Books about Bullying
Bullying is not an easy topic. But experiencing it and not feel comfortable enough to talk about it is even worse. It can happen in our workplace, our home and our school. Statistics show that approximately one in seven children will suffer from bullying. Not every scenario is difficult but those that are serious has consequences. It’s important to teach your children to be a good person, kind and not participate
Books about Bullying for 0-6 year olds
Seeds and Trees by Brandon Walden and illustrated by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell
Seeds and Trees is about a young prince who collects and gifts both green and black seeds. As he plants them, realises that the black ones are harmful to the green ones. He proceeds by asking help from a friend, he discovers he can cut down, uproot, and replace the dark trees with green seeds to create a beautiful garden. This book, about love and positivity, will encourage children to offer kindness towards themselves and others.
Kindness is my Superpower: A children’s Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion by Alicia Ortego
Kindness is my Superpower is about teaching young kids how to be kind and empathic. With peaceful rhymes and colourful illustrations, this charming book intents explain to your child that is okay to make mistakes and the importance to say sorry. Although not directly with bullying, it’s one of the best books for children to learn manners and tolerance. Kindness is my Superpower has gained the title of number 1 best seller in Children’s Books, on Amazon.
Giraffe is Left Out by Sue Graves
Giraffe is Left Out, one of the best books about bullying is about a giraffe and a leopard when he first arrives at the Jungle School. When Giraffe excludes the Leopard, he in return has a birthday party to which Giraffe isn’t invited. Slowly, Giraffe understands she didn’t act right, and Leopard must have felt sad when he first started school. This book helps young children to deal with feeling left out and bullied while explores and gives the point-of-view of the “bully”.
Autism, Bullying and Me: The Really Useful Stuff You Need to Know About Comping Brilliantly with Bullying by Emily Lovegrove by Emily Lovegrove
Autism, Bullying and Me is a guidebook on bullying, self-empowering strategies, and autism. This book looks at different forms of bullying and its myths. It includes techniques to clear your mind and coping mechanisms to help you go through bullying with confidence and self-love.
Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness, and Finding a Better Way by Patti Kelly Criswell
Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends is the perfect children book to teach your kid they can make a difference in someone’s life! This book teaches girls how to spot bullying and how to stand up and speak out against it. It includes quizzes, advice from kids who experienced bullying, tips to confront bullies and how to ask an adult for help. This book aims to teach children how they can make a happier and safer world for them and their friends to live in.
My Friend Maggie by Hannah Harrison
My friend Maggie is a fiction book full of details and wonderfully colourful and expressive. Ultimately this book teaches young kids that even if participating in bullying may seem like a way of fitting in a group, it has strong consequences in the end. The message of this book is always to be nice to others and not accept bullying, as well as the importance of forgiveness.
Books about Bullying for 6-10 year olds
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Wonder, one of the best selling books about bullying, is about a young boy, August “Auggie” Pullman, who was born with a facial deformity and his struggles and adventures. Infinitivally, Auggie didn’t attend public school because of his condition. However, his parents decide it’s time for him to go to a public school in his fifth grade. He then struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different. This book is, mostly, about acceptance when kids are bullied and self-esteem. This book was also turned into a film, starring Julia Roberts.
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Hundred Dresses is about a young girl named Wanda Petronski and she’s in a school in Connecticut. Wanda is often ridiculed for wearing the same dress to school every day. Although she claims she has a hundred dresses at home, none of her classmates believes her, which continue to bully her. Wanda end ups being pulled out of the school and the class feels terrible. Some of the students then realise the impact of their acts and decides to never do it again.
The Truth about Bullying by Norry Ascroft
The Truth about Bullying is one of the best books about bullying is a true story that happened to the trained human behaviour expert, Norry Ascroft. After hearing about a 13-years-old who took her own life because of being bullied, he works to help parents, teachers and children overcome the problem of bullying. In this informative guide, written in a clear, easy-to-read style, he writes about the psychology of bullying – what motives the bully, and how to deal with their actions.
Books about Bullying for Teens
Dear Bully: seventy authors tell their stories by Lauren Kate and others
Dear Bully tells testimonies of seventy today’s top authors for teens, sharing their own stories experiencing bullying directly or by watching it happen with others. Some of the stories are about being the bully themselves but most are about being bullied. This book is a collection of deeply personal authors who states to tell everyone suffering that they are not alone!
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Thirteen Reasons Why is a fictional story slightly influenced by real events. The book turned into a Netflix series, is about a high-school student named Hannah Baker. Hannah Baker, after suffering from bullying and sexual abuse, including other issues that provoked her depression, decides to take her own life. Before doing it, she decides to leave 13 tapes to the people that caused her to commit the act.
