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Books About Teasing & Bullying
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Macca the Alpaca
by Matt Cosgrove
Enjoying days spent splashing in puddles and giving great cuddles, Macca the quirky alpaca is challenged to prove the value of smarts and kindness when he bumps into a big bullying llama. Illustrations.
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I Didn't Stand Up
by L. M. Falcone
A bystander watches as classmates are bullied, but doesn't help until it's too late and they become the next victim
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Swing by Michael Hall Racing to the playground to claim the swings, four letters of the alphabet spar and bully, making each other feel inferior, before kindness and empathy reshape their perspectives, helping them to form the word, “LOVE.”
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Lunch Box Bully by Wilhelm HansWhen none of his friends’ suggestions for outwitting a lunch-stealing bully work, Max decides to bring lunches that the bully will not enjoy while responding with friendship, in a skill-building reader that includes bonus material for children and adults on how to find help with bullying.
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I Walk with Vanessa : A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
by Kerascot
A wordless story inspired by real events follows the actions of a little girl who inspires her community to stand up to bullying when a classmate is treated badly and she chooses to stand by her side, an act of kindness that leads to greater acceptance, understanding and the discovery of strength in numbers. By the illustrators of Malala's Magic Pencil.
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Free to be Fabulous!
by David McMullin
"After winning the school talent show with his signature shimmy kick, Daniel is targeted by the Mean, but with the help of his friends and fans, he comes out of hiding and dances in the face of the Mean?—?strong, brave and free!
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Sam is My Sister
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Evan, Sam, and Finn fish, climb trees, and play astronauts together, but when Sam wants to have long hair and wear dresses, Evan is confused until he learns what it means to be transgender
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Don't be a bully, Little Tiger!
by Carol Roth
"Little Tiger is excited to go to school, but he doesn't always know how to behave. Little Tiger can be quite bossy. If he wants something, he just takes it. His unruly nature intimidates everyone around him. But when his teacher gives him a gentle tip, he realizes that small changes can make a big difference and Little Tiger discovers that treating others well can be fun!"
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Five Words That Are Mine
by Melissa Seron Richardson
Having to choose five words that describe her for a school assignment, young skateboarder Mia finds words that feel good and bad and won't give up until she finds the ones that fit just right.
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Lola and the Troll
by Connie Schultz
Bullied by a boy who hides behind a troll costume while visiting her favorite place, The Bee's Sneeze bookstore, Lola is reminded by the owner that she is brave and that sometimes all a bully really needs is a little kindness.
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Brian the Lion Who Learned
by Frances Stickley
"Brian the lion realizes what it means to be a good friend when he learns that all the other animals are too scared to stand up to him, a realization that prompts him to change his ways and think of others.
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The Bear in My Family
by Maya Tatsukawa
Likening his bossy older sister to a bear who is very loud, strong and messy, a young child reconsiders his views about the advantages of having a bear in the family when he encounters a group of playground bullies.
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Phoenix gets greater
by Marty Wilson-Trudeau
"A delightful and gentle story about a young Two-Spirit Indigenous child celebrating his identity, overcoming bullying, and bonding with his family"
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Camp Scare
by Delilah S. Dawson
When the mean girl in her cabin at summer camp turns all the other girls against her, with the exception of a strange girl named Jenny, Parker Nelson discovers there's a deep, dark secret to making friends.
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Carlos Gomez is a member of the only Mexican American family in town, so he's used to being the odd one out. A lisp, a penchant for girl glamor, and being picked on by the class bully don't help either. But now there's a talent show coming up, and Carlos is performing with the BMX stunt team. What could possibly go wrong?
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Real Friends
by Shannon Hale
The Newbery Honor-winning author of Princess Academy traces the roller-coaster challenges of first friendships as demonstrated by her own experiences from kindergarten through fifth grade, years marked by cliques, bullies and her efforts to gain popularity. Illustrated by the best-selling artist of the Princess in Black series.
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Making Friends
by Kristen Gudsnuk
When she and her friends are placed in different classes and begin liking different things at the start of seventh grade, Dany inherits a magic sketchbook and uses it to create a perfect best friend, but this best friend soon becomes far from perfect
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Hello, My Name Is Poop
by Ben Katzner
"Poop is a normal kid, with normal problems--you know, parents, homework, bullies. He used to have a normal name, too. But then he moved to a new school, and everything went down the toilet. That's the bad news. The good news: Turns out some names are special. Some names come with powers. Turns out those bullies really stepped in it"
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Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
by Tae Keller
When Jennifer Chan, a new girl who believes she can find aliens, goes missing, Mallory Moss sets out to find her and must figure out why Jennifer might have runand face the truth inside herself.
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Clues To The Universe
by Christina Li
As friends Ro and Benji face bullying, grief, and their own differences, they must try to piece together clues to some of the biggest questions in the universe
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Stranger Things : The Bully. #1
by Greg Pak
Tyler and his friends make a truce with the pirate crew to save Stef and the guys from an elder guardian, and Tyler stands up to his bully
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The Night Bus Hero
by Onjali Q. Raâuf
When he is shamed by a schoolmate after playing a prank on a homeless man, troublemaker and bully Hector decides to turn over a new leaf, but wonders if anyone will take him seriously.
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Stuntboy, In The Meantime
by Jason Reynolds
While leading a double life as Stuntboy, who secretly keeps all the other superheroes super safe, Portico Reeve tries to keep his parents’ marriage together, deal with his anxiety and an enemy who vows to prove there is nothing super about him.
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One Kid's Trash
by Jamie Sumner
Hugo becomes cool for the first time in his life due to his extraordinary talent for garbology, the science of decoding people's trash, and lets it all go to his head.
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Ben Yokoyama And The Cookie Thief
by Matthew Swanson
When schoolyard bully Flegg McEggars steals Ben's fortune, Ben takes Flegg to Kid Court, where he learns crime comes in many forms and that the real villains are not always the people we first suspect.
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Claudia and Mean Janine / : Full-color Edition
by Raina Telgemeier
Claudia's participation in the Baby-sitters Club is curtailed when Grandmother Mimi suffers a stroke and Claudia finds herself "Mimi-sitting" and fighting more frequently with her sister
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Sugar and Spite
by Gail D. Villanueva
Sneaking into her grandfather’s potions lab to brew a love spell that she hopes will stop a classmate’s bullying, herbalist trainee Jolina is surprised by the bully’s increasingly friendly overtures, before a magically consequential storm begins to gather.
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The Supervillain's Guide To Being A Fat Kidby Matt WallaceTired of constantly being bullied by eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro, Max gets some advice from imprisoned supervillain Master Plan to get even but soon learns that his help comes at a high price.
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