Bullying has many components, causes, and broad-range affects on children and families.  Below is a list of books to read with your children and discuss being bullied, or being a bully.  Additionally, this list includes peripheral issues behind bullying such as violence and peer pressure. 

PRESCHOOL BOOKS

Bullying

• Aubrey, Annette – The Rainbow Club
• Emberley, Ed – Ed Emberley’s bye-bye, big bad bullybug!
• Landstr=F – Four hens and a rooster
• Otoshi, Kathryn – One
• Rosen, Michael – I’m number one
• Vernon, Ursula – Dragonbreath

Fighting

• De la Garza, David – The great, great, great chicken war
• Durell, Ann – The Big book for peace
• Helquist, Brett – Roger, the Jolly Pirate
• Hoberman, Mary Ann – And to think that we thought that we’d never be friends
• Kuskin, Karla – The upstairs cat
• Minarik, Else Holmelund – No fighting, no biting! Pictures by Maurice
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• Pfister, Marcus – Rainbow fish and the big blue whale

Peer Pressure

• Brumbeau, Jeff – Miss Hunnicut’s hat
• Shaw, Hannah – Sneaky Weasel

Parents in Prison

• Korman, Gordon – Now you see them, now you don’t
• Korman, Gordon – Hunting the hunter
• Korman, Gordon – Chasing the Falconers
• Korman, Gordon – The fugitive factor

Stories for a Safer Wakefield is a month-long community inquiry during May 2010, intended to provoke thought and discussion about violence and its deterrence. Beebe Library invites you to read from a selection of stories that draw awareness to the effects of violence in a community. Stories for a Safer Wakefield features forums and activities to better understand and mitigate violence in our lives. For more information on Stories for a Safer Wakefield: Brochure or Wakefield Alliance Against Violence.

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