ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY CHILD SAFETY RESOURCES

Call Number Subject
362.76 Child Abuse (Sociological perspective)
362.82 Family Violence (Sociological perspective)
613.6 Personal Safety
616.8583 Adult child abuse and child sexual abuse victims
649.4 Parenting - Safety
649.65 Parenting – Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

Parenting Center Look for call numbers listed above in the Parenting Center as well as in the Nonfiction area.

Child Abuse & Child Sexual Abuse Fiction

Preschool/K  
Parenting Center JP (C) One of the problems of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton. 2001.

School Age Children

  
J Fiction (K) I don’t want to go to Justin’s house anymore by Heather Klassen. 1999.
J Fiction (R) Telling by Marilyn Reynolds. 1996.
J Fiction (W) The true colors of Caitlynne Jackson by Carol Lynch Williams. 1997.

Teens  
Y Fiction (L) Danger game by Julie Lawson. 1996.
Y Fiction (H) Don’t you dare read this, Mrs. Dumphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix. 1996.
Y paperback Forged by fire by Sharon M. Draper. 1998.
Y Fiction (R) Hero by S.L. Rottman. 1997.
Y Fiction (W) (also CASS version) I hadn’t meant to tell you this by Jacqueline Woodson. 1994.
Y Fiction (H) The watcher by James Howe. 1997.
Y Fiction (C) What Jamie saw by Carolyn Coman. 1995.
Y Fiction (V When she hollers by Cynthia Voigt. 1994.


Keeping Children Safe –Child Abuse & Child Sexual Abuse Prevention NonFiction

Preschool/K  
Videocassette Children’s Fiction (B) Big Bird gets lost. Children’s Television Workshop 1997.
Parenting Center 362.7 K The right touch: a read aloud story to help prevent child sexual abuse by Sandy Kleven. 1997.
Parenting Center/Videocassette 613.6(T) Too smart for strangers with Winnie the Pooh. 1985.

School Age  
Parenting Center J 613.6 S Staying safe by Alan Silverstein. 2000.
J 613.6 M Ten steps to staying safe by Cynthia MacGregor. 1999.

Parenting Titles on Keeping Kids Safe  
649.4 S Keeping Kids Safe by Kenneth Shore. 2001
Parenting Center 649.4 G Parenting 911 by Charlene Giannetti. 1999.
Parenting Center 649.1 D Protecting the Gift; keeping children & teenagers safe (& parents sane) by Gavin De Becker. 1999.
Parenting Center 649.4 B Protecting your children from sexual predators by Leigh Baker. 2002.
Parenting Center 649.1 C Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Violence by Dominic Cappello. 2000.

Other Titles on Understanding Abuse  
362.71 D Child abuse by Edward F. Dolan. 1992
Y 364.153 C Coping with sexual abuse by Judith Cooney. 1987.
616.8583 B The Courage to heal by Ellen Bass. 1994.
Y 362.82 S Everything you need to know about family violence by Evan Stark. 1989.
Y 362.7 S Everything you need to know about sexual abuse by Evan Stark. 1988.

Electronic Databases

Health and Wellness Resource Center
Go to Anne Arundel County Public Library www.aacpl.net Click on Electronic Databases. Go to Health. Select Health & Wellness Resource Center. Search on Child Sexual abuse.

Internet Sites
The following Internet sites offer activities to use with children and information for parents on the issues involved.

Almanac of Policy Issues site with links to child abuse statistics and reports
http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/child_abuse.shtml

Children and Stranger Safety
http://www.thefamily.com/parenting/stranger-safety.html

FBI Kids & Youth Educational Homepage
http://www.fbi.gov/kids/crimepre/abduct/abdrules.htm

Headquarters Counseling Center
http://www.hqcc.lawrence.ks.us/other/main.html

KidPower TeenPower FullPower International
http://www.kidpower.org/articles.html

Kids Only! Stranger and Personal Body Safety (from the Hillsborough County, Florida Sheriff’s Office)
http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/Kids/stranger.htm

McGruff Safe Kids
http://www.mcgruff-safe-kids.com/

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.com/html/potus_pubs.html

October 2002