Books are one of the most ubiquitous, accessible, and powerful resources available to support children’s mental wellbeing. In this session, we will share information and strategies from our edited volume Using Literature to Support Children’s Mental Health, which explores the intersections and interplay between mental health topics and picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels targeted at children ages birth to twelve. Topics will include grief and loss, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, and more. 

Kim Becnel is a professor of Library Science at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. A former youth services librarian, she currently teaches and researches in the areas of intellectual freedom, youth literature, public library services, and distance pedagogy.   

Robin A. Moeller is a former high school librarian and professor of Library Science at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA. Her research interests lie in visual representations of information as they apply to youth and schooling, as well as the reading habits and interests of children and teens. 

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