Bullying

NON-FICTION FOR KIDS

Being Bullied  by Kate Petty
Rita is bullied by another girl at school but finds relief when she stands up to her.  20p.  (J 177 Pet)

Bullies and Gangs  by Julie Johnson
Discusses why people bully others, who they pick, and how to cope with the problems of being bullied.  24p.  (J/ 155.418232/Joh)

Bullies are a Pain in the Brain  by Trevor Romain
A serious yet humorous guide to dealing with bullies.  105p.  (J/ 302.34/Rom)

Bully for You
Discusses what constitutes being a bully and what the unpleasant consequences may be.  32p.  (J/ 302.34/Bul)

Bullying by Sally Hewitt
Contents: I feel left out -- What is bullying? -- I'm bullied about the way I speak -- Big girls at school hurt me! -- My friends are bullies -- They make fun of my lunch! -- I'm always in trouble! -- My friend bullies his brother -- How to get help if you are being bullied -- We beat bullying. 32p. (J 302.3 Hew)

Bullying by Elizabeth Raum
Contents: What is bullying? -- What if I'm bullied? -- How to stay safe -- Make yourself bully-proof -- What if I see bullying? -- Am I a bully? -- Talk to an adult. 32p. (J 302.34 Rau)

Dealing with Bullies  by Pam Scheunemann
Describes different ways that bullies hurt others, physically or emotionally, and how to deal with these actions.  23p. (J 155.418232 Sch)

Dealing with Bullying  by Marianne Johnstone
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.  24p.  (J/ 303.69/Joh)

Let's Talk about Being Bullied  by Joy Wilt Berry
31p.  (J 177 Ber)

Stop Picking on Me: A First Look at Bullying  by Pat Thomas
This approachable picture book explores the difficult issue of bullying in reassuringly simple term. The fears, worries, and questions surrounding this upsetting experience are made accessible to young children.  29p.  (J 302.34 Tho)

Talk about Bullying  by Jillian Powell
Explains how, why, when, and where people get bullied as well as who does the bullying and what can be done about it.  32p.  (J 371.58 Pow)

When Kids Drive Kids Crazy  by Eda J. LeShan
Discusses why some young people are brats, bullies, or otherwise hurtful to others and how to cope with them, help them, and develop good friendships.  132p.  (J 155.418232 LeS)

Why is Everybody Always Picking on Me?: A Guide to Understanding Bullies for Young People  by Terrence Webster-Doyle
Stories and activities demonstrate how to resolve conflicts nonviolently and how to peacefully confront hostile aggression.  133p.  (J 155.418232 Web)

FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

The Anti-Bullying Handbook  by Keith Sullivan  250p.  (J PT 371.58 Sul)

Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield  by SuEllen Fried  224p.  (J PT 155.418232 Fri)

The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8  by Allan L. Beane  
Prevention and intervention strategies for creating a classroom where everyone feels safe, accepted and valued, and for establishing and communicating a zero-tolerance policy on bullying. 168p. (J PT 371.58 Bea)

Easing the Teasing: Helping Your Child Cope with Name-calling, Ridicule, and Verbal Bullying  by Judy S. Freedman  266p.  (J PT 649.1 Fre)

Keys to Dealing with Bullies  by Barry E. McNamara
(Series: Barron’s Parenting Keys) 138p.  (J PT 371.58 McN)

The Parent’s Book About Bullying: Changing the Course of Your Child’s Life  by William Voors  151p.  (J PT 302.34 Voo)

Sticks and Stones: 7 Ways Your Child Can Deal with Teasing, Conflict and Other Hard Times  by Scott Cooper  194p.  (J PT 649.1 Coo)

“Why Doesn’t Anybody Like Me?: A Guide to Raising Socially Confident Kids  by Hara Estroff Marano 
Tips on how parents can foster the qualities and skills that will help their children be socially competent and well-liked by their peers. 309p.  (J PT 649.1 Mar)

PICTURE BOOKS

Lucy and the Bully by Claire Alexander
When a mean classmate in preschool wrecks Lucy's artwork, she discovers that they can be friends once he stops being jealous of her. unp. (J E Ale)

The Bully Blockers Club by Teresa Bateman
When Lottie is bothered by a bully at school, she helps start a club where everyone is welcome. unp. (J E Bat)

Bootsie Barker Bites  by Barbara Bottner
Nasty Bootsie Barker only wants to play games in which she bites, until one day another girl decides to beat the bully at her own game.  30p.  (J E Bot)

Bully  by Judith Caseley
Mickey has trouble with Mack, a bully at school, until he decides to try being nice to Mack and making him a friend.  32p.  (J E Caseley)

Chrysanthemum  by Kevin Henkes
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.  31p.  (J E Henkes)

Hooway for Wodney Wat  by Helen Lester
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. 32p.  (J E Les)

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon  by Patty Lovell
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.  32p.  (J E Lov)

My Secret Bully  by Trady Ludwig
A girl confides to her mother that her best friend is treating her badly, and together they figure out what to do about it. Includes a note to parents and teachers, as well as related resources.  (J E Lud)

Nobody Knew What to Do  by Becky R. McCain
When bullies pick on a boy at school, a classmate is afraid, but decides that he must do something.  24p.  (J E McC)

Martha Walks the Dog  by Susan Meddaugh
Martha the talking dog rescues the neighborhood from a bully dog with the help of a parrot.  32p.  (J E Med)

Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore
Windy Pants Patrick, who likes to throw the dodgeball really hard, changes his ways after meeting Freckleface Stawberry's imaginary monster. unp. (J E Moo)

Say Something  by Peggy Moss
At this school, there are some children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them. The girl in this story sees it happening, but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander isn't enough. Will she take some steps on her own to help another kid?  32p.  (J E Mos)

King of the Playground  by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sammy, “King of the Playground,” will not let Kevin play on the playground, until Kevin's father, who believes that words are stronger than fists, suggests ways to best the bully.  30p.  (J E Nay)

The Recess Queen  by Alexis O’Neill
Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.  29p.  (J E O’Ne)

Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully by Audrey Penn
When Chester tells his mother about the school bully, she asks him to gather his friends to hear a story about getting along with people who are prickly. 32p. (J E Pen)

Mr. Lincoln’s Way  by Patricia Polacco
When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the whole world," discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance.  (J E Polacco) 

Thank You Mr. Falker  by Patricia Polacco
Fifth grader Trisha can’t read and a bully who ridicules her magnifies her shame, until a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.  (J E Polacco) 

Monster Mama  by Liz Rosenberg
Patrick Edward's fierce monster mother helps him deal with some obnoxious bullies.  28p.  (J E Ros)

BEGINNING READERS

The Berenstain Bears and the Bully  by Stan Berenstain
When she takes a beating from the class bully, Sister Bear learns a valuable lesson in self-defense--and forgiveness.32p.  (J B Berenstain)

Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out  by Kathryn Cristaldi
With the help of her coach, a young girl teaches two bullies a lesson and leads her team to victory in the playoffs.  48p.  (J B Cristaldi)

No More Teasing by Fran Manushkin
The class bully loves to tease Katie Woo until she decides to ignore him. 24p. Reading level 2.8 (J B Manushkin)

Bubble-gum Radar  by Rosemary Wells
When the Franks hurt, bother, tease, trip, trick, act up, bully, and joke their way through the school day, they push away all of their classmates. This is no laughing matter, especially when Mrs. Jenkins announces square-dance practice time.  31p.  (J B Wells)

FICTION FOR 2nd, 3rd and 4th GRADERS

Bully on the Bus  by Carl Bosch
Jack is being teased by the fifth-grade bully on the school bus. Readers help Jack decide whether to ignore him, ask an adult for help, or fight back.  58p.  (J Fic Bosch)

Jake Drake, Bully Buster  by Andrew Clements
Fourth-grader Jake Drake, a “bully magnet,” relates how he comes to terms with SuperBully Link Baxter, especially after they are assigned to be partners on a class project.  73p. (J Fic Clements; J PB Clements)

Mean, Mean Maureen Green  by Judy Cox
With help from Adam, a boy in her third grade class, Lilley gains enough confidence to stand up to the school bus bully, Mean Maureen Green.  89p.  (J Fic Green)

How to be Cool in the Third Grade  by Betsy Duffey
When Robbie York is marked as a target by a bully at school, he decides that the only way to survive the third grade is by being cool.  71p.  (J Fic Duffey)

The Hundred Dresses  by Eleanor Estes
Wanda Petronski is laughed at because she always wears a faded blue dress. Her classmate’s teasing seems harmless, until they learn how much their thoughtlessness has hurt her.

Pinky and Rex and the Bully  by James Howe
Pinky learns the importance of identity as he defends his favorite color, pink, and his friendship with a girl, Rex, from the neighborhood bully.  48p.  (J Fic Howe)

A Crazy, Mixed-up Spanglish Day  by Marisa Montes
In Northern California, Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado struggles to deal with the third grade bully, to control her temper, and to remember to speak Spanish at home and English at school.  120p.  (J Fic Montes)

Amelia Takes Command  by Marissa Moss
After successfully commanding the Discovery shuttle mission at Space Camp, Amelia returns to fifth grade where she deals with the bully who has been making her life miserable.  (J Fic Moss)

The Field of the Dogs  by Katherine Paterson
Josh, who has just moved to Vermont with his mother, stepfather, and new baby brother, must deal with the bullying of a neighbor boy and discovers that his dog, whom he hears talking with other dogs, is also facing a bully of his own.  89p.  (J F Paterson)

Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?  by Lois Sachar
A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class.  64p.  (J Fic Sachar)

Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury
Nine-year-old. Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room. 152p. (J F Salisbury)

Cockroach Cooties  by Laurence Yep
Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully, and in the process they learn why he behaves so badly.  135p.  (J PB Yep)

FICTION FOR 5th – 8th GRADERS

Blubber  by Judy Blume
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.  153p.  (J Fic Blume)

Men of Stone  by Gayle Friesen 
Fifteen-year-old Ben has been ridiculed so much by the other guys that he has been driven to give up the one thing at which he truly excels - dance. Now, he's being bullied by a thug. Ben struggles to decide what kind of person he will be. But first he must get past the rage that has taken control of his life.  216p.  (J F Friesen)

Inventing Elliot  by Graham Gardner
Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.  181p.  (J F Gardner)

A Midsummer Night’s Dork  by Carol Gorman
Jerry Flack, recently-elected sixth-grade president, organizes an Elizabethan festival at school but accepts a challenge from a bully that may mean he will once again be considered a "dork." 214p.  (J Fic Gorman)

Stitches  by Glen Husar 
Travis knows he's different from his junior high classmates. He loves to sew and he wants to become a professional puppeteer. This makes Travis a ripe target for the school thugs. As ninth grade graduation approaches, the taunts and schoolyard ambushes escalate until anger, jealousy, and prejudice erupt in violence.  198p.  (J F Husar)

Secret Friends  by Elizabeth Laird
Although the other girls at middle school make fun of Rafaella and Lucy avoids her when they are around, Lucy gradually gets to know Rafaella and her "foreign" family and is devastated when she learns the result of all the teasing Rafaella has endured.  71p.  (J Fic Laird)

BMX Bully by Jake Maddox
Eleven-year-old Matt wants to make the Evergreen Racing Team but his chances are seriously threatened when a new boy moves to town and resorts to cheating in order to win. A high interest / low vocabulary book. 65p. (J F High Interest)

Nothing Wrong with a Three-legged Dog  by Graham McNamee
With the help of his good friend and her three-legged dog, Leftovers, ten-year-old Keath learns how to handle the class bully and deal with being the only white boy in his class.  134p.  (J Fic McNamee)

Amelia's Bully Survival Guide by Marissa Moss
When Amelia enters 5th grade, a bully tries to make her life miserable. But Amelia is not about to let him! unp. (J F Moss)

My Life as a Smashed Burrito with Extra Hot Sauce  by Bill Myers
Twelve-year-old Wally, a computer whiz who is a "walking disaster area," ends up in a competition with the bully of Camp Whacka-Whacka, and when they find themselves fighting for their lives, Wally realizes that even his worst enemy needs God.  116p.  (J PB Myers)

The Mighty Skink  by Paul Shipton
A young rhesus monkey living in a zoo enclosure with the rest of his tribe finds all his ideas about tribal order, the superiority of humans, and the wonders of the outside world challenged by the arrival of a new, seemingly unprepossessing, monkey with radical ideas.  192p.  (J F Shipton)

Bully-be-gone by Brian Tacang
Sixth-graders Millicent Madding launches her latest invention to disastrous results, and she has only days to create an antidote before the local bullies wreak havoc and her dearest friendships are destroyed forever. 216p. (J F Tacang)

Don't Feed the Bully by Brad Tassell
Detective and sixth-grade student Hannibal Greatneck III ("Handy" to his friends) confronts the problem of bullies at school. 128p. (J PB Tassell)

Secret Identity  by Wendelin Van Draanen
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!  138p.  (J Fic Van Draanen)

The Revealers  by Doug Wilhelm
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.  207p.  (J Fic Wilhelm)

VIDEOS

Bullies and Harassment on Campus  (21 minutes)  For grades 8 – 12.

BullySmart: New Personal Safety System 
Special narration by Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Features David Cannon and his StreetSmart development team.

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