A rhyming picture book
My Freedom Belongs to Me
A Rhyming Book About Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking
Freedom, dignity, and safety belong to everyone.
Trafficking rarely begins with a stranger grabbing someone off the street. It begins with kindness, gifts, attention, and a secret. My Freedom Belongs to Me connects the slavery children learn about in history class to the exploitation that continues now, and teaches the one thing a targeted child most needs to hear: the blame is never yours.
Written by Brandee Blocker Anderson
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My Freedom Belongs to Me helps children understand that freedom, dignity, and safety belong to everyone. Through history, truth, and gentle guidance, it teaches young readers to recognize warning signs, trust their feelings, and seek help from trusted adults.
The book names the tactics plainly: the gift with a string on it, the secret, the debt, the threat, the online account that isn’t who it says it is. And it tells children to keep telling grown-ups until someone listens.
It includes a note to trusted adults, help resources, discussion questions, and a full glossary. With warmth and courage, it reminds every child: no one has the right to take away your freedom.
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A gift should never buy your touch.
A favor is not a fee.
My body’s mine. My voice is free.
My freedom belongs to me.
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Body autonomyGifts vs. bribesGrooming warning signsOnline safetyTrusting your feelingsTrusted adultsKeep telling until someone listensThe blame is never yours
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