Books About Bullying : Recommended Reading

BOOKS FOR ADULTS

Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson, Lawrence J. Cohen and Catherine O’Neill

Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child through the Schoolyard Battlefield by SuEllen Fried and Paula Fried, Ph.D.

Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do by Dan Olweus

Bullying in Schools; Fighting the Bully Battle. National Safety Center- Hilda Clarice Quiroz, June Lane Arnette and Rondal D. Stephens

Bully-Proofing in Early Childhood *** Kayla McCarnes MSW, PhD; Karin Nelson PhD, NCSP; Nancy Sager MA. This book teaches preschool and kindergarten students the importance of kindness, friendship, and respect for others. The focus is on creating a caring community where bullying is unacceptable. Lesson plans introduce children to the positive social skills and attitudes that prevent bullying. Family materials are printed in English and Spanish

· Bully-Proofing Your School: A Comprehensive Approach for Elementary Schools by Carla Garrity, Kathryn Jens, William Porter, Nancy Sager and Cam Short-Camilli

 

Childhood Bullying and Teasing by Dorothea M. Ross, Ph.D.

Children and Bullying:; How Parents and Educators can Reduce Bullying in Schools.- Ken Rigby
Children, Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?- Carol McCloud
Child Support Through Small Group Counseling by Lois Landry
Cliques: 8 Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
Early Learning Prevents Youth Violence***: Tremblay, R.E; Gervais G; Petitclerc, E., Montreal, Quebec Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.
Easing the Teasing: Helping Your Child Cope with Name-Calling, Ridicule, and Verbal Bullying by Judy S. Freedman
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Free the Children! Conflict Education for Strong and Peaceful Minds by Susan Gringras Fitzell
Good Friends Are Hard to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make and Keep Friends by Fred Frankel, Ph.D.
How to Handle a Hard-to-Handle Kid by C. Drew Edwards, Ph.D.
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Learning the Skills of Peacemaking by Naomi Drew
Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems by Michael Thompson, Lawrence J. Cohen and Catherine O’Neill Grace
My Secret Bully (Mia Enemiga Secreta) by Trudy Ludwig
No Room for Bullies by Jose Bolton, Jr.
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, by Rachael Simmons
Quit It! A Teacher’s Guide on Teasing and Bullying for Use with
· Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program for Elementary Schools***. Committee for Children Seattle WA:2005. This is a school-wide bullying prevention program for grades 3-6. The program teaches children friendship skills and how to recognize, refuse, and report bullying through videos and class discussions.
Students in Grades K-3 by Merle Froschi
Reducing School Violence through Conflict Resolution by David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying by Stan Davis
Set Straight on Bullies by Stuart Greenbaum, Brenda Turner and Ronald D. Stephens
Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program for Elementary Schools-Committee for Children, Seattle, Washington
Tackling Bullying in Your School edited by Sonia Sharp and Peter K. Smith
Teaching Your Kids to Care by Deborah Spaide
10 Days to a Bully-Proof School; by Sherryll Kraiser, Ph.D.
The Bully Buster by Jane Drake
The Bully Free Classroom by Allan Beane, Ph.D
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso
The Challenge to Care in Schools by Nel Noddings
The Power of Positive Talk by Douglas Bloch
The Safe Child Book by Sherryll Kraizer, Ph.D.
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Waging Peace in Our Schools by Linda Lantieri and Janet Patti
What to Do When Kids Are Mean To Your Child by Elin McCoy
Win the Whining War & Other Skirmishes by Cynthia Whitham, M.S.W.
You Can’t Say You Can’t Play by Vivian Gussin Paley

*** Recommended by Rhonda J. Armistead, Ph.D. NCSP
Immediate Past President of the National Association of School
Psychologists

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AGES 4-8

Bailey the Big Bully by Liz Boyd
Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner
Bully (Good Bad) by Janine Amos
Bully Trouble by Joanna Cole
Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin
First Grade King by Karen L. Williams
· Hooway for Wodney Wat *** by Helen Wester
· Ages 5-8. Classmates make fun of someone because of a speech impediment
· Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Bullies ***by Howard Binkow
· Ages 4-7. Howard, a rabbit listens to the voice in his head telling him, he should tell his teacher about the bullying he receives from the Snorton twins, a set of overgrown pigs.
How To Be A Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
I Like Being Me: Poems for Children About Feeling Special, Appreciating Others, and Getting Along by Judy Lalli
I Like Me! By Nancy L. Carlson
I’m Like You, You’re Like Me: A Child’s Book About Understanding and Celebrating Each Other by Cindy Gainer
· King of the Playground*** by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
· Ages 4-8. With his dad’s help, a young boy overcomes his fear of a boy who will not let him on the playground.
Liking Myself by Pat Palmer
Loudmouth George and the Sixth Grade Bully by Nancy L. Carlson
· My Secret Bully (Mi Enemiga Secreta)*** by Trudy Ludwig, (translator Aurora Hernandez). Ages 5-8. A girl confides to her mother that best friend is treating her badly, and together they figure out what to do.
· Nobody Knew What to Do *** by Becky Ray McCain
Ages 6-9. When bullies pick on a boy at school, a classmate is afraid, but decides he must do something
Push and Shove by Jim and Joan Boulden


· Recess Queen ***by Alexis O’Neil
· Ages 4-8.The biggest bully on the playground is challenged by anew girl at school.
Say Something by Peggy Moss and Lea Lyon
Simon’s Hook; A Story About Teases and Putdowns by Karen Gedig Burnett
· Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon *** by Patty Lovell
· Ages 4-8. A young girl is ready for when the class bully at new school makes fun of her.
Stop Picking on Me *** by Thomas and Leslie Harker
· Ages 5-8. Simple and direct language to help young kids accept the normal fears and worries that accompany bullying
The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby
The Rat and the Tiger by Keiko Kasza
We Can Get Along: a Child’s Book of Choices by Lauren Murphy Payne, M.S.W.

*** Recommended by Rhonda J. Armistead, Ph.D. NCSP
Immediate Past President; American Association of School
Psychologists





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