Because It's My Body!: Keep 'Em Safe Series: Anxiety-Free Learning for Children - Hardcover

Sherman MS RN APN C, Joanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0971173591 ISBN 13: 9780971173590

Publisher: SAFE for Children Publishing, LLC, 2006

Synopsis

Focusing on empowerment and prevention, this approachable book gives young children a way to reject unwanted, possibly harmful physical contact by adults and other kids. Its nonconfrontational tone relays the importance of saying no without veering into descriptions of molestation—teaching children without scaring them. Diverse illustrations allow young readers to identify with the characters in the book and, without focusing on sexuality, the scenarios show children how to start the process of defining physical boundaries by teaching them that their entire body belongs to them. By giving them the tools to stand up for themselves, parents and educators can set kids on a path to protecting themselves from unwanted touching and abuse.

About this title

About the Author:

Joanne Sherman, MS, RN, APN, C, is a certified psychoanalyst and an advanced-practice psychiatric nurse. She lives in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. John Steven Gurney is the illustrator of more than 80 books for children, including all of the titles in Scholastic's The Bailey School Kids series and Random House's A to Z Mysteries series. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Review:

"Essential reading for all who cherish children and are committed to the safety of children."  —Jamie Hoffman-Rosenfeld, MD, attending pediatrician, child protection team, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"This book empowers children by establishing an effective phrase for 'saying no' to unwanted advances."  —School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: SAFE for Children Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0971173591
• ISBN 13: 9780971173590
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Gurney John Steven