Be Smart, Stay Safe ¦ Beat the Bullies
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This issue’s cover is from the gift edition of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory illustrated by Quentin Blake and with design and typography by Peter Campbell. The successful collaboration between Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake has played an important part in the popularity of Dahl’s work over the last fifteen years. Blake’s unmistakable artwork truly complements Dahl’s writing. His economical, amiable, illustrative style balances out Dahl’s often expansive language. And the liveliness, humour and pathos of the drawings offer a softer side to Dahl’s sometimes gloriously grotesque, sometimes cruel descriptions of his characters.
Thanks to Penguin Children’s Books for their help in producing this July cover which commemorates the thirty years anniversary of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s first UK publication.
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Be Smart, Stay Safe
Beat the Bullies
Designed to be read by children on their own or by adults to junior children, these two powerful, no-frills books deal with the theme of a child's right to be safe. Issues are discussed using the device of fictional characters, the kids of 'Willow Street', who tell stories about problems and difficult situations they have encountered.
Be Smart, Stay Safe tackles stranger danger, upsetting phonecalls, uncomfortable and unwanted touching or kissing among other situations in an honest, yet non-frightening way. Equally forthright, in its zero tolerance of bullying, is Beat the Bullies, where author Elliott (Director of the children's charity 'Kidscape') explores the ways in which children can help themselves or enlist the help of adults to combat this perennial problem.
Be Smart, Stay Safe is the ideal resource for opening up PSE discussions and will provide both adults and children with a practical framework for dealing with some very difficult, sensitive and potentially dangerous situations.
Drawing on her experience as a parent, teacher and educational psychologist, Elliott also shows adults how they can help the children entrusted to their care, to develop 'good sense defence'. A list of useful addresses and telephone numbers to obtain further help or information is included as an appendix.
