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Name: The right touch
Author: Sandy Kleven

In “The Right Touch,” mother Sandy Kleven cautions her young child by narrating a story where a boy is lured into a neighbor’s house under the pretense of kittens—an allegory designed to teach him about the dangers of sexual abuse.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Sandy Kleven

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