BOOKS FOR PARENTS
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Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying
Dellasega, Cheryl - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The only book with a program that is proven to solve the problem of female bullying, a controversial issue first exposed in the bestselling Reviving Ophelia.Stop the Hurting Mary Pipher's bestselling Reviving Ophelia triggered widespread interest in the culture of preteen and teenage... |
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Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change
Bonnie Burton - Zest Books
Format: Paperback
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Girls Against Girls is a must-read for today’s strong, smart, and capable generation of young women. Complete with: Guidance on how females can band together and quit breaking each other down Popular movie quotes Advice from female artists and athletes A resource... |
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BOOKS FOR KIDS
(CHAPTER BOOKS & NON-FICTION)
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Avoiding Bullies?: Skills to Outsmart and Stop Them
Louise Spilsbury - Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Paperback
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Bullying can take many forms, from verbal threats and physical confrontation to social ostracism and cyberbullying. It can happen to anyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, or disability; it can happen at school or at home. Readers will learn how to cope with bullying, how to boost... |
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What's Cyberbullying?
Emma Jones - Kidhaven
Format: Library Binding
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Cyberbullying is a new issue that adults might be unfamiliar with, so young readers need a helpful, fact-filled resource to guide them through this challenging aspect of growing up in the digital age. As young readers explore this informative book on a sensitive issue, they're provided... |
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American as Paneer Pie
Supriya Kelkar - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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An Indian American girl navigates prejudice in her small town and learns the power of her own voice in this brilliant gem of a middle grade novel full of humor and heart, perfect for fans of Front Desk and Amina's Voice.As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar... |
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Bella's Backyard Bullies
Samantha Turnbull - Allen & Unwin
Format: Print book
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Talented 10-year-olds Emily, Bella, Chloe and Grace are sick of boys who want them to be helpless princesses. Design genius Bella Singh has built a clubhouse in her backyard, where the anti-princesses meet to thumb their noses at the notion that boys are best. But when they receive angry... |
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Blackbird Fly
Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book
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Future rock star or friendless misfit? That's no choice at all. In this acclaimed novel, twelve-year-old Apple grapples with being different; with friends and backstabbers; and with following her dreams. Publishers Weekly called Blackbird Fly "a true triumph," and the Los Angeles... |
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Blubber
Judy Blume - Bradbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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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. |
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Brave
Svetlana Chmakova - Yen Press
Format: Hardcover
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In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different--math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a huge problem when you always... |
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Garvey's Choice
Nikki Grimes - Wordsong
Format: Print book
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading - anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself... |
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Horrible Harry and the Battle of the Bugs
Suzy Kline - Viking
Format: Print book
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Harry loves creepy-crawly things. But there's one creepy-crawly thing that even he can't stand: head lice! So it's a terrible day when Harry's friend Doug discovers lice in his hair. To make matters worse, Mary makes fun of Doug for being dirty and convinces the rest of the kids... |
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Medusa Jones
Ross Collins - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Its off to ancient Greece for a split-your-side funny take on the politics of junior-high popularity.In ancient Greece lived a little girl called Medusa Jones. Medusa was a Gorgon, but apart from that, pretty normal. So she has snakes for hair instead of gorgeous blond ringlets like Cassandra.... |
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Mia Mayhem vs. the Super Bully
Kara West - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover
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Mia and her best friends are up against a major super bully in this third adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series!When a super annoying villain (who's actually another superhero) arrives at THE PITS and accuses Mia of not belonging, Mia doesn't know what to do. Will she be able... |
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STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #1: Home Court - Library Edition
Amar'e Stoudemire - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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STAT: Standing Tall And Talented - A slam-dunk new fiction series from NBA superstar Amar'e Stoudemire! Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has a lot going on. He plays sports with his friends. He takes his schoolwork seriously. He helps out with his dad's landscaping company. And he loves... |
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BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
(PICTURE BOOKS)
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Baxter and Danny Stand Up to Bullying
James M. Foley - Magination Press
Format: Hardcover
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This delightful book helps children recognize and respond to bullying with positivity by following Baxter the Bunny and Danny the Bear as they stand up to the bully Buford Blue Jay. I am great and so are you!Together we can make it through.Working hard, helping out:Thats what we are all about!Baxter... |
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Bokuden and the bully : a Japanese folktale
Stephen Krensky - Millbrook Press
Format: Print book
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Relates how Bokuden Tsukahara, the greatest swordsman of sixteenth-century Japan, deals with a boastful, bullying warrior during a ferry ride across a great river. |
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Bullies Never Win
Margery Cuyler - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When the class bully, Brenda Bailey, makes fun of Jessicas skinny legs and her boyish lunch box, Jessica doesnt know what to do. She doesnt want to be a tattletale, but she also wants the bullying to stop. Can Jessica find the courage to stand up for herself? From the team behind the first... |
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The Bully from the Black Lagoon
Mike Thaler - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback
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A new title in the bestselling Black Lagoon series!Hubie has heard there's a new kid in school. His name is Butch Pounder, and he is rumored to be a mean bully! Did Butch really beat up the football team and eat the teacher's pet at his last school?Hubie thinks he'll end up in the nurse's... |
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Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!
Ed Emberley - LB Kids
Format: Hardcover
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Here comes Big Bad Bullybug! Hes big, mean, and scary--and loves to pick on little itty bitty bugs! With the turn of each die-cut page, Bullybug grows bigger, meaner, and scarier. But its the itty bitty bugs who get the last laugh in this exciting, new, frighteningly-fun adventure. Caldecott... |
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Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Bob Marley's music has inspired millions of listeners around the world with messages of peace, love, and truth. This third picture book adaptation of one of his beloved songs has a timely message for children: To counter injustice, lift others up with kindness and courage. As a young... |
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Ginny Louise and the School Showdown
Tammi Sauer - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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The Truman Elementary Troublemakers are a bad bunch. Especially these three: Cap'n Catastrophe, Destructo Dude, and Make-My-Day May. But they are no match for Ginny Louise, the new hedgehog in school. Her unwavering cheerfulness in the face of their bullying will make young readers... |
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I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
Kerascoët - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover
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"This beautifully illustrated story shows young readers how to become caring and supportive upstanders. Love it!" --Trudy Ludwig, bestselling author of The Invisible BoyThis simple yet powerful picture book--from a New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife team--tells... |
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Kids Talk About Bullying
Carrie Finn - Picture Window Books
Format: Library Binding
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People make fun of me for wearing glasses What should I do Super Sam the problem solver will give you some strong advice on bullies |
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Lila and the Crow
Gabrielle Grimard - Annick Press Ltd.
Format: Print book
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Lila has just moved to a new town and can't wait to make friends at school. But on the first day, a boy points at her and shouts: "A crow! A crow! The new girl's hair is black like a crow!" The others whisper and laugh, and Lila's heart grows as heavy as a stone.The... |
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The Little Bully
Beth Bracken - Picture Window Books
Format: Book
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Billy is a nice boy who likes school until he encounters a bully named Fred. Billy must learn how to deal with a bully., |
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Marlene, Marlene, Queen of Mean
Jane Lynch - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Glee actress Jane Lynch takes a look at bullying head-on in her first picture book. Marlene is the self-appointed queen of the playground, the sidewalk, and the school. She is small but mighty . . . intimidating! Known for her cruel ways, the little Queen of Mean has kids cowering in fear—until... |
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The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark
DEBORAH DIESEN - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Mr. Fish and all his friendsLove to play down at the park.But that ends when they're bulliedBy a misbehaving shark!Mr. Fish wants to help.He knows bullying is wrong!But he's just one fish -- Is he really that strong?In The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark, the New... |
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Scary Mary
Paula Bowles - Tiger Tales
Format: Hardcover
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Meet Scary Mary. In the barnyard, she rules the roost. If the other animals come near, she chases them away! She keeps all the sunflower seeds to herself and builds a fort to keep the others out. Mary even practices making scary faces! Until one day she is alone. She clucks by herself,... |
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