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Book List
For Children and Their Families About
Child Abuse and Abduction
You may read these books with your children as you talk about safety. This is only a partial
listing of what is available. Explore your local library for other titles of interest.
We are always trying to expand our list, so if you have a suggestion of a book that should be on
our list, please email us at hirschoj@mhawestchester.org.
Pre Kindergarten
Carlson, Nancy. I Like Me. Puffin Books, 1988.
Crary, Elizabeth. I’m Lost. Parenting Press, Inc., 1985.
Hammerseng, Kathryn M. Telling Isn’t Tattling. Parenting Press, Inc., 1995.
Lowery, Linda. Laurie Tells.
Kindergarten – First
Aboff, Marcie. Uncle Willy’s Tickles. Magination Press, New York. 1996.
Boegehold, Betty. You Can Say “No”. A Golden Book. New York. Western
Publishing Co., Inc. Racine, Wisconsin. 1985.
Brown, Marc. Arthur – Lost and Found. Little, Brown and Company, 1998.
Dayee, Frances. Private Zone. Kidsrights. Charlotte, North Carolina, 1995.
Freeman, Lory. Loving Touches. Parenting Press. Seattle, Washington, 1986.
Gordon, Wendy. I’m Safe at the Mall. Backyard Books, 1998.
Hammerseng, Kathryn M. Telling Isn’t Tattling. Parenting Press, Inc., 1995.
Meyer, Linda. Safety Zone. Charles Franklin Press. Edmonds, Washington, 1984.
Meyer, Linda. Strangers Don’t Look Like the Big Bad Wolf. Charles Franklin Press.
Edmonds, Washington, 1985.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. King of the Playground. Aladdin Books, 1994.
Woodsen, Jacqueline. Our Gracie Aunt. Jump Sun, 2002.
Grades 2-3
Bulla, Clyde Robert. The Chalk Box Kid. Random House, 1987
Girard, Linda Walvoord. My Body is Private. Albert Whitman & Co. Morton Grove,
Illinois, 1984.
Girard, Linda Walvoord. Who is a Stranger and What Should I Do? Albert Whitman &
Co. Morton Grove, Illinois, 1984.
Johnsen, Karen. The Trouble With Secrets. Parenting Press, Inc., 1986.
Steig, William. The Amazing Bone. A Sunburst Book, Farrar. Strauss and Giroux, 1976.
Steig, William. Spinky Sulks. A Sunburst Book. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1988.
Grades 4-6
Bosch, Carl W. Bully on the Bus. Parenting Press, inc., 1988.
Byars, Betsy. The Pinballs. Harper Trophy, 1977.
Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw.
Cooney, Caroline B. The Face on the Milk Carton. Bantum Doubleday Dell, 1990.
Cooney, Caroline B. Whatever Happened to Janie? Bantum Doubleday Dell, 1993.
Deans, Sis Boulos. Racing the Past.
Ellerbee, Linda. Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam.
Navarra, Tova. On My Own: Helping Kids Help Themselves. Barrons, 1989.
Park, Barbara. Almost Starring Skinnybones. Random House, 1988.
Park, Barbara. Skinnybones. Random House, 1982.
Rench, Janice E. Family Violence – How to Recognize and Survive It. Lerner
Publications Co. Minneapolis, 1992.
Roberts, Willo Davis. Don’t Hurt Laurie.
Sachs, Marilyn. A December Tale.
Smith, Marya. Winter-Broken.
Terkel, Susan Neiberg & Rench, Janice E. Feeling Safe, Feeling Strong – How to Avoid
Sexual Abuse and What to Do If It Happens to You. Lerner Publications Co.
Minneapolis, 1984.
Young Adult
Hunt, Irene. The Lottery Rose.
Irwin, Hadley. Abby, My Love.
Bradway, Bradway, Russell, and Satullo. It Happens to Boys Too.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The True Colors of Caitlyne Jackson.
Wynne-Jones, Tim. Le Maestro
Books for Parents
Adams, Caren & Fay, Jennifer. No More Secrets: Protecting Your Child From Sexual
Assault. Impact Publishers. 1981
Cross, Laurella Brough. Jenny’s New Game.
Giacobello, John. You and Violence in Your Family.
Hyde, Margaret O. Know About Abuse.
Kehoe, Patricia. Something Happened and I’m Scared to Tell.
Kraizer, Sheryll Kerns. The Safe Child Book – A Commonsense Approach to
Protecting Children and Teaching Them to Protect Themselves.
MacGregor, Cynthia. Staying Safe at Home and On-Line.
MacGregor, Cynthia. What To Do If You Get Lost.
Sherman, Joanne. Because It’s My Body.
Spelman, C. Your Body Belongs to You!
Wachter, O. No More Secrets for Me. Little Brown & Company; Revised edition, October
2002.
Wagner, Jan. Raising Safe Kids in an Unsafe World.
Woodson, M. Child Abduction.
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