My Body Safety Rules

Name: My Body Safety Rules
ISBN: 9781761160462

by Jayneen Sanders

Publisher

UpLoad Publishing Pty Ltd

Publication

Nov 17, 2025

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Yes

Price

19.95

Dimensions

20.8 x 26 x 0.84 cm

ISBN

9781761160462

ASIN

176116046X

Pages

Age

3 - 10 years

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

Empower children with disability with crucial knowledge of body safety and consent. This book teaches children with disability about body safety and consent and provides them with essential skills to recognise unsafe situations. Using age-appropriate language and illustrations, it addresses the needs and challenges often faced by children with disability, helping them understand their rights regarding their bodies and personal space. 'My Body Safety Rules' serves two purposes: The first is to educate children with disability on body safety and consent and what they can expect from the people who interact with them. The second is to educate family, caregivers, teachers, and healthcare professionals about body safety and the language of consent and how they need to respect the child's rights, especially regarding their body. Depending on the child's needs, this book may be read over several sittings. Please take the time to discuss each rule, the illustrations and engage the child in the questions provided. Each child's disability is unique. Please adapt the text to the needs and abilities of the child. Key topics covered include: body boundaries and consent respect and 'checking in' greetings are a child's choice private and public spaces private parts are private recognizing Early Warning Signs developing a Safety Network what to do when feeling unsafe the difference between secrets and surprises. Comprehensive Discussion Questions are included to further draw out the learning.

Author(s)

Jayneen Sanders

Jayneen (aka Jay Dale) is an experienced early years educator, author and publisher.She started her teaching career in the 1980s as a primary school teacher in rural Australia. She then moved to Melbourne and taught at a number of inner-city schools. In 1985, Jay had a change of career and became an educational editor and publisher.In the early 90s, Jay and her partner moved to Japan to work as English teachers. They lived and worked in Japan for over three and a half years. In fact, Jay's first daughter was born there.On returning to Australia, Jay began work as an educational author/packager. Since that time, she has authored and produced numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry. Jay is also an accomplished children's book author, writing a number of titles for such literacy series as ZigZags, Totally Kidz, Deadly and Incredible, and a children's picture book series for Penguin.She is currently working with an educational publisher as lead author of a literacy series. Jay has written over 100 titles in that series.Jay is a mother of three daughters and was a school councillor at her local school for over seven years. This time spent in schools both as a teacher and a parent inspired her to ask the question of her community: 'What are we doing in schools to protect our children from unsafe touch?' When she realised very little was actually being done, she decided to use her authoring and publishing skills to write Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept to help parents, carers and teachers to broach the subject of self-protection and to encourage children to speak up.After the encouraging response to Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept, she realised there was a need to further build upon the idea of children not keeping secrets about unsafe touch. Jay participated in Protective Behaviours professional development and attended numerous conferences on the topic to educate herself in how to keep children safe and provide them with prevention education. Jay then went on to develop and publish a comprehensive Body Safety and Respectful Relationship Teacher's Resource Kit as well as writing several more children's books on the topics of Body Safety, consent, respect, body boundaries and gender equality. Jay's ongoing passion for the safety and empowerment of children continues today with new manuscripts and free-to-download Body Safety resources always in the wings.

Illustrator(s)

Farimah Khavarinezhad

I grew up in a small family where my love for art started at an early age. I was born in 1992, and I was always painting, especially during the long summer days. One of my fondest childhood memories is watching "Anne of Green Gables" while sketching scenes from the show. My sketchbook quickly filled up with these drawings, and I would even cover each page with transparent tape to make it feel like a real picture book. This playful habit of turning my favorite stories into art marked the beginning of my journey as an illustrator. As I got older, I became eager to explore different materials and styles. I spent several years captivated by the beauty of Farshchian paintings, diving deep into oil painting in the miniature style. This period taught me the importance of attention to detail. During this time, I also earned my bachelor's degree in industrial management and my master's in business management. I spent five years working with an incredible marketing team, an experience that taught me valuable lessons in managing schedules and meeting deadlines—skills that have proven essential in my career as a freelance illustrator. Then the pandemic arrived, giving me an opportunity to focus more on my passion. I decided to pursue my passion, launching a bedtime story app for children. Within two months, I illustrated 60 illustrations, a project that sparked a deep passion for picture book illustration. Now, I'm based in Canada. where I live with my husband. Being an artist isn't always easy, and making a living from art comes with its challenges. However, I feel incredibly fortunate that I have never given up on my passion. Some days are tough, but I always remind myself of the dreams I had as a child and stay happy on this journey.