The Right Touch
Written by Sandy Kleven, LCSW
Illustrated by Jody Bergsma
$15.95
Reading Level: Ages 3-Adult
Pages: 32
Binding: hardcover
Size: 8.5" x 11"
ISBN: 978-0-935699-10-4
Providing invaluable information about inappropriate touching and what to do if children experience an abusive situation,
The Right Touch reaches beyond the usual scope of children’s picture books. This extraordinary parenting book deals with a very difficult topic—the sexual abuse of young children. This gentle, thoughtful story can be read aloud to a child by any trusted caregiver.
In this thoughtful story, young Jimmy’s mom explains the difference between touches that are positive and touches that are secret, deceptive or forced. She tells him how to resist inappropriate touching, affirming that abuse is not the child’s fault.
Jody Bergsma’s gentle illustrations soften the impact of this story; yet this portrayal of a dangerous situation is very realistic. If children are old enough to sit still and listen to a story, they are old enough for
The Right Touch.
Used by parents and teachers nationwide to help children avoid sexual abuse, this book won the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Parenting Award. It was a finalist for the Small Press Award and was also "Selected as Outstanding" by the Parent Council, Ltd.
Each of our inspirational, award-winning children’s books has been selected from among the many hundreds of submissions we receive each year. We then find the perfect artist, whose vision and talent are unleashed to create a brilliantly illustrated, award-winning children’s picture book.
About the Author
Sandy Kleven, a licensed clinical social worker, has assisted families for more than twenty years. Her activities in sexual abuse prevention include the creation of an Emmy Award-winning docudrama,
The Touching Problem. For five years she served as director of the SOAPBox Players, an acclaimed prevention theatre group in Bellingham, WA. Currently she works for an Alaskan Native health corporation in Bethel, Alaska.
About the Illustrator
An internationally acclaimed artist, Jody Bergsma is known for her excellence in a wide variety of styles. Jody's work was inspired by her visits to Alaska, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Washington's Olympic Penninsula, where she studied the coastal tribes, their mythology and art forms. Jody has written and illustrated the DragonFire Trilogy (
Dragon,
The Little Wizard,
Faerie) as well as illustrated three other books (
The Right Touch,
Dreambirds,
Sky Castle).
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