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Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse (Early Steps)

Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse (Early Steps)

zoom enlarge 		Author: Jessie Ottenweller
Publisher: Hazelden
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.2

ISBN: 0894867768
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.76
EAN: 9780894867767
ASIN: 0894867768

Publication Date: July 1, 1991
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Condition: Bayfront Books carefully selects the books it offers for sale on Amazon, and only includes those that are worthy of another read. While dust jackets may be missing and covers may show some damage, the contents are very readable... even in those books where previous owners had taken considerable notes or highlighting.
Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Written and illustrated by a young girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children in a way that no adult can. Jessie's words carry the message, "It's o.k. to tell; help can come when you tell." pThis book is an excellent tool for therapists, counselors, child protection workers, teachers, and parents dealing with children affected by sexual abuse. pJessie's story adds a sense of hope for what should be, and the knowledge that the child protection system can work for children. Simple, direct, and from the heart, Jessie gives children the permission and the courage to deal with sexual abuse. p"iPlease Tell! /iis a beautifully simple book with a profoundly important message for children who have been sexually abused: the abuse wasn't their fault. Written and illustrated by Jessie, herself a pre-teen survivor of sexual abuse, it tells kids just what to do to get the help they need."brKristin A. Kunzman, abuse therapist and author of iThe Healing Way: Adult Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse/i/p

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars This is the best book of this kind so far that I've come across   November 16, 2008
When I read this book to my daughter she identified herself as Jessie, the mother as me, and the psychologist as her doctor. The part of the book where the Uncle is visited by the police bothered my daughter and I usually skipped over this page. Many children who have been abused feel guilt and complicity in their abuse as well as love for their abusers, so, it is upsetting for them if their abusers are punished. So, in cases where the abuser or suspected abuser has a close relationship with the child it might be best to skip over this particular page in the book.


4 out of 5 stars I have no basis for comparison   April 20, 2008
 2 out of 5 found this review helpful

My baby girl listened, but seemed distant. I pray that the signs I've seen and guessed them to be signs of abuse are wrong. I bought the books to read to my little girl so she will know that she can tell her Dad if Mommy's family is hurting her. I pray not, but will not take any chances, as my Ex's family abused her until she was taken and put into a foster home, and then a girls Home at age 13. She's mentally twisted. I was wrong to think I could help her. It all fell apart when we moved to Kansas to be close to her (what she claimed were the GOOD part of her family), They are NOT.


4 out of 5 stars Very Helpful   March 4, 2008
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

As a child therapist, this book is very useful when working with most child victims of sexual abuse. It is a way to help them open up about their own feelings by relating their story to Jessie's story.


5 out of 5 stars Best help to help   July 7, 2007
 10 out of 10 found this review helpful

Please Tell is one of the most amazing help I ever had with my clients. My youth get a comfort when they read this story. They don't feel alone any more, because another girl like them had the same bad experience. Then, they feel confident to talk about their own abuse.br /It's the best help for helpers.


5 out of 5 stars teaches kids how to tell   May 3, 2004
 19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I'm really impressed with this book. It's told in the first person by a little girl who is sexually abused by her uncle in terms that a young child can understand. It discusses how she is supported by her family, and how it is seeing a psychologist. It really does a good job of destigmatizing sexual abuse. It also encourages children who have been (or are being) abused to keep telling trusted adults about it until someone helps them. In the back it also provides a fairly long list of people who it is okay to tell.

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