CAREGIVERRESOURCES: BULLYING
LUNCH FROM HOME P STEI, J
Joshua David Stein
What happens when a child's favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table? In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade, culturallyspecific lunches.
P BRAC, B
THE LITTLE BULLY
Beth Bracken
When Fred makes fun of Billy at school, Billy has to learn how to deal with his friend's bullying.
PT/RH P WAGE, D
BIG, BRAVE, BOLD SERGIO
Debbie Wagenbach
When little Sergio realizes that the Snapper gang bullies others, he breaks away from them and makes new friends, only to become the new target of the gang's bullying.
THE POUTPOUT FISH AND THE BULLYBULLY SHARK P DIES, D
Deborah Diesen
Mr. Fish finds the courage to speak up for his friends when a shark comes to the park and bullies them.
KIKI KICKS
Jane Yolen
Kiki has watched her mama practice karate for a long time, and now she wants to learn too. She wants to become strong and steady like a mountain. The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons. They make Kiki feel small. But today at her first karate lesson, everything changes.
SPAGHETTI IN A HOT DOG BUN P DISM, M
Maria Dismondy
Lucy's grandpa has always taught her the importance of treating others the way you would want to be treated, and that it's okay to be different. When Lucy's classmate Ralph starts teasing her at school, Lucy makes a very courageous decision to stand up for herself and what she believes.
LLAMA LLAMA AND THE BULLY GOAT P DEWD, A
Anna Dewdney
Following their teacher's lead, Llama Llama speaks to Gilroy Goat and tells him he should not act like a bully on the playground.
Kids need supportive advice for dealing with teasing -- or for knowing when they should stop teasing someone else. This book shares practical tools with kids to help them turn away from teasing.
Brenda Maier THE LITTLE BLUE BRIDGE P MAIE, B
Loosely adapted from The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Ruby and her brothers want to cross a bridge to pick blueberries, but it is guarded by the bully Santiago-the boys manage to trick him, but clever Ruby takes a different tack, builds her own bridge, and turns Santiago into an ally and friend.
PEA, BEE, & JAY: THE BIG BULLY
Brian Smith
After Jay is bullied by Pumpkin, three besties Pea, Bee and Jay band together to prove that being big doesn't mean you get to push others around and, discovering Pumpkin has some extra-large issues of her own, must get to the root of the problem
Joe and Ravi don't think they have anything in common, but soon enough they have a common enemy, the biggest bully in their class, and a common mission, to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week.
Irene Latham BE A BRIDGE P LATH, I
Rhyming verse describes different ways in which readers can "be a bridge," from welcoming a new student and listening respectfully when someone else is talking to standing up to a bully and comforting a classmate who is upset.
Gordon Korman
Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed.
When a bullied boy with a terrible secret moves to town there is a sudden increase in dust storms, and asthmatic Avalyn theorizes the storms are linked to his emotions and tries to help as she struggles to breathe.
RESILIENT TWEENS AND TEENS
Kim John Payne
Essential reading for parents of grade schoolers through teens experiencing bullying, social exclusion, and teasing-with uplifting stories from young adults who have navigated those experiences and triumphed.
