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Learning about sexual abuse

Uncle Brian is a Criminal

November 17, 2017 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Parent/Teacher Collection, Society Explained 8 comments

Learning About Sexual Abuse Aho and Petras 1985 This type of material is one we see quite often on this site. (Click here to see Mr T help kids, or this gem of a book that tells kids that sex

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cover of hear the children crying

Hear the Children Crying

July 13, 2017 Mary Kelly Department of God, Parent/Teacher Collection 8 comments

Hear the Children Crying The Child Abuse Epidemic Evans 1978 If you don’t know who Dale Evans Rogers is, then you are probably pretty young. During the 50s, Dale and her husband Roy Rogers (the singing cowboy) had a television

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Private Zone!

March 17, 2017 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Parent/Teacher Collection One comment

Private Zone Dayee 1982 Another book for parents and kids to keep them all nice and safe. Not bad, but certainly not great. Since this book was published in the early 1980s, most people believed that sexual assault was the

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Something Must Be Wrong with Me cover

Something Is REALLY Wrong

June 18, 2014 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy 25 comments

Something Must Be Wrong With Me A Boy’s Book About Sexual Abuse Sanford 1993 Every time I think I won’t find more, they just show up. Long time readers on this site will recognize this author/illustrator right away. Our old

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I Can't Talk About It cover

Please don’t talk about it anymore!

October 1, 2012 Mary Kelly Doris Hall of Infamy, For the Kids 11 comments

I Can’t Talk About It A child’s book about sexual abuse Sanford 1986 I hate to say it, but I think we do need to talk about it…. Our good friend Doris wrote another book for your consideration. Just like

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Child Abuse Help Book cover

Child Abuse Help

February 23, 2012 Mary Kelly Parent/Teacher Collection, Vice Patrol 3 comments

The Child Abuse Help Book How to understand and cope with violence in the home Haskins 1982 I plucked this from a teen nonfiction collection.  Both the cover art and title are disturbing.  For a brief moment, I thought this

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The Right Touch cover

Right Touch

August 15, 2011 Holly For the Kids, Vice Patrol 26 comments

The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Kleven and Bergsma 1997 Submitter: When I was perusing our juvenile section for a book for storytime, I stumbled upon this; another children’s book about “bad touching.” I

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When Children Invite Child Abuse

A great choice for a parenting collection!

June 2, 2009 Holly Parent/Teacher Collection 21 comments

When Children Invite Child Abuse:  A search for answers when love is not enough Gold 1986 A fellow Michigan ALB spy has given us this gem!  I am speechless just on the title alone!  Who on earth is the target

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