Gloucester
City Library
Anti-Bullying Resources
*** These are all non-fiction titles. Feel free to stop in and ask about our selection of Fiction books that deal with this topic.***
Books for Parents or teachers
371.58 She Your child: Bully or victim? Understanding and ending schoolyard
tyranny. Communication techniques & strategies for dealing with all sorts of bullies/aggressive behavior.
371.782 Druck How to talk to your kids about school violence.
Teach kids how to manage anger, recognize potentially violent situations and reach a non-violent solution.
364.168 Cyber Cyber crime. Covers all kinds of Internet violations, including a small section on
Cyber-bullying.
302.3 Thom Mom, they’re teasing me: helping your child solve social problems.
Cases to define a variety of harassment & be able to distinguish psychological trauma
vs. just growing up.
371.58 Fri Bullies & victims: helping your child through the schoolyard battlefield.
A parents' guide to use to define types of bullying and appropriate responses.
Materials for Teens and Younger Readers
YA 305.235 Burton Girls against girls : why we are mean to each other
and how we can change.
YA 371.782 School School violence. Essays highlighting pro/con viewpoints about causes, possible prevention/intervention to stop
violence at colleges and universities.
YA 371.46 Nat Everything you need to know about conflict resolution. How to create your own support team and be able to solve disagreements through mediation and
discussion versus physical actions.
J 158.2 Rom Cliques, phonies and other baloney. With humor, defines true friendship
versus cliques, pretenders and people who bully others.
J 179 Berr A children’s book about being bullied. Offers helpful tips in a clear,
concise manner for children dealing being hassled at school.
J 302.3 Criswell Stand up for yourself and your friends : dealing with
bullies and bossiness, and finding a better way
J 302.3 Ellis We want you to know: kids talk about bullying. Students from the ages of nine to nineteen talk about their experiences with bullying.
J 302.3 Humphrey Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing bullies, peer pressure, popularity and
put-downs. First-person experiences of being bullied, this book helps parents & teachers with anti social behavior.
J 302.34 Rom Bullies are a pain in the brain. A simple, honest approach to dealing with
school bullies, written with care and humor so that it’ll be read (and enjoyed) by teens & tweens.
J 303.69 Cohen How to handle bullies, teasers and other meanies.
Deals with being able to take verbal insults and turning them around to diffuse a tense situation.
J 631.66 Goe Smart Moves: a kid’s guide to self-defense. Offers a “what if it happened
to you?” approach to dealing with schoolyard threats and easy moves explained in pictures.
Growing Up D Black Trouble in the Barker’s Class. Carol Anne is the mean new girl in an
elementary school and the rest of the class learns how to make her their friend.
Growing Up C Green Henry and the
Bully. When a
new second grader begins bullying Henry and the other
first graders, Henry stumbles onto a secret that just might save them.
Growing Up M Green Just a bully. Little Critter sticks up for his Little Sister and himself when a
bully at school starts pushing them around.
DVD J302.3 Stop Stop bullying now! Webisodes, workshops and Public Service
Announcements to spread the word and conflict solutions to bullies.
DVD 302.3 Bullies Bullies are a pain in the brain. Easy to implement solutions to deal with
a variety of bullying.
Online Resources
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NJ Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention - This site for parents and educators promotes awareness of bullying and advocates for effective prevention of bullying
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Anti-bullying network - Kids and their families and teachers will find helpful advice and reading lists here
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Bully Free Kids - Offers daily "bully-free living" tips which provide advice about how to improve one's self esteem and build resilience
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Bullying42explore - Basic info on copying with bullying for school age kids, parents and teachers. Includes links, webquests and other activities
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Cyberbullying - This site is designed to raise awareness of cyberbullying for children and their parents
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It Gets Better Project - Designed to help bullied LGBT teens see a positive future for themselves and prevent victim suicide
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Stop bullying now - Good information about bullying prevention with information specific for kids and for adults. Includes animated websites and games for elementary and middle school kids
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What's wrong with bullying? - This site for middle school students helps raise awareness of bullying behavior, what to do it you encounter it, and how to handle it
Updated 2/15/12