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Raise Street-Smart Kids with Comics: 60 Real-Life Situations to Build Safety Smarts, Handle Strangers, Resist Peer Pressure, Stay Safe Online, and Kno
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Juvenile Graphic NovelsSelf Help
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.29 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Your child already knows the rules. Don't talk to strangers. Tell an adult. But rules live in the front of the brain, and danger never waits for the front of the brain to catch up.
It shows up as a familiar face waving them over. A friend who won't stop asking. A message that feels urgent and a little bit wrong. In that moment, a child doesn't need another rule to remember. They need to recognize what's happening, right now, because they've already seen it before.
That's what this book builds.
60 real situations, not a list to memorize
Every situation unfolds across two full pages. First, a comic shows a child in the moment, before anything is explained, so your child looks, notices, and thinks the way they'd have to in real life. Then the page turns to a clear breakdown built for young readers:
- What to Notice - the exact signal that something is off
- What to Do - simple, specific actions, not vague advice
- What to Say - the actual words, ready to use out loud
- Remember - one line that sticks
No paragraph to wade through. No rule to memorize and forget. Just the moment, and exactly what to do with it.
Built to be used, not just read once
A short parent guide opens the book with a simple way to read it together: look at the picture first, ask what do you think is happening?, find the moment things change, ask what would you do?, then read the answer side by side. It turns a bedtime story into a real conversation, without ever needing a script.
What's inside
- Strangers & Grown-Ups - your mom sent me, the person who wants a secret kept, the hug your child doesn't want to give
- Out & About - the car that keeps circling back, a shortcut that feels wrong, losing sight of a parent in a crowd
- Friends, Bullying & Peer Pressure - I dare you, the friend who won't take no, the joke that stopped being funny
- Online & Digital Life - the stranger who claims to be a kid too, the quiz that asks too many questions, let's meet in person
- Home Alone & Everyday Safety - the doorbell, the phone call asking if a parent is home, the smell of smoke
- Think Smart, Speak Up - not another scenario, but the payoff: a closing section that turns 59 lessons into lasting self-trust
What this book won't do
It won't scare your child into silence. No one gets hurt in these pages, and every situation stops at the moment of choice. It also won't teach blind obedience, because most children aren't harmed by strangers, they're pressured by people they already know. So instead of trust adults, this book teaches something that actually holds up: behavior matters more than who someone is, discomfort is a real signal worth listening to, and walking away never needs a permission slip.
For the moments you can't be there for
You won't be at the sleepover, in the game chat, or three steps behind them on the walk home. This book doesn't try to replace you. It just makes sure that when one of these 60 moments finally shows up in real life, it isn't the first time your child has seen it.
60 situations. Every one of them met here first, so the real thing never has to be.
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