Bullyiing

[Yales]

Hello everyone can someone recommend a good book for bullying as a educator I like to provide my students and colleagues with good books to read?

[[deleted user]]

What age group?
Little kids--Chrysanthemum

Older readers--Blubber

[Cheryl has hopes her life will calm down soonish, Newbery Club host]

And of course it helps to understand the bullies' pov - Crash.

Are you looking for non-fiction, ie advice how to handle it in a classroom or school?

[Z.R.]

There's Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman for teens, if that age group suits. It looks at prejudice through racism, but helps the reader think about WHY we bully other people.

[Aimee]

You could try Wonder.

[K.S.]

Lenny Meets Bully Bailey is a good e-book read as well. The story is entertaining and at the end are questions for children and parents to discuss about bullying. There is a list of helpful resources listed at the end of the book.

[Cheryl has hopes her life will calm down soonish, Newbery Club host]

Bumping to link with a similar request here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

For younger children consider Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.

On a related theme, consider that much bullying occurs because of insecurity, which is often caused by a sort of "fear of others." To get kids to realize that "others" are actually just people, consider sharing books about diversity, including: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Almira]

I recently read (and reviewed on GR) The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, by Leslie Connor. Middle school age appropriate.

[QNPoohBear]

Middle grades level ages 9-12 the American Girl books almost always feature a mean girl drama plot, specifically, Chrissa and Chrissa Stands Strong (also a movie), Mia and Mia, McKenna and McKenna, Ready to Fly!, Gabriela 3-Book Box Set. There may be others I'm not remembering. Chrissa's stories were the first to deal with bullying and there's an award-winning non-fiction book that was created as part of her "girl of the year" collection. It's been reprinted many times Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them and also Stand Up For Yourself And Your Friends and A Smart Girls Guide to Friendship Troubles: Dealing With Fights, Being Left Out & the Whole Popularity Thing