The two primary concepts that promote discussion are used in selecting titles for this database. They are Character Education and Bibliotherapy. Both are defined as follows:

Character Education: Character Education is the process of identifying positive values, as defined by a community, then assisting young people to learn and use these values as tools to make positive, ethical choices in their everyday lives.

Bibliotherapy: A process that helps a person who can relate to books or stories to gain awareness and insight into their own personal issues through reading or listening to literature with a parent, teacher, or facilitator trained to work with sensitive issues.

See the See the Helping Books Resources section of this website for more information on bibliotherapy, character education, family book discussions, moral education, as well as book resources on these topics.