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Safety Basics

I like the size and the sturdy binding and the color photos, and I like that most pages include 2-4 sentences rather than some early readers that only have 1-2 sentences per page, but I think it’s trying to be more than it can be.  Given the limitations of the early-reader format, it perhaps needed a smaller focus.  Each page is dedicated to safety tips for different places, but in just a few sentences, you are obviously limited to how much content you can include. For example, the “At Home” section only addresses poison safety; the “At School” page only considers slipping or getting lost on a field trip.  Obviously there are many, many ways children can be hurt both at home or at school, so a few sentences really don’t cover it.  I do like that it started with the idea safety starts with thinking before you act — that helps to cover what cannot be listed.