JUVENILE NONFICTION
32 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper
Trade Paper, $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $11.95)
Publication Date: January 1982
ISBN 9780943990194
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Jan 1982)
Parenting Press
Designed to help adults talk with toddlers and preschoolers about sexual abuse in a way that reduces embarrassment and fear and emphasizes self-reliance and open communication, this book does not contain specific references and stories about sexual abuse, a nod to the tender age of its target audience. It does, however, emphasize how children#&8217;s feelings can help them make decisions about sharing their bodies, and how to communicate those decisions to others. The book introduces two #&8220;touching codes,#&8221; which children can use to protect themselves when they are uncomfortable.
Lory Freeman directs a therapeutic early childhood and family support program and is the author of It#&8217;s My Body and Loving Touches. She is a coauthor of The Young Child as Scientist. She lives in Eugene, Oregon. Carol Deach is the illustrator of It#&8217;s My Body, Loving Touches, My Grandma Died, and Something Happened and I#&8217;m Scared to Tell.