Children have an innate love of stories and what better way to teach them about the importance of online safety. There is a growing body of literature for young children that address a plethora of online safety issues often in an engaging and amusing way.
Early Years and KS1 – Storybooks with Strong Online Safety Messages - Combine story time, English and Online Safety
Chicken Clicking - Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross
One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer - CLICK - soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems... |
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Troll Stinks - Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross Billy Goat and his best friend Cyril are messing about with the farmer's mobile phone, taking selfies and playing games... until they find the number for a troll. Their Grandpa Gruff says trolls are bad, so Billy and Cyril decide to get their own back by sending mean messages. After all, trolls really do stink! Don't they? |
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Penguinpig - Stuart Spendlow & Amy Bradley Penguinpig is the highly-acclaimed story about a little girl who reads of an exciting creature known as a Penguinpig on the Internet. Filled with delight and intrigue, she decides that she must go and find one. |
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Once Upon A Time Online – David Bedford Once upon a time, a laptop arrived in Fairytale Land ... A happily ever after is only a click away! Find out what happens when our favourite fairy-tale characters receive a laptop and learn a lesson in online safety. |
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Webster’s Technology Books – Hannah Whaley A series of four charming rhyming stories (Webster’s Email, Webster’s Friends, Webster’s Manners and Webster’s Bedtime) that address different internet issues. |
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SOL Safety Online: Featuring the Hero Husky: SOL (Online Gaming Book 1) The first episode "Online Gaming" in a series of Safety Online books. 9-year-old Mac loves playing games online on his game console, but one day all isn't as it should be! Meet SOL, the lovable husky who saves the day! |