A Stranger in the Park : A Caution Crew Book (Caution Crew)

The "nice man" needs help finding his lost puppy. An excellent non-scary teaching tool for parents to read to children and discuss the family who unknowingly set the stage for an attempted kidnaping of their daughter in the park. When the "nice man" is arrested, the Police Chief cautions and teaches Grant and Karen about safety rules and challenges them to teach other kids. Grant and Karen begin with their multi-cultural, multi-racial neighborhood friends and they form a group and call themselves THE CAUTION CREW™. They proceed to teach other children important personal safety rules. Cautioncrew.com, a site designed for children, reinforces these safety rules and lists state policies for missing children.

Children 3-11 will experience a story about children like themselves in 36 pages of beautiful color. The Summary of Personal Safety Tips, plus fill in the blank, will help children learn the importance of acquiring and practicing personal safety rules. 1. Never talk to strangers. 2 Know your telephone number. 3. Know your street address. 4. Be aware of people near you when your parents are not with you. 5. No grownup should ever ask you for help. They should ask another grownup. 6. You do not have to touch a car or go near the car to talk to someone in that car. A person sitting in a car can grab you if you get too close. So, talk from a distance. 7. If a stranger grabs you and no one is around to help, fall to the ground and let your body be totally limp like a rag. Practice this. 8. If a stranger touches you, yell "help" or "This is not my dad" or "This is not my mom." Practice this also.

A web site devoted to the Caution Crew contains the children from the book teaching specific safety tips to children. : Cautioncrew.com is an upbeat and non-threatening learning site for children

Dallas resident J. Stuart Fitts is a graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas, graduated from SMU, and received his MBA from SMU Cox School of Business. Mr. Fitts owned and operated a broadcast holding company until 1996, at which time he sold all of his interest to News Press & Gazette of St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a board member of the Ronald McDonald House and has served on the Texas Diabetes Council since 1996. He is also the father of two young boys and feels strongly about parents having tools with which to teach their children personal safety rules, but in a non-scary way.

Dallas resident J. Stuart Fitts is a graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas, graduated from SMU, and received his MBA from SMU Cox School of Business. Mr. Fitts owned and operated a broadcast holding company until 1996, at which time he sold all of his interest to News Press & Gazette of St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a board member of the Ronald McDonald House and has served on the Texas Diabetes Council since 1996. He is also the father of two young boys and feels strongly about parents having tools with which to teach their children personal safety rules, but in a non-scary way.

Donna Asay has done many commissions throughout the western states, and also in England, South Africa, and Australia. She loves to draw people and animals and is an avid nature lover. Born in Kellogg, Idaho, she now lives in Bountiful, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.