Books for Bullies & Bullying

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bullies & Bullying




Junior Picturebooks

Berenstain, Stan                  JP, JE
The Berenstain Bears and the bully
When she takes a beating from the class bully, Sister Bear learns a valuable lesson in self-defense--and forgiveness.

Best, Cari                              JP
Shrinking Violet
Violet, who is very shy and hates for anyone to look at her in school, finally comes out of her shell when she is cast as Lady Space in a play about the solar system and saves the production from disaster.

Bottner, Barbara                  JP
Bootsie Barker bites
Bootsie Barker only wants to play games in which she bites, until one day her friend comes up with a better game.
 
Boyd, Lizi                               JP
Bailey, the big bully
All the kids are afraid of Bailey, who's big and mean and always gets his way, except Max, the new boy in town.

Brown, Marc                          JP
Arthur's April fool
Arthur worries about remembering his magic tricks for the April Fool's Day assembly and Binky's threats to pulverize him.

Caple, Kathy                         JP
The wimp
Arnold the pig and his sister Rose give two bullying classmates a taste of their own medicine when Arnold decides he doesn't have to be a wimp anymore.

Christelow, Eileen               JP
Jerome camps out
Jerome the alligator is looking forward to the Swamp School camping trip, until he and his friend learn that Buster, the class bully, will be there, too.

Cristaldi, Kathryn                JP
Baseball ballerina strikes out
With the help of her coach, a young girl teaches two bullies a lesson and leads her team to victory in the playoffs.

Cuyler, Margery                    JP
Buddy Bear and the bad guys
Shy Buddy Bear is terrorized by three bullying raccoons until he decides to stand up to them.

Dodd, Lynley                         JP
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
A small black dog and his canine friends are terrorized by the local tomcat.







Howe, James                                      JP
Pinky and Rex and the bully
Pinky learns the importance of identity as he defends his favorite color, pink, and his friendship with a girl, Rex, from the neighborhood bully.

Keats, Ezra Jac                                    JP
Goggles!
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.

Leaney, Cindy                                      JP
Long walk to school: a story about bullying
The Hero kids help a boy who is being bullied, as well as the one  doing the bullying.

Lester, Helen                                       JP
Hooway for Wodney Wat
All his classmates make fun of Rodney because he can't pronounce his name, but it is Rodney's speech impediment that drives away the class bully.

Lovell, Patty                                           JP
Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon
Even when the class bully at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told her and she feels good about herself.

McCain, Becky                                      JP
Nobody knew what to do: a story about bullying
When bullies pick on a boy at school, a classmate is afraid, but decides that he must do something.

Mayer, Mercer                                       JP
Just a daydream
Little Critter daydreams about what he would do to the local bully if he were Super Critter.

O'Neill, Alexis                                       JP
The recess queen
Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a  new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.

Simon, Francesca                               JP
Hugo and the bully frogs
Pop Eyes and the other frogs keep bullying Hugo, who is only a  very small frog with a very small croak, until his friends help him find his voice.


Junior Fiction

Blume, Judy                                          J Fic
Blubber
Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade class in tormenting a classmate and then finds out what it's like when she, too, becomes a target.

Clements, Andrew                              J Paperback
Jake Drake bully buster

Estes, Eleanor                                     J Fic
The hundred dresses
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.


LPL 9/05

McKay, Hilary                                        J Fic
Indigo’s star
Spurred on by his youngest sister, Rose, twelve-year-old Indigo sticks up for himself and an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of the school bullies.

Martin, Ann M.                                       J Fic
Here today
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.

O'Dell, Kathleen                                   J Fic
Agnes Parker... girl in progress
As she starts in the sixth grade, Agnes faces challenges with her old best friend, a longtime bully, a wonderful new classmate and neighbor, and herself.

Romain, Trevor                                    J Paperback
Bullies are a pain in the brain

Van Draanen, Wendelin                     J Fic
Secret identity
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!

Wilhelm, Doug                                     J Fic
The revealers
Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.

Wojciechowski, Susan                       J Fic
Beany and the meany
When Meany's best friend Carol Ann pairs with the new girl at school to create a science project, Meany must work with Kevin the bully.

Yep, Laurence                                      J Fic
Cockroach cooties
Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully.


Non-fiction & Videos

J303.69-Joh                        
Dealing with bullying
Describes what is meant by bullying; then goes on to explain why bullies act as they do, how to deal with them, and how to stop being one.

J
371.58-Pow
Talking about bullying
Explains how, why, when, and where people get bullied as well as who does the bullying and what can be done about it.

J Video 158-Bully
BullySmart: StreetSmart's 4-step personal safety system

J Video 302.34-Rom
Bullies are a pain in the brain
Using humor, original music, and a fast paced storyline, this offers kids practical, easy-to-implement solutions for dealing with their own bully problems.














 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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