Extensive note to parents and caregivers
Chapter 1. Sometimes scary things happen.
Chapter 2. What is news?
Chapter 3. Things that make the news more scary
Chapter 4. Did you see that!
Chapter 5. Keeping it real
Chapter 6. Un-news
Chapter 7. Taking care of you.
Chapter 8. Plan of action
Chapter 9. You Can Do It!
Jacqueline B. Toner, PhD is a clinical psychologist with over 30 years in private practice working with children and parents. She earned her PhD from University of Virginia and serves as Chief Facilitator for a medical resources project with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Toner has co-authored books with Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD, including the What to Do Series for Kids as well as Depression: A Teen's Guide to Survive and Thrive and Yes I Can: A Girl and Her Wheelchair. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit jacquelinetoner.net.
Janet McDonnell is a writer and illustrator whose characters populate many books and magazines for children. She has both taught and written for children from preschool to high school. She lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Visit janetmcdonnell.com, @McDonnellDoodle on Twitter, and @JanetMcDonnellIllo on Instagram.
“Short, interactive lessons about media tactics and source reliability are interspersed with exercises to help kids cope with the strong emotions that can accompany exposure to “scary news…Children are invited to become investigators, with the book providing spaces for them to jot down observations each time they learn a new aspect of reporting, including camera angles, opinions versus facts, and the famous W questions…. From knowledge comes power over emotions.”—Kirkus Reviews
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