January
Anti-Bullying Books
Books that address the topic of bullying and promote tolerance and acceptance.
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...
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...
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...
Other Formats: eBook
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...
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.Un año de revelaciones culmina con una actuación llena de sorpresas, mientras dos...
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
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
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....
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...
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
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
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
MEET JAKE DRAKE, BULLY BUSTER. When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a...
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...
Amelia's Bully Survival Guide
(Part of Amelia)
By: Marissa Moss
Illustrated by: Marissa Moss
This edition: Paper Over Board, 40 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
As if science class isn't enough to deal with -- now Amelia has the class bully to face. But Amelia isn't going to let that get her down.
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
Meet Jake Drake. He's not the toughest kid in fourth grade or the fastest kid or the funniest. But he's got ideas -- big ideas, and boy, does he have stories to tell about what really goes on in school. Like bullies, for...
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
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
Anti-Bullying Books
Books that address the topic of bullying and promote tolerance and acceptance.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Other Formats: eBook
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...
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.Un año de revelaciones culmina con una actuación llena de sorpresas, mientras dos...
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
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
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....
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...
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
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
MEET JAKE DRAKE, BULLY BUSTER. When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a...
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
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
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with these special books.
Coretta Scott King
First Lady of Civil Rights (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: George E. Stanley
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: December 16, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeÊof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism. She also received many awards and honorary degrees. But before she did all of those...
Other Formats: eBook
Martin's Dream
(Part of Ready-to-Reads)
By: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by: Amy June Bates
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: November 25, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time - long overdue - for all men to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's...
Other Formats: eBook
Martin Luther King Jr.
(Part of 10 Days)
By: David Colbert
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: November 25, 2008
Ages: 8 - 13
You're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, including His faith in peace leads to a surprising protest. Police injustice shocks the nation awake. A personal sacrifice...
Other Formats: eBook
King's Courage
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: David Wenzel
This edition: eBook, 112 pages
Publication date: June 17, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Get out the vote! It's another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo -- they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and to...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: December 26, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
When Mrs. Conner's class learns about a great man, they discover their own dreams and hopes for a better world!
Other Formats: eBook
King's Courage
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: David Wenzel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
Get out the vote! It's another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo -- they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and to...
Other Formats: eBook
A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr.
(Part of Ready-to-read COFA)
By: Denise Lewis Patrick
Illustrated by: Rodney S. Pate
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: December 1, 2003
Ages: 5 - 7
Level 2: Reading Independently • More complex stories • Varied sentence structure • Paragraphs and short chapters Young Martin Luther King Jr. is having some problems with his best friend, Bobby. First, they...
Other Formats: eBook
My Brother Martin
My Brother Martin
By: Christine King Farris
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2003
Ages: 6 - 11
Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated South of the 1920s...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
"Oh, I'm singing the bus-rider blues, the Alabamy bus-rider blues. I got me a feeling, deep down inside, It ain't never ever gonna be the same." During the Alabama bus boycott, six months after Rosa Parks made her famous bus...
My Brother Made Me Do It
A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Part of Frightmares)
By: Peg Kehret
This edition: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2001
Ages: 8 - 12
Oh, BRRRRROTHER! Hi. I'm Julie Welsh. My nine-year-old brother is always cooking up schemes...and I get blamed. Because I'm older. Eleven, to be exact. But Frankie has his good points too, as I told Mrs. Kaplan, my...
If a Bus Could Talk
The Story of Rosa Parks
By: Faith Ringgold
Illustrated by: Faith Ringgold
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 1, 1999
Ages: 5 - 8
If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
