Anti-Bullying Books
Books that address the topic of bullying and promote tolerance and acceptance.
1.
Amelia's Bully Survival Guide
(Part of Amelia)
By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by: Marissa Moss
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: January 3, 2012
Ages: 7 - 10
Amelia stands up for her herself—and against the class bully—in this series favorite. Now available in paperback!Amelia is not about to let the class bully get the best of her—that’s just not...
2.
How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying
By: Scott Starkey
This edition: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publication date: January 3, 2012
Ages: 8 - 12
When luck gives a new kid a false reputation as a tough guy, can he find the strength to live up to his image? Rodney Rathbone is a self-admitted coward. Things scare him, and he can’t help it. So naturally he’s...
Other Formats: eBook
3.
The Unwanteds
(Part of Unwanteds, The)
By: Lisa McMann
This edition: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication date: August 30, 2011
Ages: 8 - 12
Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds go to university, and the artistic Unwanteds are sent to their deaths Thirteen-year-old Alex tries his hardest to be stoic...
4.
I'm Here
By: Peter H. Reynolds
Illustrated by: Peter H. Reynolds
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 16, 2011
Ages: 4 - 8
I’m here. And you’re there. And that’s okay. But…maybe there will be a gentle wind that pulls us together. And then I’ll be here and you’ll be here, too. Pure, powerful and deceptively...
5.
Dancing Home
By: Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: July 12, 2011
Ages: 8 - 12
A year of discoveries culminates in a performance full of surprises, as two girls find their own way to belong. Mexico may be her parents’ home, but it’s certainly not Margie’s. She has finally convinced the...
Other Formats: eBook
6.
Nacer Bailando (Dancing Home)
By: Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
This edition: Spanish Edition Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: July 12, 2011
Ages: 8 - 12
Un año de revelaciones culmina con una actuación llena de sorpresas, mientras dos niñas descubren su lugar en el mundo. México es el país de sus padres, pero no el de Margie. Ella ha logrado convencer...
Other Formats: eBook
7.
The Pirate of Kindergarten
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by: Lynne Avril
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: June 22, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
Doubles are good for lots of things—double scoops of ice cream, double features at the movies. But double vision is NOT a good kind of double. In fact, it can make kindergarten kind of hard. Ginny sees double chairs at...
Other Formats: eBook
8.
Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House
By: Haven Kimmel
Illustrated by: Peter Brown
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: April 6, 2010
Ages: 7 - 12
It’s easy to understand why wiggly Kaline Klattermaster wants to squirm away from his life: Already struggling with his inability to sit still or stay quiet, now his dad is gone and his mom won’t say where. To...
Other Formats: eBook
9.
Bullies Never Win
By: Margery Cuyler
Illustrated by: Arthur Howard
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 5 - 8
When the class bully, Brenda Bailey, makes fun of Jessica’s skinny legs and her boyish lunch box, Jessica doesn’t know what to do. She doesn’t want to be a tattletale, but she also wants the bullying to stop....
10.
Dexter the Tough
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
I'm the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid.
It's only the first day of school for Dexter, but he's already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his...
Other Formats: Hardcover
11.
Zoom! Boom! Bully
(Part of Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
By: Jon Scieszka
This edition: Library Binding, 24 pages
Publication date: June 3, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
Every time the trucks try to build something, Big Rig comes along, and - ZOOM! BOOM! - knocks it down! What can they do to stop such a big bully?
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
12.
Zoom! Boom! Bully
(Part of Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
By: Jon Scieszka
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: June 3, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
Every time the trucks try to build something, Big Rig comes along, and - ZOOM! BOOM! - knocks it down! What can they do to stop such a big bully?
Other Formats: Library Binding
13.
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Amanda Harvey
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Jake recounts his second grade introduction to Link Baxter, SuperBully, who becomes his class project partner, with surprising results.When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he...
14.
Dexter the Tough
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publication date: January 23, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
I'm the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid.
It's only the first day of school for Dexter, but he's already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
15.
Amelia's Bully Survival Guide
(Part of Amelia)
By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by: Marissa Moss
This edition: Paper Over Board, 40 pages
Publication date: March 21, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
Amelia stands up for her herself—and against the class bully—in this series favorite. Now available in paperback!Amelia is not about to let the class bully get the best of her—that’s just not...
16.
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
(Part of Jake Drake)
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Amanda Harvey
This edition: Hardcover, 80 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2001
Ages: 7 - 10
Jake recounts his second grade introduction to Link Baxter, SuperBully, who becomes his class project partner, with surprising results.When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he...
17.
Pinky and Rex and the Bully
(Part of Pinky & Rex)
By: James Howe
Illustrated by: Melissa Sweet
This edition: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
Publication date: April 1, 1996
Ages: 6 - 8
Pinky's favorite color is pink, and his best friend, Rex, is a girl. Kevin, the third-grade bully, says that makes Pinky a sissy. Deep down, Pinky thinks Kevin is wrong, but he's still worried. Does Pinky have to give up his...
Other Formats: Hardcover
18.
King of the Playground
By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Illustrated by: Nola Langner Malone
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: January 1, 1994
Ages: 4 - 8
Kevin loves to go to the playground, but not when Sammy is there. And Sammy, who boasts that he is King of the Playground, is there most of the time. If he catches Kevin on the swings or the slide or the monkey bars, Sammy...
Other Formats: Hardcover
