Synopses & Reviews
Children need easy guidelines to help them understand how to protect themselves and feel secure in their environments. Rana DiOrio's newest addition to her award-winning series explores physical, emotional, social and cyber safety in unthreatening ways that spark meaningful conversation between adults and children about staying safe.
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Pragmatic Mom: “Rana DiOrios book tackles all these safety issues that kids face growing up in suburbia. She does it in a calm and gentle way, raising the right points but without making it scary. I like how she touches on listening to your inner voice and standing up to bullies. This is the kind of book that reinforces the messages that we parents give. It allows for dialogue should an issue come up, but it can also just be an gentle reminder of how to stay safe. And thats exactly the message that I want to impart to my kids.”
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Marian Allen: “What Does It Mean To Be Safe? puts everything on an empowering basis. It isnt about staying safe, its about making yourself and others safe… A diverse cast of characters, beautiful illustrations and the use of green technology to produce a superior product are also plusses.” ~ Marian Allen
Synopsis
This book explores physical, emotional, social, and cyber safety in unthreatening ways that spark meaningful conversation between adults and children.
Synopsis
As a young boy and his friends go on an outing to the local river and then return home, they look out for one another, resist peer pressure, and listen to their inner voices to know the right thing to do. Along the way, the boy discovers that each of us is the single best person to protect our precious self, and that there are so many things we can all do to be safe
Synopsis
A Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner
Being safe means...
Fastening your seatbelt
Using the buddy system
Not tolerating bullying
As a young boy and his friends go on an outing to the local river, they look out for one another, resist peer pressure, and listen to their inner voices to know the right things to do. Along the way, the boy discovers that each of us is the single best person to protect our self, and that there are so many things we can all do to be safe
What Does It Mean To Be Safe? explores physical, emotional, social, and cyber safety in unthreatening ways that spark meaningful conversations between adults and children.
Synopsis
"Being safe means...
...feeling secure in your environment and protected from danger.
...looking both ways before you cross a street or parking lot.
...fastening your seatbelt."
About the Author
Author Bio:
Rana DiOrio was born in Providence, RI and grew up in a colorful Italian-American family. Her curiosity about the world began in kindergarten, while studying Western access to China and, obviously, panda bears. As a political science major/psychology minor in college, and then as a law student, she became fascinated with understanding perspective, and how just about any person, place, thing, or situation can be interpreted in so many valid ways.
“I believe that I have two ears, two eyes and one mouth intentionally, so I listen and observe more than I talk,” she explains. “As a result, I think Im better able to respect and appreciate diversity.” Ranas inspiration for writing What Does It Mean To Be Global? was the election of President Barack Obama and explaining its significance, on so many levels, to her children.
Rana has written her way through life-as a student, a lawyer, an investment banker, a private equity investor, and now as an author and publisher of childrens picture books. Her interests include practicing yoga, reading non-fiction, dreaming, effecting positive change, and, of course, being global, green, and present. She lives in Tiburon, California with her three Little Pickles.
Illustrator Bio:
Sandra Salsbury grew up in the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. She received her BFA and MFA in illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. As well as illustrating, Sandra teaches art classes and works at her local schools.
When illustrating What Does It Mean To Be Safe?, Sandra thought about the time when she felt safest—as a child running though the forest, morning, noon, and night. Being safe is not just about following rules, but also about being happy with who you are and the life you have.
When she is not drawing, Sandra enjoys reading, hiking, cooking, and attempting to do yoga (with limited success). She still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and often returns to the forests where she grew up in for hiking and picnics.