‘How to handle bullies, teasers and other meanies’ by Kate Cohen Posey
‘Stick up for yourself – every kid’s guide to personal power and self esteem’ by Gershen Kaufman
‘Bullies, bigmouths and so called friends’ by Jenny Alexander
‘What Have I Ever Done To You?’ By Robert Higgs
Fiction:
Children can learn a lot about bullying from stories. Why not use a cross-curricular approach and combine some P.S.H.E / Citizenship with literacy/ English lessons. The books below deal with bullying and related issues, such as stereotyping, prejudice, reacism and discrimination.
PICTURE BOOKS FOR KS1
Browne, A. (1998) Willy the Wimp (Walker)
Cave, K. (1994) Something Else (Viking)
Durant, A. (2000) Big Bad Bunny (Orchard)
Impey, R. (1993) Trouble with the Tucker Twins (Puffin)
MacDonald, A. (1998) The Pig in a Wig (Macdonald)
Rosen, M. (1999) Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Simon, F. (1999) Hugo and the Bully Frogs (David and Charles)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS1
Morgan, M. (2001) Sausage and the Spooks (Black)
SUITABLE FOR KS1 AND KS2
Bruce, L. (1987) Oh, Omar! (Mammoth)
Mark, J. (1999) Lady Long-Legs (Walker)
Wilson, J. (2001) My Brother Bernadette (Mammoth)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS2
Alexander, J. (1996) Stumpy-Toe (H Hamilton)
Blume, J. (1998) Blubber (Macmillan)
Breslin, B. (1994) Bullies At School (Canongate)
Cate, D. (1998) Foxcover (Yearling)
Cherrington, C. (1993) Calling Tracy (H Hamilton)
D'Lacey, C. (1998) Fly, Cherokee, Fly (Yearling)
Fine, A. (1993) Angel of Nitshill Road (Mammoth)
Gibbons, A. (1996) Ganging Up (Orion)
Godden, R. (1991) The Diddakoi (Pan)
Goodhart, P. (1998) Snooty Prune (Oxford University Press)
TREETOPS SERIES
Green, R.(1998) Cuckoos (Oxford University Press)
Johnson, P (1997) Secret Friend (Mammoth)
Kilworth, G. (1999) Hey, New Kid! (Mammoth)
MAMMOTH READ SERIES
Laird, E. (1997) Secret Friends (Hodder)
Lloyd, C. (1993) Speccy Four Eyes (Red Fox)
Macphail, C. (1996) Run, Zan, Run (Puffin)
Mark, J. (1998) Coconut Quins (Puffin)
Masters, A. (2000) Bully! (Macdonald)
Potts, S. (2000) Tommy Trouble (Mammoth)
Rosselson, L. (2000) Pumpkin's Downfall (HarperCollins)
Sefton, C. (1995) Skeleton Club (H Hamilton)
Sheldon, D. (1996) My Brother is a Superhero (Puffin)
Swindells, R. (1997) Hurricane Summer (Mammoth)
Ure, J. (1998) Danny Dynamite (Corgi)
Welsh, R. (1993) A Different Kind of Brother (Anderson Press)
Wilson, J. (2004) Bad Girls (Yearling)
SUITABLE FOR KS2 AND KS3
Blackman, M. (1996) Thief! (Corgi)
Blume, J.(1981) Blubber (Pan)
Byars, B. (2000) Eighteenth Emergency (Red Fox)
Dunlop, E. (1995) Finn's Roman Fort (Puffin)
Gibbons, A. (1994) Chicken (Orion)
Hawkins, E. (1997) Runner (Orchard)
Jarman, J. (2000) Hangman (HarperCollins)
Johnson, P. (1998) The Protectors (Mammoth)
Nightingale, C.Z. (2003) Grass (Puffin)
Sacher, L. (2001) Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (Bloomsbury)
Challenging Racism Through Literature (19 titles for KS2 and KS3 pupils from Badger Publishing)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS3
Anderson, R. (1996) Black water (Penguin USA)
Bennett, V. (1998) Monkey (Walker)
Blackman, M. (2002) Noughts and Crosses (Corgi)
Blackman, M. (2001) Tell Me No Lies (Macmillan)
Coleman, M. (1999) Tag (Orchard)
Eckersley, J. (1999) They Made My Life Hell (Point)
Fine, A. (1997) Tulip Touch (Puffin)
Gates, S. (1999) Cry Wolf (Scholastic)
Gibbons, A. (1995) Street of Tall People (Orion)
Leeson, R. (1996) Red, White and Blue (Collins)
Macphail, C. (2001) Tribes (Puffin)
Markham, L. (1993) Getting it Right (J MacRae)
Matthews, A. (1999) Stiks and Stoans (Mammoth)
Pilling, A. (2000) Year of the Worm (Lion Publishing)
Rees, C. (2002) The Bailey Game (MacMillan)
Roy, J. (1998) Playing It Cool (Puffin)
Silver, N. (1996) Blue Horse (Faber and Faber)
Ure, J. (2001) Get a Life (Orchard)
Zephaniah, B. (2001) Face (Heinnemann Educational Secondary Division)
NEW WINDMILL SERIES SUITABLE FOR KS3 AND KS4
Brindley, J. (2000) Rhino Boy (Dolphin)
Coleman, M. (1996) Weirdo's War (Orchard)
Cormier, R. (2001) Chocolate War (Puffin)
Gates, S. (1995) Raider (Oxford University Press)
Hall, S. (1995) No Fear (Scholastic)
Masters, A. (2000) The Drop (Orchard)
Mayfield, S. (2001) Blue (Hodder)
Naidoo, B. (2000) Other Side of Truth (Puffin)
Needle, J. (1997) The Bully (Collins Educational: Cascades Series)
Peters, A. (2001) Plays With Attitude: Twisted (Hodder Wayland)
Peters, A. (2000) Poems With Attitude (Wayland)
Rose, M. (1998) Flying Upside Down (Scholastic)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS4
Bowler, T. (2002) Midget (Oxford University Press)
Masters, A. (1997) Bullies Don't Hurt (Puffin)
Rhue, M. (1996) The Wave (Penguin)
Strelkoff, T. (1998) Allison (O'Brien Publishers)
Swindells, R. (2000) Dosh (Puffin)
Non-Fiction:
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS1
Green, J. (2002) What Do We Think About Racism? (Hodder Wayland)
WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT SERIES
Green, J. (1999) I Feel Bullied (Wayland)
Moses, B. (1997) I'm Lonely (Wayland)
YOUR FEELINGS SERIES
Powell, J. (2000) What Do We Think About Bullying? (Hodder Wayland)
WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT SERIES
Thomas, P. (2000) Stop Picking On Me: A First Look at Bullying (Macdonald Young Books)
SUITABLE FOR KS1 AND KS2
Powell, J. (1998) Bullying (Wayland)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS2
Amos, J. (1994) Bully (Cherrytree)
Charlish, A. (1997) We're Talking About Bullying (Wayland)
Green, J. (2001) Dealing With Racism (Franklin Watts)
Grunsell, A. (1994) Bullying (Franklin Watts)
LET'S TALK ABOUT SERIES
Johnson, J. (1996) Bullies and Gangs (Franklin Watts)
HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT SERIES
Mole, K. (1994) Bullying (What's Happening?) (Wayland)
Powell, J. (2001) What Do We Think About Disability? (Hodder Wayland)
WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT SERIES
Sanders, P. (2000) What Do You Know About Bullying? (Franklin Watts Wilkins, V. (2001)
The Life of Stephen Lawrence (Tamerind Limited)
SUITABLE FOR KS2 AND KS3
Dew, M. (2002) Help: I'm Being Bullied: A Guide for 9-13 Year Olds (Bloozoo Publishing)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS3
Elliott, M. (1998) Bullying (Hodder Childrens Books)
WISE GUIDES
Grant, R. G. (1999) Racism: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000 (Hodder Wayland)
Gundara, J. (1998) Racism (Evans Brothers)
LIFE FILES
Johnson, J. (2001) Why Do People Join Gangs? (Wayland)
Sanders, P. (2001) Racism (Wayland)
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
Wignall, P. (2001) Prejudice and Difference (Heinemann)
WHAT'S AT ISSUE SUITABLE FOR KS3 AND KS4
Lawless, B. (1999) Violence (Heinemann Library)
Solomon, Y. (1998) Dealing With Bullying (Wayland)
Stone, R. (1998) Gangs and Bullies (Evans Bros.)
MOST SUITABLE FOR KS4+
Donnellan, C. ed. (2001) Victims of Bullying (Independence Educational)
‘Bullies are a pain in the brain’ by Trevor Romain
‘Hot stuff to help kids chill out – the anger management book’ by Jerry Wilde
‘There’s a volcano in my tummy’ by Eliane Whitehouse
ICT Based Resources
COPING WITH BULLYING
Anti-Bullying resource from Rotary that is part of a series of multi-media programmes. Primary and Secondary versions.
It is anticipated that schools in the UK can obtain a free copy of any 'Coping with Life' programme through their local Rotary Club.
LET'S STOP BULLYING
Interactive CD-ROM for Primary School children by Inform Interactive. The programme uses text, photographs, video clips and voiceovers based on a leaflet by the Anti-Bulling Network. Includes a section 'What We Do At Our School' for schools to include their own policy and photographs of their own school environment to accompany the text.
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