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THE SAFE CHILD BOOK: A Common Sense Approach to Protecting Children and Teaching Children To Protect Themselves, by Sherryll Kraizer, Ph.D. Fireside Books / A Simon & Schuster Trade Paperback Original, August 28, 1996
The daily headlines provide a constant reminder of the violence and abuse perpetrated against children. Parents try to find a balance between protecting their children and letting them grow up with... A child book is something special--uniquely rewarding and pleasurable. It is never too soon to introduce children to child book. Here are some basic points about specific age groups to keep in mind when you are choosing a child book.
BABIES AND TODDLERS
Very young children are attracted by brightly colored pictures of simple objects.
They are listeners, and respond well to books with simple texts and good rhythms.
Wordless books stimulate them both visually and mentally, and encourage them to create their own stories.
They are delighted with board books and cloth books, which have the virtue of being practically indestructibl... It's the most urgent and highly publicized issue facing America's family: how to teach our children to protect themselves in any situation.
Based on the author's successful education workshop, which has been in operation since 1969 and has educated more than 50,000 parents and children nationwide, The Safe Child Book gives parents effective and non threatening techniques for teaching children how to protect themselves without making them afr... Child Books, Readers and Reading
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A Child Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper
'Many 'true crimes' feature in this novel of exploitation, guilt and mental breakdown set in a small Tasmanian town near the site of a notorious penal colony. A young teacher is obsessed with a local murder because the victim's circumstances resemble her own. But is she actually in danger? And why can she relate only to children, rejecting the adult world? The author pushes the device of the unreliable narrator to its limits and produces 'an ocean of question marks'. This is ambitious first novel which, though it is stylistically brilliant, eventually seems t... OLDER CHILDREN (AGES 9-12 AND OLDER)
Consider who the child is--his or her personality traits and personal preferences.
Make your selection with the child in mind; choose an informational child book or a novel in an area of specific interest.
Publishers sometimes indicate on the cover of the child book or on a child book jacket the age level or grade level for which they think that child book is most suitable.
Don't hesitate to choose... The six essential habits of highly successful parents.
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Foreword by Howard Gurevitz, M.D., F.A.P.A.
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