Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• A Book About Being Bullied; by Joy Berry; Scholastic, 2005
• Benny Gets a Bully Ache; by Jane Bomberge; Freedom Pub Co, 1997
• Bye-Bye, Bully!: A Kid's Guide For Dealing With Bullies; by J.S. Jackson; illustrated by R.W. Alley: Abbey Press, 2003
• Dealing With Bullies; by Pam Scheunemann: Abdo Pub., 2004
• Dealing With Bullying; by Marianne Johnston Hazelden, 1998
• Long Walk To School: A Story About Bullying; by Cindy Leaney; illustrated by Peter Wilks; Rourke Pub., 2004
• Lucy And The Bully; by Claire Alexander; Albert Whitman & Co., 2008
• 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
• 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
• Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How to Deal With Bullies; by Catherine DePino and Bonnie Matthews; Magination Press, 2004
• Bullying; by Bruce Sanders: Stargazer Books, 2006
• Bullying: How To Deal With Taunting, Teasing, And Tormenting; by Kathleen Winkler: Enslow Publishers, 2005
• Dealing with Bullying; by Pete Sanders; Stargazer Books, 2007
• Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday; by Adolph Moser; Landmark Editions, 1991
• Don't Sit on My Lunch!; by Abby Klein and John McKinley; New York Blue Sky Press, 2005
• Talking About Bullying; by Jullian Powell; Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999
• Trouble for Trudy; by Teddy Slater; Scholastic Inc., 2007
• Why Do People Bully?; by Adam Hibbert; Raintree, 2005

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
• Do Not Call Me Ishmael; by Michael Bauer; Greenwillow Books, 2007
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Bullies to Buddies: How to Turn Your Enemies Into Friends; by Izzy Kalman; Wisdom Pages, 2005
• The Chocolate War; by Robert Cormier; Laurel Leaf, 1999
• Ironman; by Chris Crutcher; Greenwillow, Laurel Leaf, 1996
• Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe, and Get Along; by Naomi Drew; Free Spirit Publishing, 2004

Books for Adults

• And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence; by James Garbarino; Free Press, 2002
• Bullying: Practical and Easy-to-Follow Advice; by Jenny Alexander; Penguin USA, 1998
• Bullyproof Your Child : Expert Advice On Teaching Children To Defend Themselves; Keith Vitali; Skyhorse Publishing, 2007
• 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

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