Hospitalized Children:
Hannah’s Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived. By Maria Housden
A Child In Pain. By Leora Kuttner
Abused Children:
A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
They Cage the Animals at Night. By Jennings Michael Burch
How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness. By Kathleen McCue
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. By Anne Fadiman
Special Needs:
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity. By Andrew Solomon
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism. By John Donvan and Clare Zucker
Play Therapy:
Dibs in Search of Self. By Virginia M. Axline
Play Therapy. By Virginia Axline
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
– Fred Rogers
The Three "Peas" of Child Life 