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Protecting Our Children
Links to Other Resources and
Fiction
To Help Children Recognize and Deal With Sexual Abuse
Links to Other Resources:
Brochures
Because There Is A Way to Prevent CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE,
Safer Society Press,
P.O. Box 340, Brandon, VT 05733-0340
www.safersociety.org
Child Abuse Hurts Us All,
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
www.dsskids.org
617-748-2000
Organizations
The Enough Abuse Campaign (NEW)
Massachusetts Department of
Social Services 617-748-2000
Massachusetts Children's Trust
Fund 617-727-8957
Massachusetts Citizens for Children 617-742-8555,
Ext. #2
National Catholic Education Association
National
Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry
Prevent
Child Abuse America 312-663-3520
STOP IT NOW 413-268-3096
VIRTUS
US Catholic Conference of Bishops site includes the Office
for Child and Youth Protection, National Review
Board, the Charter and Audit Reports
The
archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) Child Advocacy home page
The Los
Angeles Archdiocese home page
Archdiocese Chicago
Home Page
Each site includes the Keeping Children Safe links such as:
Fiction
To Help Children Recognize and Deal With Sexual Abuse
(Please note: The suggested ages are approximate. Parents need
to make choices appropriate for their children.)
Titles from Sensitive Issues, An Annotated Guide to Children's
Literature, K-6, by Timothy V. Rasinski and Cindy S. Gillespie,
Oryx Press, 1992, ISBN: 0-89774-777-1.
The Boy in the Off-White Hat, by Lynn Hall, 1984, Charles
Scribner's Sons (ages 11 and up)
I Can't Talk About It, by Doris Sanford, 1986, Multnomah
Press (ages 8 and up)
Margaret's Story, by Deborah Anderson and Martha Finne,
1986, Dillon (ages 8 and up)
No More Secrets for Me, by Oralee Wachter, 1983, Little
Brown & Co. (ages 6 and up)
No-No the Little Seal, by Sherri Patterson, 1986, Random
House, (ages 6 and up)
Titles suggested by The Children's Book Shop, Brookline Village
Alice on the Outside, by Phyllis Reynolds, 1999, Simon/Schuster
(ages 10 and up)
The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole, 1997, Puffin/Penguin
(ages 13 and up)
My Body Is Private, by Linda W. Girard, 1984, Albert Whitman
(ages 4 to 6)
Promise Not To Tell, by Carolyn Polese, 1985, Beech Tree
(ages 11 and up)
Sometimes It's O.K. To Tell Secrets (A Parent/Child Manual for
the Protecting of Children), by Robin Lenett & Dana Barthelme,
1986, Tom Doherty (ages 5 and up)
Weeping Willow, by Ruth White, 1992, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
(ages 13 and up)
Titles from Children's Literature, An Issues Approach (third
edition) by Masha Kabakow Rudman, 1995, Longman , ISBN:
0-8013-0537-3
Chilly Stomach, by J. Caines, 1986, Harper (ages 5-8)
Gillyflower, by E. Howard, 1986, Atheneum (ages 12 and up)
I Like You to Make Jokes with Me, but I Don't Want You to Touch
Me, by M. Betz, 1985, Lollipop Power (Ages 3-8)
It's MY Body, by Lory Freeman, 1984 (ages 3-8); to accompany
it, Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse: A Parent's Guide, by Janie
Hart-Rossi (ages 1-12), both from Parenting Press
Kentucky Daughter, by C.J. Scott, 1985, Clarion (ages 12
and up)
Loving Touches: A book for Children About Positive Kinds of
Touches, by L. Freeman, 1986, Parenting (ages 3-5)
Mac, by J. MacLean, 1987, Houghton Mifflin (ages 12 and
up)
Telling, by M. Reynolds, 1989, Peace Venture (ages 12 and
up)
Tom Doesn't Visit Us Anymore, by M. Otto, 1987, Women's,
(ages 3-5)
The Trouble with Secrets, K. Johnsen, 1986, Parenting (ages
5-8)
Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if They
Are Adults Now), by L. B. Daugherty, 1984, Mother Courage (ages
12 and up)
Other Titles, Including Guides for Parents
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, by Jacqueline Woodson,
1994, Bantam (ages 9 and up)
Night Riding, by Katherine Martin, 1989, Alfred Knopf (ages
9 and up)
Private Zone, by F.S. Dayee, 1982, Franklin (applies to
ages 3-9)
The Right Touch: A Read-Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual
Abuse, by Sandy Kleven, 1998, Illumination Arts (ages 6 and
up)
The Silent Children: A Parent's Guide to the Prevention of Child
Sexual Abuse, by L. T. Sanford, 1980, Doubleday
"The Specter of Child Abuse in Realistic Fiction for Children,"
by C. Baggett, April 1985, Catholic Library World 56
Talking to Children/Talking to Parents about Sexual Assault,
by I. Loontjens, 1984, Network
When She Hollers, by Cynthia Voigt, 1994, Scholastic (ages
9 and up)
List Prepared for "Protecting Our Children" Sessions Voice of the
Faithful Conference, July 20, 2002, Hynes Auditorium
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