Amazon Bryson Taylor Publishing Category:  Children Publisher: Bryson Taylor Publishing ISBN-10:  0977373835 Pages: 26 Copyright: 6/2/08 ISBN-13: 9780977373833 Yankee Go Home encourages safe afterschool care to allow children to play and make friends under the watchful eye of adults. It allows parents to be confident that their children are safe while protected from loneliness and isolation. Yankee is an inquisitive and rambunctious poodle who learns an essential lesson when he ventures out of the backyard into the unkind world of bullying and teasing. This charming illustrated tale sends a clear and powerful message for parents and children in relation to staying home alone, safe places, bullying and harassment. Yankee Go Home encourages safe afterschool care to allow children to play and make friends under the watchful eye of adults. It allows parents to be confident that their children are safe while protected from loneliness and isolation.

Robin D’Antona, Ed.D. Author of Bullying 101
Yankee is a delightful poodle who is inquisitive and rambunctious like so many latch key children. Children need to be safe on so many different levels. This story is a lesson for both parents and children.
Afterschool care can provide a safe environment to allow “puppies” to play and make friends under the watchful eye of adults. It allows parents to be confident that not only are their children safe, but they are also protected from loneliness and isolation.
Bullying is now recognized as a serious problem impacting children everywhere. Both support from a bystander and adult intervention are the best ways to deal with these situations. Demonstrating how this can be done appropriately in this charming story sends a clear and powerful message to a child. Deb Landry has done a masterful job blending both these themes in Yankee Go Home.