Don't Bully - Be A Friend

Book:  The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark (Book Link) Author: Deborah Diesen (Author Link) Illustrator: Dan Hanna (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Publishing Date of Publication : 2017 Genre: Picture Book, Written in Last 4 Years, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD550L Citation: Diesen, D. (2017). The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark . New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Summary:  In this story Mr. Fish is happily playing on the playground with his friends when Shark swims over and acts meanly.  He would swim up onto the playground and steal their things, and disturb their fun.  Every time he would swim over the rest of the fish would hide and swim away in fear.  Each day Mr. Fish wondered if the could ever stand up to Shark, because he was only one fish, and he wondered if he could do it alone.  Until one day he said, "Words can make a difference, when things go wrong. Yes, I'm just one fish, but my ...

Book:  DARE! (Book Link) Author: Erin Frankel (Author Link) Illustrator: Paula Heaphy (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing Date of Publication : 2012 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists, Informational Text Lexile Score: 500L Citation: Ludwig, T. (2013). The Invisible Boy . NY: Random House Children's Books. Summary:  In this story their is a girl named Jayla who is being bullied by Sam.  Everyday when she goes to school she feels scared of Sam, and never knows how she will bully her next.  No one ever stood up to her, and she felt very alone.  Until one day Sam began to pick on Luisa for a variety of different things.  She would pick on them and suddenly Jayla was the one standing as a bystander being too scared to speak up.  She didn't know what to do or who to go to, because she didin't want the attention to from Sam to be back on her.  She kept going through all the scenarios in her head on how she would d...

Book:  Enemy Pie (Book Link) Author: Derek Munson (Author Link) Illustrator: Tara Calahan King (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Random House Publisher Date of Publication : 2013 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD550L Citation: Ludwig, T. (2013). The Invisible Boy . NY: Random House Children's Books. Summary:  In this story the main character who remains unnamed had a kid named Jeremy Ross move into the neighborhood.  Jeremy didn't invite the main character to his birthday party, but invited his best friend instead.  Therefore this made Jeremy Ross his number one enemy, and wanted nothing to do with him.  One day he was telling his dad about Jeremy and he recommended making him an Enemy Pie.  He wouldn't tell him the ingredients or what Enemy Pie did, but in order for it to work he would have to spend one whole day with Jeremy.  So the day came and he set out to spend the day with his enemy.  Throughout th...

Book:  The Recess Queen (Book Link) Author: Alexis O'Neill (Author Link) Illustrator: Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Scholastic Press Date of Publication : 2002 Genre: Picture Book Lexile Score: AD550L Citation: ONeill, A. (2002). The Recess Queen . New York, N: Scholastic. Summary:  In this story a girl named 'Mean Jean' runs the playground.  She doesn't want anyone to play with her, or with her things on the playground.  She basically is the playground bully until a new student named Katie Sue shows up.  Katie Sue didn't let anything anyone else did bother her.  She just ran around the playground freely and jumped rope.  She sang a song about how she wanted Jean to play with her.  Jean didn't really know what to do because she never had anyone else stand up to her.  Until one day Jean decided she wasn't getting anywhere being mean to people, and decided to jump rope with Katie Sue.  From then on Jean ...

Book:  The Invisible Boy (Book Link) Author: Trudy Ludwig (Author Link) Illustrator: Patric Barton (Illustrator Link) Publisher: Random House Publisher Date of Publication : 2013 Genre: Picture Book, Diverse Protagonists Lexile Score: AD680L Citation: Ludwig, T. (2013). The Invisible Boy . NY: Random House Children's Books. Summary:  In this story a boy named Brian went to school and felt invisible.  Each day in class the teacher didn't notice him because he never caused any problems.  His classmates never picked him for games at recess, and he didn't really have anywhere to fit in.  He found his creative outlet in drawing, and that was what made him happy.  Then one day came this new student named Justin, and Brian thought maybe he could be his friend.  The 'cool' kids automatically took Justin under their wings and made them sit by them at lunch.  Until one day Justin brought Bulgogi for lunch and the kids thought that was wei...

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 ...