Title: Dangerous Stranger Lesson
Product review: I usually love any book in which David Shannon is involved. I recently saw this book and of course had to get it for my 3.5 year old. The illustrations are great and the story is cute but I fear that a young child may get the wrong ideas about strangers from this book. In the story pirates land at the beach. They see the main character, a child name Jeremy, digging on the beach and ask him to come with them to help them bury a treasure. The boy goes with the pirates! The book explains, "I didn't think mom and dad would mind, as long as I got back in time for soccer practice the next day." A very dangerous message for a young literal thinking child. If you get this book I would strongly urge you to make sure that your child understands that going with any stranger is never alright!!!!
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