Don't Bully - Be A Friend

Book:  Red (Book Link) Author: Jan De Kinder (Author Link) Illustrator: Jan De Kinder (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Date of Publication : 2015 Genre: Picture Book, Written in the last 4 years, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD320L Citation: Kinder, J. D. (2015). Red . Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Summary:  In this story a boy named Tommy started blushing one day, and kids began to point it out.  As the story progressed kids kept pointing it out and whispering about it to each other.  Tommy would ask them to leave him alone, but they did not listen.  The other children would gather around him and laugh, until Tommy got more and more red. One student Paul would be the one to start bullying Tommy and no one knew how to stand up to him. Until one day Lisa realized that she actually liked Tommy, and wanted the bullying to stop.  However she didn't know what she should do, or if she wou...

Book:  Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World ( Book Link) Author: John Burningham ( Author Link) Illustrator: John Burningham ( Illustrator Link) Publisher: Random House Publisher Date of Publication : 2006 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: Unavailable - Intended for age 4-8 Citation: Burningham, J. (2007). Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World . NY: Random House. Summary:  In this book the main character Edwardo is pictured in a variety of different scenes.  In the beginning of the book he isn't very good at anything, and everyone says that he is the worst one ever at that specific task.  An example is, "From time to time, Edwardo was nasty to little children.  You are a nasty bully, Edwardo.  You are the nastiest boy in the whole wide world.  Edwardo became nastier and nastier."  Situations similar to this one kept happening until he was called the "horriblest boy in the whole ...