books can be helpful and have their place, they are not to be confused with literature.
Diane explained that literature is not meant to be a lesson,
but a way to enter into an experience that helps a reader understand his or her
thoughts and feelings. Reading literature is often very therapeutic in that is
helps us better understand ourselves and others, but literature and self help
books have little in common.
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