The Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Center in Vicksburg graciously donates two books to the library every April, in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Center donates one adult and children's title to the library, and most cover subjects such as parenting, bullying, inappropriate touching or other subjects teaching kids how to be safe and giving parents advice. This year's children's title is a wonderful book and deserves to be talked about! One, by Kathryn Otoshi, discusses bullying in a picture book that is very accessible to children. The book is beautiflly illustrated with watercolor prints and the story is deceptively simple. The bullying message is "disguised" in a picture book about colors and numbers. Blue (a blue blob on the page) is a quiet color who enjoys interacting with all the other colors except for Red, because Red picks on him and is mean to him. None of the other colors will stick up for Blue and stand up to Red until 1 comes along and tells Red no. This immediately has an escalating effect and the rest of the colors start standing up to Red too. This is a wonderful book to share with your kids, and open up a dialogue about bullying. Check out Kathryn Otoshi's website at http://www.justtakesone.com/ for more tips!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Nip Bullying in the Bud
The Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Center in Vicksburg graciously donates two books to the library every April, in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Center donates one adult and children's title to the library, and most cover subjects such as parenting, bullying, inappropriate touching or other subjects teaching kids how to be safe and giving parents advice. This year's children's title is a wonderful book and deserves to be talked about! One, by Kathryn Otoshi, discusses bullying in a picture book that is very accessible to children. The book is beautiflly illustrated with watercolor prints and the story is deceptively simple. The bullying message is "disguised" in a picture book about colors and numbers. Blue (a blue blob on the page) is a quiet color who enjoys interacting with all the other colors except for Red, because Red picks on him and is mean to him. None of the other colors will stick up for Blue and stand up to Red until 1 comes along and tells Red no. This immediately has an escalating effect and the rest of the colors start standing up to Red too. This is a wonderful book to share with your kids, and open up a dialogue about bullying. Check out Kathryn Otoshi's website at http://www.justtakesone.com/ for more tips!
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