Books About Bullying
... for kids of all ages and grown-ups, too

Picture books
Easy fiction
Youth fiction
Junior High fiction
Nonfiction

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Picture Books

Bateman, Teresa. The Bully Blockers Club. 2004.
Youth Picture Book BAT
Bottner, Barbara. Bootsie Barker Bites. 1992.
Youth Picture Book BOT
Caple, Cathy. The Wimp. 1994.
Youth Picture Book CAP
Carlson, Nancy L. How to Lose All Your Friends. 1994.
Youth Picture Book CAR
De Paola, Tomie. Oliver Button is a Sissy. 1979.
Youth Picture Book DEP
Henkes, Kevin. Chester’s Way. 1988. *
Youth Picture Book HEN
Kasza, Keiko. The Rat and the Tiger. 1993.
Youth Picture Book KAS
Ludwig, Trudy. Just Kidding. 2006.
Youth Picture Book LUD
Luthardt, Kevin. Hats! 2004.
Youth Picture Book LUT
McCain, Becky R. Nobody Knew What to Do. 2001.
Youth Picture Book MCC
Munson, Derek. Enemy Pie. 2000.
Youth Picture Book MUN
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. King of the Playground. 1991.
Youth Picture Book NAY
O’Neill, Alexis. The Recess Queen. 2002. *
Youth Picture Book ONE
Polacco, Patricia. Mr. Lincoln’s Way. 2001.
Youth Picture Book POL
Wells, Rosemary. Hazel’s Amazing Mother. 1985.
Youth Picture Book WEL
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Easy Fiction

Clements, Andrew. Jake Drake, Bully Buster. 2001. *
Youth Easy Fiction CLE
Cosby, Bill. The Meanest Thing to Say. 1997.
Youth Easy Reader COS
Cox, Judy. Mean, Mean Maureen Green. 1999.
Youth Easy Fiction COX
Dadey, Debbie. King of the Kooties. 1999.
Youth Easy Fiction DAD
Duffey, Betsy. How To Be Cool in the Third Grade. 1993.
Youth Easy Fiction DUF
Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. 1944. *
Youth Easy Fiction EST
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Tell Me Your Best Thing. 1991.
Youth Easy Fiction HIN
Howe, James. Pinky and Rex and the Bully. 1996.
Youth Easy Fiction HOW
Jennings, Patrick. The Lightning Bugs. 2003.
Youth Easy Fiction JEN
Krensky, Stephen. Louise Takes Charge. 1998.
Youth Easy Fiction KRE
Larson, Kirby. Cody and Quinn, Sitting in a Tree. 1996.
Youth Easy Fiction LAR
McCully, Emily Arnold. Grandmas Trick-or-Treat. 2001.
Youth Easy Reader MCC
Moss, Marissa. Amelia Takes Command. 1998.
Youth Easy Fiction MOS
Tripp, Valerie. Teasing Trouble. 2004.
Youth Easy Reader TRI
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Youth Fiction

Brooks, Bruce. Boot. 1998.
Youth Fiction BRO
Byars, Betsy. The 18th Emergency. 1981.
Youth Fiction BYA
Cooper, Ilene. Queen of the Sixth Grade. 1988.
Youth Fiction COO
Deans, Sis. Racing the Past. 2001.
Youth Fiction DEA
Lindquist, Susan Hart. Summer Soldiers. 1999.
Youth Fiction LIN
Maguire, Gregory. Three Rotten Eggs. 2002.
Youth Fiction MAG
McNamee, Graham. Nothing Wrong With a Three-Legged Dog. 2000.
Youth Fiction MCN
Mead, Alice. Junebug and the Reverend. 1998. *
Youth Fiction MEA
Park, Barbara. Dear God, Help!!! Love, Earl. 1993.
Youth Fiction PAR
Patneaude, David. Colder Than Ice. 2003.
Youth Fiction PAT
Pearce, Jacqueline. Dog House Blues. 2005.
Youth Fiction PEA
Peters, Julie Ann. Revenge of the Snob Squad. 1998.
Youth Fiction PET
Scribner, Virginia. Gopher Takes Heart. 1993.
Youth Fiction SCR
Sheldon, Dyan. My Brother is a Superhero. 1994.
Youth Fiction SHE
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser. 2002. *
Youth Fiction SPI
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Junior High Fiction

Adoff, Jaime. Jimi & Me. 2005.
Junior High Fiction ADO
Anderson, M.T. Burger Wuss. 1999.
Adult Fiction-Teen AND
Cole, Brock. The Goats. 1987. *
Junior High Fiction COL
Coleman, Michael. Weirdo’s War. 1996.
Junior High Fiction COL
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. 1974. *
Junior High Fiction COR
Crutcher, Chris. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. 1993.
Junior High Fiction CRU
Flake, Sharon. The Skin I’m In. 1998. *
Junior High Fiction FLA
Hahn, Mary Downing. Stepping on the Cracks. 1991.
Junior High Fiction HAH
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. 2005. *
Junior High Fiction HIA
Houston, Julian. New Boy. 2005.
Junior High Fiction HOU
Howe, James. The Misfits. 2001. *
Junior High Fiction HOW
Koja, Kathe. Buddha Boy. 2003. *
Junior High Fiction KOJ
Koss, Amy. The Girls: A Story. 2000.
Junior High Fiction KOS
Skinner, David. The Wrecker. 1995.
Junior High Fiction SKI
Wilhelm, Doug. The Revealers. 2003.
Junior High Fiction WIL
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Nonfiction

Cohen-Posey, Kate. How to Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies. 1995.
Youth 302.34 C
Dellasega, Cheryl. Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying. 2003.
Adult 302.34 D
Field, Evelyn M. Bully Busting: How to Help Children Deal With Teasing and Bullying. 1999.
Youth Parent/Teacher 302.34F
Fried, SuEllen. Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield. 1996.
Adult 371.58 F
Hibbert, Adam. Why Do People Bully? 2005.
Youth 302.3 H
Johnston, Marianne. Dealing With Bullying. 1996.
Youth 303.69 J
McNamara, Barry E. Keys to Dealing With Bullies. 1997.
Youth Parent/Teacher 371.58 M
Polland, Barbara Kay. We Can Work It Out: Conflict Resolution for Children. 2000.
Youth 303.69 P
Powell, Jillian. Bullying. 1999.
Youth 371.58 P
Winkler, Kathleen. Bullying: How to Deal With Taunting, Teasing, and Tormenting. 2005.
Youth 302.3 W
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