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Title: I Don't Know Why--- I Guess I'm Shy : A story about taming imaginary fears by Barbara Cain, Smith-Moore J. J., J. J. Smith-Moore ISBN: 1-55798-596-0 Publisher: Magination Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: A helpful model for shy kids?
Comment: This book tells the story of Sammy, a shy little boy whose dog runs away. To find Sparky, Sammy asks a number of grownups (people he would ordinarily be too shy to talk to) if they have seen his dog. This pays off, and Sammy finds his pet. The experience of approaching people and asking for help is meant to provide a successful model: The child hearing or reading the story is supposed to learn that talking to people doesn't have terrible consequences. The story and illustrations are appealing, and may be helpful to some shy children. There is also a brief essay to provide adults with information about shyness in children; it includes exercises parents can use. There is, however, one problem with the book: The fact is that talking to grownups DOES sometimes have terrible consequences for children. Kids who are trusting and approach adults are at increased risk of becoming victims of child molesters. (In fact, one tactic molesters use to lure children away is to ask them for help in finding a lost pet-- a situation very close to the one in the story.) There are, in other words, good reasons for children to be wary of adults. Parents will have to ask themselves whether their child's shyness is so severe that they need to intervene, or whether to be glad that the child is behaving in a way that may make him safer in a dangerous world.
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Title: Cat's Got Your Tongue?: A Story for Children Afraid to Speak by Judith Friedman, Charles E. Schaefer ISBN: 0945354460 Publisher: Magination Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Buster: The Very Shy Dog by Lisze Bechtold ISBN: 0618111220 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Shy Charles by Rosemary Wells ISBN: 0140568433 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Silence Within: A Teacher/Parent Guide to Working with Selectively Mute and Shy Children by Gail Goetze Kervatt ISBN: 0615121519 Publisher: Gail Kervatt Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: I Want Your Moo!: A Story for Children About Self-Esteem by Marcella Bakur Weiner, Jill Neimark, Jairo Barragan, Naide ISBN: 0945354657 Publisher: Magination Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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