Foundations of Democracy

Center for Civic Education Rhode Island

Privacy Bibliography

Allen, Jeffrey. Nosey Mrs. Rat.New York: Viking, 1985.
Mrs. Rat makes a career out of spying on her neighbors, but the tables are unexpectedly turned on her. E ALL

Anderson, M.T. Me, All Alone, at the End of the World. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2005.

A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at the End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have fun without end! E AND

Baylor, Byrd. Your Own Best Secret Place.New York: Scribner, 1979.
Considers the pleasures to be found in one's very own private place, whether it be a hollow in a tree, a sandy gully, or a secret sand dune. FICBAY

Berry, Joy Wilt. Every Kid's Guide to Understanding Human Rights.Chicago:Childrens Press, c1987.
Explains to children how to recognize and understand their rights. 323.4 BER

Berry, Joy Wilt. Let's Talk About Snooping. Rev. ed. Chicago: Childrens Press, c1985.
Explains what snooping is and why it is better not to snoop and respect other people, their property and their privacy. E BER

Brett, Jan. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. New York: Putnam & Grosset Group, 1987.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. 398.2 BRE

Bunting, Eve, 1928-. The Wednesday Surprise.New York: Clarion Books, c1989.
On Wednesday nights when Grandma stays with Anna everyone thinks she is teaching Anna to read. E BUN

Burdick, Margaret. Sara Raccoon and the Secret Place. Boston: Little, Brown, c1992.

Tired of taking care of her noisy brother and sister, Sara Raccoon discovers a special place all for herself. E BUR

Child, Lauren. Clarice Bean That’s Me. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1999.

A girl named Clarice is part of a typical modern family. She really wants peace and quiet but she has a peculiar sister who wears make-up and reads about boys and she has two brothers who hate and love being with her. Eventually, Clarice gets into big trouble and sent to her room. At last! Peace and quiet. E CHI

Coombs, Kate. The Secret-keeper. 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
The people of Maldinga bring their secrets to Kalli who keeps them all safe until they become too much for her to bear. FIC COO

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. A Little House of Your Own. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.

Describes, in text and illustrations, such special places as a cardboard box, a blanket cave, and other "houses" where one can retire for peace and privacy. E DER

Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet, the Spy. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1990, c1964.
When Harriet's classmates find her diary and read what she has written about them, they decide to make life miserable for her. FICFIT

Galdone, Paul. Jack and the Beanstalk. New York: Clarion, 1974.

Jack climbs the great beanstalk that grows from the bean he bought and confronts a giant at the top. 398.2 GAL

Greene, Stephanie. Owen Foote, Super Spy.New York : Clarion, c2001.
Owen and his friends decide that spying on the school principal at his own house will be a fun challenge. FIC GRE

Griffin, Kitty and Kathy Combs. Cowboy Sam and those Confounded Secret. New York: Clarion Books, 2001.

Everyone in town want to tell Cowboy Sam a secret but soon his hat gets so full of secrets it won’t stay on his head. E GRI

Heidi, Florence Parry and Judith Heidi Gilliland. The Day of Ahmed’s Secret. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1990.

A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family. E HEI

Henkes, Kevin. All Alone. Reissued ed. [New York]: Greenwillow Books, 2003, c1981.
The narrator explains why it is sometimes nice to be alone. E HEN

Hurwitz, Johanna ; illustrated by Lillian Hoban. Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own Business.New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991.
Because Nora and her brother live in an apartment, personal privacy, making friends, and finding places to play are sometimes a problem.FIC HUR

Joy, N. The Secret Olivia Told Me.East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, c2007.
Two friends learn an important lesson about telling and keeping secrets. E JOY

Krensky, Stephen. Arthur's Mystery Envelope. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, c1998.
Arthur panics when he is called to the principal's office and given a large envelope marked "private and confidential" to take home to his mother, and though he cannot think what he has done wrong, he knows he must be in terrible trouble.FIC KRE

Moss, Miriam. The Snoops. 1st American ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 1998.
The residents of Keyhole Place get tired of being spied upon by their nosy neighbors, the Snoops, and plot the ultimate revenge. E MOS

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying.New York : Random House, c1994.
Six-year-old Junie B.'s penchant for spying on people and her curiosity about the private life of her teacher get her in trouble at kindergarten. E PAR

Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.New York: HarperCollins, c1977.
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.FIC PAT

Perez, Amanda Irma. My Very Own Room = Mi propio cuartito. New York: Children’s Book Press, 2000. In a tiny, two-bedroom home, an eight-year-old Mexican American girl shares a room with her five younger brothers and longs for a space of her own. She finds just what she's looking for in a tiny storage closet that is separated from their living room by a curtain. It's just big enough for a bed and a crate to hold her beloved library books. With the help of her entire family, she transforms it into a colorful, cozy bedroom. E PER

Petersen, P. J. Can You Keep a Secret? 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1997.
Mike has a reputation for not being able to keep a secret and he worries that he may reveal things that his classmates do not want known--from a surprise party for one of the teachers to a snake in a friend's desk. FIC PET

Petersen, P. J. I Hate Company.New York : Puffin Books, 1998.
When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three- year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet.

FICPET

Roddie, Shen. Too Close Friends. 1st ed. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Hippo and his neighbor Pig are very good friends until Hippo trims the hedge between their two houses. E ROD

Saltzman, Mark. No One Knows Where Gobo Goes. 1st ed. New York: Muppet Press:, c1984.
Gobo Fraggle's friends, curious to know where he goes when he disappears by himself, decide to follow him one day.E SAL

Vaughan, Marcia K. The Secret to Freedom. 1st ed. New York: Lee & Low Books, c2001.
Great Aunt Lucy tells a story of her days as a slave, when she and her brother, Albert, learned the quilt code to help direct other slaves and, eventually, Albert himself, to freedom in the north. E VAU

Warner, Sally. Private Lily.New York : A.A. Knopf :, c1998.
After a series of unsuccessful attempts, six-year-old Lily succeeds in making a private space for herself in her small apartment. FIC WAR

Wood, Douglas, 1951-. A Quiet Place.New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002.
Text and illustrations describe some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine, such as a woods, a seashore, a library, or inside oneself. E WOO

Wright, Betty Ren. I Like Being Alone.Milwaukee: Raintree, c1981.
Brenda's treehouse provides her with the privacy she needs to make a few discoveries about herself. FICWRI

Bibliography compiled by Barbara Ashby, MLS

April 2009