Presents tips for being safe around the house, including picking up toys when finished playing, only putting cords into sockets, and what do do when a smoke detector goes off.

Provides safety tips for school, including how to hold scissors when walking, how to use playground equipment, and the appropriate behavior for the bus.

Provides important safety tips regarding being home alone and being online.

Simple text and illustrations explain how to be safe in various weather conditions.

Features common dangers around a house and how to avoid them.

Being Safe is a fun way to introduce important concepts and new vocabulary to young readers. Open-ended questions are posed, encouraging discussion and inviting children to think about how to deal with the dangers they might face in everyday life.

Do you know what to do if you think someone is in your house? What if an unmarked car is trying to pull you over on a dark and lonely? Author Lynne Finch takes a comprehensive look at ways to improve your family’s immediate safety and methods for protecting them in the future. Finch covers a wide range of topics from temporary ways renters can make their home secure, to more permanent changes an owner can make. As well as travel tips for domestic and international travel, with suggestions as simple as how to use your luggage tags to not only make your bag distinct, but to be more security conscious. Through interviews with Law Enforcement officers, Finch provides advice on how to handle various social interactions that keeps you from becoming a victim. These safety suggestions are helpful to readers of all ages, and a must-read for those just going off to college. Learn how to keep your drink safe at a bar or club, and prevent your friend from becoming a target. As well as what to do if someone is following you home at night. Home Security Handbook is a well researched, thoughtful look at a serious subject that affects everyone live’s. Written in an approachable, conversational style, Finch provides informative tips that help prepare readers to deal with the most common safety concerns.