Not Everyone Is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution with Strangers (Let's Talk)

Alimonti, Frederick; Tedesco Ph.D., Ann

ISBN 10: 0882822330 / ISBN 13: 9780882822334

Published by New Horizon Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Not Everyone Is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution with Strangers (Let's Talk)
• Publisher: New Horizon Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882822330
• ISBN 13: 9780882822334
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: DePrince, Erik; Volinski, Jessica
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 4 ounces

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Synopsis

Kathy is waiting for her mother outside of school when a strange car approaches. The smiling man inside offers to drive Kathy home, suggesting that her mother may be hurt or sick. Just before Kathy is ready to climb in, her mother arrives and the man speeds off. Kathy is confused and hurt that the nice man would leave so quickly.

Later that night, Kathy's parents use examples from nature of pretty but lethal plants and fish to show her that animals and people that look or seem nice may be very dangerous. Not Everyone is Nice teaches children what to do if a stranger approaches and reminds them that looking or acting nice doesn't mean a person is safe.

From the Author

This is a book that I originally wrote for my own children.  It introduces stranger danger through a story told through the eyes of a child.  The story raises this subject in what I hope is a not particularly frightening way, yet with a clear message and an opportunity for more discussion - not the end of the discussion on this important subject but, I hope, a good beginning.