The Courage Party: Helping Our Resilient Children Understand and Survive Sexual Assault (American Splendor)

222 Pages·2020·15.776 MB·English

by  Joyce Brabner

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HELPING OUR RESILIENT
CHILDREN UNDERSTAND AND
SURVIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT
JOYCE BRABNER
WITH DANIELLE BATONE
ART BY GERTA OPARAKU
MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
Portland, Ore
THE COURAGE PARTY:
HELPING OUR RESILIENT CHILDREN
UNDERSTAND AND SURVIVE SEXUAL ASSAULT
An American Splendor Family / Neuro Twin Book
© 2018, 2020 Joyce Brabner
written with the help of Danielle Batone
Art by Gerta Oparaku
© This edition Microcosm Publishing 2020
First edition - 3,000 copies - August 25, 2020
ISBN 978-1-62106-785-6
eBook ISBN 978-1-62106-524-1
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brabner, Joyce, author. | Batone, Danielle, author. | Oparaku,
Gerta, illustrator.
Title: The courage party / by Joyce Brabner with Danielle Batone ; art by
Gerta Oparaku.
Description: [Portland, Oregon] : [Microcosm Publishing], [2018] | Series:
American splendor | “An American splendor family comic”--Cover. |
Audience: Ages 12+ | Audience: Grades 7-9 | Summary: “Told by Joyce
Brabner (American Splendor) about helping her foster daughter Danielle recover
from a traumatic experience. This illustrated story for kids and
grown-ups is about the ‘courage party’ thrown for a young girl to
celebrate her bravery and ability to work through her feelings and
bounce back after being assaulted by a stranger. A valuable resource for
teaching children resilience and agency in an uncertain world”--
Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019037066 (print) | LCCN 2019037067 (ebook) | ISBN
9781621067856 (paperback) | ISBN 9781621065265 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Child sexual abuse--Juvenile literature . | Child sexual
abuse--Comic books, strips, etc. | Courage--Juvenile literature. |
Courage--Comic books, strips, etc. | Sexually abused girls--Juvenile
literature. | Sexually abused girls--Comic books, strips, etc.
Classification: LCC HV6570 .B67 2018 (print) | LCC HV6570 (ebook) | DDC
362.76--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037066
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037067

DEDICATION
In memory of Harvey, Rev. Peggy Clason, and Barry (the real Frankie B), all good
grownups and child protectors