Let's Stay Safe, is published by Mesorah Publications, and it is the newest breakthrough from Project YES. It may well be the most important picture book that a parent will share with his or her young child. We all want to keep our children safe, secure, confident, and happy. With this book's delightful pictures and child-friendly rhyming text, Let's Stay Safe helps us give our children essential life lessons in safe and unsafe behavior:
• Personal safety • Staying away from strangers • Crossing the street safely • Bicycle safety • Fire safety • Safety in the home
In language that can educate and empower, this groundbreaking book gives children the tools to stay safe and secure in our increasingly difficult world.
A Personal Message from the Author:
Over four years ago, my youngest daughter, Shira Goetz, gave me the encouragement needed to write a book designed for frum children about personal safety. I "knocked on the door" of every frum publishing house I could think of with my safety manuscript, but no company was willing to publish it back then.
It would still be just a file on my computer, if not for Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz. Over two years ago, I sent my manuscript to Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, the Director of Project YES, and he devoted himself to getting the safety book published. I believe that without Rabbi Horowitz's tremendous efforts - and my daughter's steadfast prayer through these last few years - we would not be able to witness the miracle of this book being published now by Mesorah Publications, thank G-d. It is a book that includes personal safety as another normative safety measure - and that's what makes it a major breakthrough for the frum world.
I really only became aware of the underground world of abuse in our midst just four years ago, but B'H, there has been great progress during this time in beginning the process of weeding it from our beautiful garden. It should only continue, and education is key.
From this whole endeavor, I learned that we don't have to be great scholars or have lots of money or prestige to make our communities better places. We can be baalei teshuva, gerim or FFB's, and if we see what needs fixing, we don't have to be afraid, we can work on improving things. I also learned over these four years, over and over again, that we need Hashem to smile upon every single effort we try to make. And I learned that we really can never accomplish anything on our own. We need each other's support.
I wrote this book to help keep our little ones safe. In the merit of reading this book to young children, may all of our precious ones be blessed to remain pure and in good health, with shining neshamas.