Do You Have a Secret?: A Children's Mental Health Book to Keep Kids Safe (Classroom Books, Emotions) (Let's Talk About It!) - Softcover

Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764131702 ISBN 13: 9780764131707

Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore, 2005

Synopsis

Every child has secrets, and many secrets are fun to keepfor instance, a surprise birthday gift for Mom, or a secret handshake with a young friend. But sometimes, children have secrets that make them feel bad, and these secrets are best shared with their parents, or with some trusted older person. A child who is bullied might be inclined to keep it secret, but its always best to tell parents about it. Or children who are touched intimately and improperly by an older person will soon feel better if they reveal the secret to parents. This book helps kids distinguish between good and bad secrets. Even very young children have concerns and anxieties, and Let's Talk About It! books are written and illustrated especially for them. Parents are advised to read these books aloud while their preschooler listens and looks at illustrations of the boys and girls in each story. Many children in early grades will be able to read the stories for themselves. Let's Talk About It! books encourage children to explore their feelings, and then to speak openly about things that trouble them.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

[back cover]
Let’s Talk About It!
Do You Have a Secret?
Secrets can be fun to keep . . . if the secret is something that makes you and everybody else happy. Then a secret is something very nice.
But if you have a secret that hurts you . . . a secret that makes you sad or scares you . . . that’s when you would feel much better if you talk about it to somebody you trust.
It might be very hard for you to tell such a secret to Mom, or to Dad, or to your teacher. But it’s best for you to be brave and talk about it. When you do, the problem can be made to go away.
Do you have a secret?

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3–Two excellent offerings that address important topics. In the first title, readers are eased into the subject by learning about fun secrets, such as a surprise party or a secret handshake. Then the text explains that bad secrets are things that don't make you feel happy on the inside, like when someone hurts you, steals lunch money, or touches you in a way that made you feel uncomfortable and all yucky inside. Youngsters are instructed to seek help from a trusted adult when they have a bad secret. In the second book, a girl describes her feelings about her family problems: I knew my parents were forgetting to be friends because they often looked so sad. They didn't talk to one another very much, and we even stopped having family night. She hears them arguing and wonders if it is her fault. When her father moves into his own place, things slowly begin to improve. Both texts present information in a child-friendly manner, and the cartoon illustrations capture the characters' emotions. The author has a good understanding of children and how they view their world, and provides additional notes to parents.–Melinda Piehler, Sawgrass Elementary School, Sunrise, FL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0764131702
• ISBN 13: 9780764131707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Fabrega Marta