Suggested Children's Literature About Bullying
Compatible with the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

Kindergarten
Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. Mulberry Books, 1996. (name calling)
Jones, Rebecca C. and Beth Park. Matthew and Tilly, Puffin, 1999. (name calling; making amends)
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. King of the Playground. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1994. (playground bullying; problem-solving)

Grade One
Bottner, Barbara. Bootsie Barker Bites. Putnam & Grossef'Group, 1992. (problemsolving; assertiveness)
Cosby, Bill. The Meanest Thing to Say. Cartwheel Books, 1997. (escalating teasing; dare; resisting peer pressure)
Couric, Katie. The Brand New Kid. Doubleday, 2000. (taunting; exclusion; making amends; friendship)
Zolotow, Charlotte. William's Doll. Harper Trophy, 1985. (gender stereotypes; name calling)

Grade Two
Brown, Marc. Arthur's April Fool. Little Brown & Co., 1985. (fear; intimidation)
Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim. Beech Tree Books, 1998. (exclusion, discrimination)
DePaola, Tomie. Oliver Button is a Sissy. Harcourt, 1979. (taunting, gender-role issues)
Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat. Walter Lorraine Books, 1999. (taunting, name-calling, retaliation)
o White, E.B. Charlotte's Web. Harper, 1952. (friendship, courage, exclusion)

Grade Three
Bosch, Carl W. Bully on the Bus. Parenting Press, 1988. (taunting, fighting)
Blume, Judy. Iggy's House. Dell, 1970 (barriers, problem-solving)
Carlson, Nancy L. Arnie and the Skateboard Gang. Viking Children's Books, 1995. (risky dare; resisting peer pressure)
Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges. Scholastic Trade, 1995. (courage,
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McCain, Becky Ray. Nobody Knew What to Do, Albert Whitman, 2001. (teasing, problem-solving, courage)
Moss, Marissa. Amelia Takes Command. Pleasant Company, 2001.
Smith, Dick King. Babe-The Gallant Pig. Random House, 1997. (exclusion, friendship, courage, bystanders)
Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy. Viking Press, 1976. (name calling; exclusion; class issues; developmental differences)

Grade Four
Baum, Frank. Wizard of Oz. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982. (courage, intimidation)
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. St Martin's Press, 1976. (rules, boundaries)
Dahl, Roald. Boy: Tales of Childhood. Puffin, 2001. (all forms of bullying, courage,
retaliation, boy culture)
Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. Voyager, 1972. (exclusion, bystander actions, discrimination, gender stereotypes, girl culture) .,
Mohr, Nicholasa. Felita. Puffin, 1979. (exclusion, friendship, class and ethnic
discrimination, name-calling)
Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. Harper Trophy, 1987. (bullying, friendship, courage)
Perez, L. King. First Day in Grapes. Lee & Low Books, 2002 (exclusion, courage, class discrimination)

Grade Five
Aesop. The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables. Courage Books, 1999. (bullying, friendship, bystanders)
Bloom, Judy. Blubber. Dell, 1978. (friendship, girl culture/bullying)
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. Scholastic Trade, 1999. (courage)
Golenbock, Peter. Teammates. Harcourt Brace & Co 1990. (courage, racial
discrimination; exclusion based on race)
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Houghton Mifflin, 1993. (peer pressure, bullying, friendship)
Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Dial Press, c1976. (boundaries, courage, discrimination)
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Dutton, 1955. (friendship, bullying, violence)
Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose. T. Doherty Associates, 1992. (violence)

© 2001 Nancy Mullin-Rindler: Excerpted from A Selected Bibliography About Bullying for Students in Grades K-8 by Nancy Mullin-Rindler Wellesley College Centers for Women
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