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From: "Marcia Dressel"
The (anti-) bullying theme at our school this week is social alienation.
That is, leaving someone out of the game, "You can't play", etc.
Can any of you think of appropriate K-2 fiction for illustrating this
behavior?
+++++++++++++++++++++ Here are the responses. Thanks to Rosalia and Louise!
Try _King of the Playground_ by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor . Illustrates this
behavior and models a desirable way to deal with it; one that does not use
retaliation or turning the tables on the bully as an answer, but rather, shows how
telling an adult, working it out, and confronting the situation with humor can
resolve a sticky situation.
Mayer, Mercer, Just a daydream. Little Critter daydreams about what he would
do to the local bully if he were Super Critter.
Berenstain/B Bears and the Bully.
Carlson, Nancy L. Loudmouth George and the sixth-grade bully.
After having his lunch repeatedly stolen by a bully twice his size,
Loudmouth George and his friend Harriet teach him a lesson
he'll never forget.
Cole, Joanna. Bully trouble. Arlo and Robby, finding
themselves the victims of a
neighborhood bully, work out a red-hot scheme for
discouraging him.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. The knight who was afraid of the dark.
When the castle bully discovers bold Sir Fred is secretly
terrified of the dark, he tries to stir up trouble between
that brave Knight and his Lady Wendylyn.
Howe, James, Pinky and Rex and the bully. Pinky learns the
importance of identity as he defends his favorite color,
pink, and his friendship with a girl, Rex, from the
neighborhood bully.
Peet, Bill. Big bad Bruce. Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on
anyone his own size
until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but
very independent witch.
Thaler/The Bully Brothers Trick the Tooth Fairy.
NOTE: The below are chapter books:
Berenstain, Stan. The Berenstain Bears and the red-handed thief.
Mr. Dweebish, the new teacher at the Bear Country School, tries to
explain to the
class bully how democracy works.
Brimner, Larry Dane. Cory Coleman, grade 2. Seven-year-old Cory
Coleman's birthday party is ruined by the class bully, who
turns out not to be such a bully in the end.
MacDonald, Betty Bard. Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. New York :
HarperTrophy, 1985, c[1957]. A woman with a magic way of
curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a
whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a
show-off and a crybaby.
Martin, Ann M. Karen's bully.
Simon, Seymour. Einstein Anderson shocks his friends. Einstein
Anderson uses
his scientific knowledge to solve a variety of problems,
including getting rid of a bully and preserving a snow
sculpture.
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