This literature review examines the benefits and outcomes of bibliotherapy when used with children who have experienced trauma. Bibliotherapy--a therapeutic process of guided discussion of literature that provides an experience used to treat emotional and behavioral problems--can assist children and youth (ages 3-18) in healing and developing effective coping skills after they experience trauma. The use of literature and identifying how to live more effectively through the characters and problems featured in a book enables children and youth to increase their insight and understanding of the themes and experiences as they relate to their own lives. Bibliotherapy is reinforced through the use of a variety of techniques such as discussion, therapeutic use of art, dramatization, puppetry, and creative writing. Bibliotherapy as a recreational therapy intervention is discussed in terms of improving child outcomes and advancing recreational therapy professional practice. (Author Abstract Modified)