What If A Stranger Approaches You

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A stranger asks you if you want a ride. What should you do Learning to recognize dangerous situations with strangers can be confusing but you can be prepared. The scenarios and tips in this book will help you make the right choice about strangers.

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In What If a Stranger Approaches You (Ill. by Colleen M. Madden, Picture Window Books, Capstone, 2012, 24 p. 978-1-4048-6683-6) Anara Guard presents a variety of scenarios for grades PK to 3 in which male and female adults want to talk to a child, offer a treat, ask for help, call to you by name, come too near, or want to take a child someplace. In each case the young person does the right thing. Safety tips are given for the situations. In addition to some role-playing activities for practice, a glossary, short bibliography, and an index are included.-- "School Librarian's Workshop"

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The fourth girl in a family of 8 children, Colleen Madden made it through childhood pretending to be a space princess with a wookie sidekick and drawing in her cardboard box art studio. Colleen spent some time acting and training at The Second City in Chicago, then went on to graduate from a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, with a contract major in illustration and English literature. She is currently residing in the Philadelphia area, with her writer-husband, and their 2 sons. She has illustrated for many different kinds of clients and is the recipient of an International Greeting Card Louie Award. When not illustrating, Colleen can be found long distance running, making her boys giggle, and eating lots and lots of sushi.