Award-Winning Illustrator Gives Perennial Favorite on Stranger Danger New Life

BOULDER, CO, UNITED STATES, September 7, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- NOT EVERYONE IS NICE, with all new illustrations by award-winning illustrator C.S. Fritz, has been re-released by the Thousand Acres imprint of Armin Lear Press. The book for young readers by Frederick Alimonti and Dr. Ann Tedesco first gained popularity with its 2003 release by New Horizon Press and has been a perennial favorite on the topic of “stranger danger.” The new release is available in both hardcover and paperback.

Kathy is waiting for her mother outside of school when a strange car approaches. The smiling man inside offers to drive Kathy home, suggesting that her mother may be hurt or sick. Just before Kathy is ready to climb in, her mother arrives and the man speeds off. Kathy is confused and hurt that the nice man would leave so quickly. Later that night, Kathy's parents use examples from nature of pretty but lethal plants and fish to show her that animals and people that look or seem nice may be very dangerous.

NOT EVERYONE IS NICE teaches children what to do if a stranger approaches and reminds them that looking or acting nice doesn't mean a person is safe. Since its release, the book has been lauded for its effective, yet gentle, teaching of how to keep children alert to threats posed by adults with ill intent.

C.S. Fritz brings a wealth of experience illustrating children's books to the project. He is an award-winning author and illustrator with published titles such as The Cottonmouth Trilogy, Good Night Tales, The Moonman Cometh, Moth, Seekers, and many more.

Kathy's story has a happy ending--she is one of the lucky ones! In 2020, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) partnered with law enforcement and families in more than 29,800 cases of missing children.

Good news: The number of children abducted by strangers has been decreasing. The AMBER Alert Program has played an important role in helping recover many abducted children. And tools to teach kids about stranger danger--like NOT EVERYONE IS NICE--have given parents a way to prevent abductions.

Armin Lear Press bought the rights to New Horizon’s top ten titles, including bestseller NOT EVERYONE IS NICE, when the company closed its doors in February 2021. Other recent releases by Armin Lear that began life with New Horizon Press are WIDOWS WEAR STILLETOS by Carole Brody Fleet and Dr. Syd Harriet, YOUR SEXUALLY ABUSIVE SPOUSE by Dr. Barbara Steffens and Marsha Means, MS, and NARCISSISTIC LOVERS by Cynthia Zayn.

About Armin Lear Press (www.arminlear.com)

Armin Lear was founded in 2019 with the purpose of publishing books connecting people with ideas that make our lives richer, more fulfilling, and happier. Its founders have 26 years of publishing experience. Armin Lear imprints are Thousand Acres (fiction) and Wild Pansy (sex and human sexuality). The company headquarters is near Boulder, Colorado with a production office in Arlington, Virginia. Armin Lear is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association.


TITLE Not Everyone Is Nice
AUTHOR Frederick Alimonti and Ann Tedesco, PhD
ILLUSTRATOR C.S. Fritz
ISBN 978-1737276289 (HC); 978-1737125525 (PB)
PRICE: $17.95 USD (HC); $14.95 USD (PB)
IMPRINT: THOUSAND ACRES, an imprint of Armin Lear Press
PUB DATE September 7, 2021
PUBLISHER Armin Lear Press

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