Keeping Safe

The Community Cop Colin Series has been a ‘20 year in the making’ project. Martin wrote the first draft of this book as a response to his work as a community police officer. At this time he was working in schools and introducing to children the idea of ‘stranger danger’ in respect of talking to someone we do not know. ‘But what if one day we actually need to approach a stranger for help?‘

Community Cop Colin: Keeping Safe was developed as an informative children’s book that will not only provide good advice to young children but will resonate with every parent. Not only will children recognise the dangers of not being aware of their surroundings and listening to the person who is looking after them, it also encourages dialogue between that older person and the child.

Synopsis

Libby is shopping with her mum in the town centre one day when they happen to meet Mrs Cook and her son Connor. Connor and Libby immediately start running around, letting go of their mums’ hands and getting into every corner of the high street.

When they’re lost in the crowd, both of them are very upset and worried. But Libby suddenly remembers what the police officer said when they visited her school and remembers the word UNIFORM.

This is the word to help identify who a person is and if they are safe. Using this as their starting point, the two children must find a safe stranger to help them find their way back to their worried mums!