October 2015: National Bullying Prevention Month

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month and we've been rounding up titles of great books that speak to the subject and which may help open a kid-to-kid -- or a much larger family or community conversation. A quick list of suggested titles about this tough subject follows, with direct and more nuanced titles recommended for later elementary and early middle school grade readers and their families.

Books for Later Elementary and Early Middle School Grades

Cyber Bullying by Nick Hunter • Wonder by R.J. Palacio • Jake & Lily by Jerry Spinelli • Pack of Dorks by Beth Vrabel • Blubber by Judy Blume • The Truth About Truman School by Dori Hillstad Butler

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai • Where I Belong by Mary Downing Hahn • Set the Record Straight by Rachel Wise • Hoot by Carl Hiaasen • The Survival Guide to Bullying by Aija Mayrock • Hokey Pokey by Jerry Spinelli

The Bully Book by Eric Kahn Gale • Bully on Campus & Online by Kim Etingoff • Chrissa by Mary Casanova • Hot Hand by Mike Lupica • I'm Even Funnier: a Middle School Story by James Patterson • Max Quigley: Technically Not a Bully by James Roy

Later This Week During National Bullying Prevention Month, 2015: 
Books for Young Adults

Stand Up! National Bullying Prevention Month, 2015

October 2015: National Bullying Prevention Month

October is National Bullying Prevention Month and a great time to share and discuss books about what can be a sensitive, complex and painful subject. We here offer a quick list of books for young children which may help forward conversation with kids who have been bullied -- or kids who may be bullies themselves -- and the overriding power of friendship.


Books for the Very Young Through Early Elementary Grades

You're Mean, Lily Jean! by Frieda Wishinsky
The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts •  My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig • Pinduli by Janell Cannon • Marlene, Marlene, Queen of Mean by Jane Lynch

The Bully Goat Grim: a Maynard Moose Tale as told to Willy Clafin
Red by Jan De Kinder
Lion vs. Rabbit by Alex Latimer • Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester • Better Than You by Trudy Ludwig • The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

My Heart is Laughing by Rose Lagercrantz • Stick & Stone by Beth Perry • Bully by Patricia Polacco • Llama • Bullying by Lucia Raatma • How Can I Deal With Bullying?: a Book about Respect by Sandy Donovan

Later This Week During National Bullying Prevention Month, 2015: 
Books for Later Elementary and Early Middle School Grades