Children are being exposed to technology increasingly each day and at even younger ages than before. Often these children also have a better understanding of how technology works than adults and parents.
As soon as your child is using a computer, a cell phone, or any mobile device, it’s time to talk to them about online behavior, safety, and security. As a parent, you have the opportunity to talk to your kid about what’s important before anyone else does.
Find our recommended books for kids to learn more about cybersecurity.
1. How We Got Cyber Smart
How We Got Cyber Smart addresses cyber safety, bullying and online safety for elementary school-aged children. It follows the adventures of two kids Olivia and Jack, as they navigate the online world and tells the story of how they became cyber smart and dealt with their online bully.
2. The Technology Tail: A Digital Footprint Story
The Technology Tail is part of the Communicate with Confidence book series that offers a timeless message to a new generation just learning how to navigate the fast-changing digital age. Written for children in grades 1 through 6, this storybook uses rhymes and colorful illustrations to grab their attention.
3. The Savvy Cyber Kids At Home: The Family Gets A Computer
Keeping pre-teens and teenagers safe on the internet starts before our children know what a keyboard is. Like most important life lessons, teaching online safety begins in early childhood. The Savvy Cyber Kids are just the right playmates for pre-school children and Emma and Tony speak their language.
4. Three Little Hackers
In a world where young children are increasingly participating in online activities many parents worry about the dangers of the internet. The greatest vulnerability that kids face is criminals posing as children online to lure kids into compromising situations.
5. Can You Crack the Code?: A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography
This fun and flippable nonfiction features stories of hidden treasures, war-time maneuverings, and contemporary hacking as well as explaining the mechanics behind the codes in accessible and kid friendly forms.
6. Robert The Lonely: A cautionary tale about internet safety for kids
This book is essential reading for any child who is active online. A modern day cautionary tale warning children about online stranger danger in an age appropriate way. Aimed at readers age 6 and up, this book is packed with fun and spooky illustrations to keep your child interested and engaged with the story to the end.
7. Clicker the Cat (5 book series)
Clicker the Cat, the world’s most tech obsessed cat, can’t get enough of his tablet! He uses his device for hours. Can he get his screen time habit under control? Follow Clicker’s adventures in this easy to read picture book about managing Internet and screen time.
8. Digital Girl
A dangerous adventure is about to begin in a place where no human has ever gone before, a place where a computer virus can permanently delete a human, digital girl. Jupiter still thinks with a flat, human brain. A flat, human heart still beats in her chest, and she is running out of time.
