Although a little outdated, this book did a nice job of playing out different scenarios on what child can look like. It gives different ideas of how a child may feel when in an abusive situation and also gives outsiders ideas of how to go about helping those in need. Child abuse is a difficult subject to approach and I think this book is a good starting point.

This could be used to open a dialogue about abuse and for teaching them that they have someone that they can talk to if it is happening to them or someone they love. ( )

(non fiction, young reader) This book provides an overview of child abuse: the types of abuse, how they may happen, why they happen, and the consequences. While this book provided practical information in straightforward language, I found the layout of the book confusing. In the two page spread, one side of the book is like a regular text book and the other side is like a comic strip. Though I found the comic strip to be more interesting to read, it was not laid out like a traditional comic strip and jumped around from box to box. This book would probably be better read one - on -one than in a group. It could be used in a case of suspected abuse to get a little one to open up. ( )