Bullying: Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• Benny Gets a Bully Ache; by Jane Bomberge; Freedom Pub Co, 1997
• Big Bad Bruce; by Bill Peet; Houghton Mifflin Co, 1982
• Chrysanthemum; by Kevin Henkes; Greenwillow Books, 1991
• Dealing With Bullying; by Marianne Johnston Hazelden, 1998
• Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday; by Adolph Moser; Landmark Editions, 1991
• Just a Bully; by Gina Mayer; Golden Books, 1999
• Nobody Knew What To Do: A Story About Bullying; by Becky McCain; Albert Whitman & Company, 2001
• Rat and the Tiger; by Keiko Kasza; Econo Clad Books, 1999
• Simon's Hook; A Story About Teases and Put-Downs; by Karen Burnett; GR Publishing, 1999
• Stop Picking On Me; by Pat Thomas; Macdonald Young, 2000
• The Berenstain Bears and the Bully; by S. and J. Berenstein; Random House, 1993

Ages 6 to 10

• Arthur's April Fool; by Marc Brown; Little, Brown & Co., 1990
• Finding the Greenstone; by A. Walker; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991
• How to Lose All Your Friends; by Nancy Carlson; Viking
• Talking About Bullying; by Jullian Powell; Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999

Ages 9 to 12

• Blubber; by Judy Blume; Econo-Clad Books, 1999
• Bullies are a Pain in the Brain; by Trevor Romain; Free Spirit Pub, 1997
• Crash; by Jerry Spinelli; Knopf, 1999
• Freak the Mighty; by Rodman Pilbrick; Scholastic, 2001
• How To Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name Calling and Other Nonsense; by Kate Cohen-Posey; Rainbow Books, Inc, 1995
• Peace on the Playground: Nonviolent Ways of Problem-Solving; by Eileen Lucas; Watts, 1991
• Simon's Hook: A Story About Teases and Put-Downs; by Karen Burnett; GR Publishing, 2000
• Stick Up For Yourself; by Gershen Kaufman and Lev Raphael; Free Spirit Publishing, 1998
• The Araboolies of Liberty Street; by Sam Swope; Sunburst, 2001
• The Bully Buster Book; by John William Yee; Outgoing Press, 1997
• The Hundred Dresses; by E. Estes; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994
• When Kids Drive Kids Crazy: How to Get Along With Your Friends and Enemies; by Eda LeShan; Dial Books for Young Readers, 1990
• Why is Everybody Always Picking On Me?: A Guide to Understanding Bullies For Young People; by Terrence Webster-Doyle, Rod Cameron (illustrator); Atrium Society, 1991

Young Adult

• The Chocolate War; by Robert Cormier; Laurel Leaf, 1999
• Ironman; by Chris Crutcher; Greenwillow, Laurel Leaf, 1996

Books for Adults

• And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence; by James Garbarino; Free Press, 2002
• Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield; by Suellen Fried; M Evans & Co, 1998
• Bullying: Practical and Easy-to-Follow Advice; by Jenny Alexander; Penguin USA, 1998
• Bully Busting: How To Help Children Deal With Teasing and Bullying; by Evelyn M. Field; Finch Publishing, 1999
• Bully Proofing Your Child; by Carla Garrity, Mitchell Baris, and William Porter; Sopris West, 1999
• Easing the Teasing: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Deal with Name-Calling, Ridicule and Verbal Bullying; by Judy Freedman; Contemporary Books, 2002
• Mom, They're Teasing me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems; by Michael Thompson; Ballantine Books, 2002
• "Words Will Never Hurt Me": Helping Kids Handle Teasing, Bullying and Putdowns; by Sally Ogden: Elton-Wolf, 2001

Other Resources

National Resource Center for Safe Schools (NRCSS)
101 SW Main, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204
1-800-268-2275 or (503) 275-0131
(503) 275-0444

Child Abuse Prevention Services
http://www.kidsafe-caps.org/bullies.html

There is a comprehensive program for schools that addresses bully/victim problems. "Bully Proofing Your School" is available in both elementary and middle school versions from Sopris West at:

Sopris West
4093 Specialty Place
Longmont, Colorado 80504

800-547-6747

http://www.sopriswest.com