This is the best book of this kind so far that I've come across

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	• Please Tell!: A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse (Early Steps) Jessie Ottenweller Hazelden, 1991 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This is the best book of this kind so far that I've come across

When I read this book to my daughter she identified herself as Jessie, the mother as me, and the psychologist as her doctor. The part of the book where the Uncle is visited by the police bothered my daughter and I usually skipped over this page. Many children who have been abused feel guilt and complicity in their abuse as well as love for their abusers, so, it is upsetting for them if their abusers are punished. So, in cases where the abuser or suspected abuser has a close relationship with the child it might be best to skip over this particular page in the book.

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I have no basis for comparison

My baby girl listened, but seemed distant. I pray that the signs I've seen and guessed them to be signs of abuse are wrong. I bought the books to read to my little girl so she will know that she can tell her Dad if Mommy's family is hurting her. I pray not, but will not take any chances, as my Ex's family abused her until she was taken and put into a foster home, and then a girls Home at age 13. She's mentally twisted. I was wrong to think I could help her. It all fell apart when we moved to Kansas to be close to her (what she claimed were the GOOD part of her family), They are NOT.

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Best help to help

Please Tell is one of the most amazing help I ever had with my clients. My youth get a comfort when they read this story. They don't feel alone any more, because another girl like them had the same bad experience. Then, they feel confident to talk about their own abuse.
It's the best help for helpers.

Very Helpful

As a child therapist, this book is very useful when working with most child victims of sexual abuse. It is a way to help them open up about their own feelings by relating their story to Jessie's story.

ZZZzzz...

This is a great bedtime story to put your kid to sleep with. Guaranteed to leave visions of sugarplums and Catholic priests dancing in their head!

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Written and illustrated by a young girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children in a way that no adult can. Jessie's words carry the message, "It's o.k. to tell; help can come when you tell."

This book is an excellent tool for therapists, counselors, child protection workers, teachers, and parents dealing with children affected by sexual abuse.

Jessie's story adds a sense of hope for what should be, and the knowledge that the child protection system can work for children. Simple, direct, and from the heart, Jessie gives children the permission and the courage to deal with sexual abuse.

"Please Tell! is a beautifully simple book with a profoundly important message for children who have been sexually abused: the abuse wasn't their fault. Written and illustrated by Jessie, herself a pre-teen survivor of sexual abuse, it tells kids just what to do to get the help they need."
Kristin A. Kunzman, abuse therapist and author of The Healing Way: Adult Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse

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