The Promise Book; Tell Someone
Story by Debbie Barth, illustrated by Pat Marvenko Smith
This is a children’s book that brings to light five potentially dangerous predator situations that a child may encounter. It is primarily aimed at the pre-school and elementary aged children to alert them to specific dangers. The parent, grandparent or guardian can read to the child about these dangers and explain how to avoid them. The author compares the world and the people in it to a garden. In this garden are flowers of all different colors, shapes and sizes. It takes each and every flower to make this garden beautiful. But, even in the most beautiful of gardens, weeds will sometimes grow. Weeds are not good for the other plants trying to grow. And sometimes, it is hard to tell the difference from the flowers and the weeds and the same can be said for people. But it is a good thing to know the difference, and to pull out the weeds, so that the flowers may bloom and grow in a wonderful garden, free of the weeds. The artist has placed a small “bad weed” somewhere in each illustration for the child to find.
21 pages with 8 full color illustrations, softcover with clear UV coating to repel little fingerprints, for ages, 2 to 8 years old, size 8 1/2”x8 1/2”.