Bullying Prevention Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• Benny Gets a Bully Ache by Jane Bomberge
• The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by S. and J. Berenstein
• Big Bad Bruce by Bill Pee
• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
• Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
• Dealing With Bullying by Marianne Johnston
• Just a Bully by Gina Mayer
• Nobody Knew What To Do: A Story About Bullying by Becky McCain
• The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
• Rat and the Tiger by Keiko Kasza
• Simon's Hook: A Story About Teases and Put-Downs by Karen Burnett
• Stop Picking On Me by Pat Thomas

Ages 6 to 10

• Arthur's April Fool by Marc Brown
• Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How to Deal With Bullies by Catherine DePino and Bonnie Matthews
• Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain
• Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday by Adolph Moser
• Don't Sit on My Lunch! by Abby Klein and John McKinley
• Finding the Greenstone by A. Walker
• How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
• Talking About Bullying by Jullian Powell

Ages 9 to 12

• The Araboolies of Liberty Street by Sam Swope
• Blubber by Judy Blume
• Bullies are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain
• The Bully Buster Book by John William Yee
• Crash by Jerry Spinelli
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Pilbrick
• 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
• The Hundred Dresses by E. Estes
• Peace on the Playground: Nonviolent Ways of Problem-Solving by Eileen Lucas
• Simon's Hook: A Story About Teases and Put-Downs by Karen Burnett
• Stick Up For Yourself by Gershen Kaufman and Lev Raphael
• When Kids Drive Kids Crazy: How to Get Along With YourFriends and Enemies by Eda LeShan
• Who Belongs Here : An American Story by Margy Burns Knight
• Why is Everybody Always Picking On Me? A Guide to Understanding Bullies For Young People by Terrence Webster-Doyle

Books for Young Adults

• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• Ironman by Chris Crutcher
• I Wish I Knew What to Do ?! . . . Teens Tell It Like It Is On What to Way to Get BULLIES to Leave You Alone edited by Beth Carls and Amy Looper
• Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe, and Get Along by Naomi Drew

Books for Adults

• The ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking and Curbing School Aggression available from US Dept of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
• And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence by James Garbarino
• Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield by Suellen Fried
• Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do by Dan Olweus
• Bullying: Practical and Easy-to-Follow Advice by Jenny Alexander
• Bully Busting: How To Help Children Deal With Teasingand Bullying by Evelyn M. Field
• Bully Proofing Your Child by Carla Garrity, Mitchell Baris, and William Porter
• Caring School Community: Cross-Age Buddies Activity Book. Developmental Studies Center; www.devstu.org
• Easing the Teasing: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Deal with Name-Calling, Ridicule and Verbal Bullying by Judy Freedman
• Mom, They're Teasing me: Helping Your Child Solve SocialProblems by Michael Thompson
• See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing More Violent and What We Can Do About It by James Garbarino
• Weakfish: Bullying Through the Eyes of a Child by Michael Dorn
• “Words Will Never Hurt Me": Helping Kids Handle Teasing,Bullying and Putdowns by Sally Ogden

Other Resources

Prevent Peer Cruelty and Promote Kindness - Thomas Lickona - chapter 9 from Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues

Child Abuse Prevention Services
http://www.capsli.org/

Department of Health and Human Services
Online bullying courses and information
http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/bully/bully_fs_parents.htm

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

Bully Proofing Your School (both elementary and middle school versions) is available from:

Sopris West
4093 Specialty Place
Longmont, Colorado 80504

800-547-6747

http://www.sopriswest.com

Hands & Words Are Not For Hurting (Purple Hands Project)

An effective tool in violence prevention education

www.handsproject.org

WordsCanHeal.org is a national campaign to eliminate verbal violence, curb gossip and promote the healing power of words to enhance relationships at every level; www.WordsCanHeal.org.

Compiled in part by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.