Publications
Jez’s Lucky Day
“This impressive book should be in every primary school”
Such is the impression the children’s fire safety book ‘Jez’s Lucky Day’ made on award-winning author and educator Tamsin Winter.
Written by Michelle Oddy and Kate Strudwick, and illustrated by Jason Hodges, this story of a boy from the South Wales Valleys, his paper dragon and the school hamster has been enchanting children of all backgrounds and nationalities across the globe since 1998. Searching for the hamster on every page this big book draws children into the everyday life of Jez, and how playing with fire can have disastrous, unintended outcomes.
A firm favourite with children, fire services, teachers and families alike, this popular book is now in its second edition and is distributed exclusively by fabtic.
Priced at £18 including P&P in Wales, England and Scotland, contact us to order your copies.
Children and Teenagers Who Set Fires:
Why they do it and how to help
“Joanna Foster has done a wonderful job of producing a highly accessible text that introduces the reader to best practice in fire safety work with children and young people. This book is highly engaging to read and should be essential reading.”
– Professor Theresa A. Gannon, Director of CORE-FP, University of Kent
fabtic’s Managing Director Joanna Foster was approached by the founder of Jessica Kingsley Publisher’s to write a book for parents, carers and practitioners on the subject of child firesetting.
With the publishing house and Joanna acutely aware that much of the writing in this field is aimed at academics and clinicians, they were determined to produce a book that could be accessible and useful for all who care for children who set fires
With chapters that explore the different reasons why children set fires, an array of resources to use with toddlers through to older teenagers, and case studies drawn from nearly two decades of frontline work this book provides “practical tools, confidence and inspiration. The exercises are brilliant in their simplicity and are transferable to a variety of other disciplines” (Roz Morrison, senior lecturer and former assistant chief probation officer).
Handbook of Behavioral Criminology
This multi-disciplinary volume published by Springer in 2017 applies a criminological lens to a range of different behaviours, and includes a chapter on child and adolescent firesetting.
Providing the first written collaboration between Professor David Kolko and fabtic’s Managing Director Joanna Foster, the chapter explores the characteristics of children who set fires, family influences upon the behaviour such as limited supervision, the role of assessments, and examples of the different interventions available.
A free preview of the first few pages of the chapter can be found here
