Bobby and Mandee's Don't Hide Abuse: Children's Safety Book Contributor(s): Kahn, Robert (Author), Barbetti, Maryann (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1935274538 ISBN-13: 9781935274537 Publisher: Future Horizons OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Physical & Emotional Abuse - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Sexual Abuse |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 7.02" W x 9.93" (0.33 lbs) 25 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Educate, before it's too late In this moral-driven tale, Bobby explains to Mandee that some secrets should not be kept--especially those that threaten a friend's safety. Bobby explains to Mandee the concept of "abuse" and then tells a very sad story of a boy who did not tell a trusted adult about his friend's abuse, and what happened as a result. Mandee replies with a story of her own about her friend at school. Together, Bobby and Mandee decide to go to Dad and ask for his advice on how to help Mandee's friend. Author and former Deputy Sheriff Robert Kahn recommends that parents read this book with their children and encourage teachers to share it with the class Helpful features include: Don't Hide Abuse is fourth in the series of Robert Kahn's Children's Safety Books, following Too Safe for Strangers, Too Smart for Bullies, and Good Touch/Bad Touch. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kahn, Robert: - Robert Kahn has worked as a musician, schoolteacher, legal worker in U.S. immigration prisons, track coach, freelance writer, and newspaper reporter and editor. He studied the saxophone with Joe Allard at the Manhattan School of Music, from which he received a master's degree in performance in 1976. He is the author of the nonfiction book, Other People's Blood: U.S. Immigration Prisons in the Reagan Decade, and An Honest Thief, a novella and stories. He is news editor for Courthouse News Service. |