BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN



BOOKS FOR PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN

My Body Belongs to Me

Jill Starishevsky

This book is geared to children ages 3-10, the story is a simple scenario involving a gender neutral child who is inappropriately touched by an uncle’s friend. The child tells the parents and they praise the youngster’s bravery. There is a compelling message and author provides suggestions for using the story as tool teaching body safety, correct terms for body parts, and how to communicate about prevention topics. The author has also created an excellent animated video of the book that can be found on YouTube:

Free Spirit Publishing, help4kids@



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Loving Touches: A Book for Children About Positive, Caring Kinds of Touching

Lory Freeman & Carol Deach (Ill)

Describes touching as something that every child needs and shows children positive ways to have this need met. Suitable for very young children.

Parenting Press, P.O. Box 15163, Seattle, WA 98115;



It’s MY Body: A Book to Teach Young Children How to Resist Uncomfortable Touch

Lory Freeman & Carol Deach (Ill)

Written to teach pre-school age children about safe boundaries, discriminating between safe and unsafe touches, and how to respond to unwanted touches.

Parenting Press, P.O. Box 15163, Seattle, WA 98115;



Your Body Belongs to You

Cornelia Spelman

This book acknowledges the need for and importance of touch. It uses simple language to convey that: a child’s body is his or her own; a child has the right to decline touch; and the parts covered by a bathing suit are private.

Albert Whitman & Company, 6340 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL, 60053-2723

BOOKS FOR SCHOOLAGE CHILDREN

My Body Belongs to Me

Jill Starishevsky

This book is geared to children ages 3–10 years. The story is a simple scenario involving a gender-neutral child who is inappropriately touched by an uncle’s friend. The child tells the parents and they praise the youngster’s bravery. There is a compelling message and author provides suggestions for using the story as tool teaching body safety, correct terms for body parts, and how to communicate about prevention topics. The author has also created an excellent animated video of the book that can be found on YouTube:

Free Spirit Publishing, help4kids@



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Red Flag Green Flag ABC’s of Personal Safety

Thirty-page coloring book introduces concepts of personal safety to children. Materials and curriculum guides for kindergarten and elementary age children are also available.

Red Flag Green Flag Resources, P.O. Box 2984, Fargo, ND 58108, 800/627-3675.

A Very Touching Book

Jan Hindman

Excellent book for children on touching, feelings, and what to do if there is “secret touching.” Introduces and uses correct terms for genitals.

AlexAndria Associates, 911 SW 3rd St., Ontario, OR 97914

BOOKS FOR PRE-ADOLESCENT CHILDREN

Pre-Teen Pressures: Child Abuse

Debra Goldentyer

This book is part of a series exploring social and personal problems that may effect pre-teens. This book identifies different kinds of abuse, possible causes for abuse, explains how to tell someone if you are being abused and what may happen following a report of abuse.

Steck-Vaughn Company, P.O. Box 26015, Austin TX 78755

How Long Does It Hurt, Revised Edition

Cynthia Mather with Kristina Debye

This book is a guide to recovering from incest and sexual abuse for teenagers, their friends and their families.

Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Franciso, CA.

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