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Bullying in books for children and young adults

Last Updated: 11-Dec-2015

This guide lists books in Cubberley Library which directly address themes such as name calling, exclusion and/or physical violence, plus those that are more subtle and address topics such as personal identity and being accepted for who you are.

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Education Library (Cubberley)
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Subjects

Children's literature
Education

Table of Contents

Recently received

Bone Gap / Laura Ruby.
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .U234 B66 2015
Lexile measure HL810L; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12
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Oliver Button is a sissy / story and pictures by Tomie de Paola.
1st ed. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1979.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .E11474 O54 1979
Lexile measure 480; Book level 2.9; Ages 5-8: Gr.k-2; Guided reading J
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Bully / Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .E35 B85 2013
Ages 3-6; Gr.Prk-3
Mr. Lincoln's way / Patricia Polacco.
New York : Philomel Books, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .O396 M7 2001
Lexile measure 450; Book level 3.7; Ages 5-12; Gr.k-6; Guided reading M
The Recess Queen / by Alexis O'Neill ; illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3565 .N444 R43 2002
Lexile measure 450; Book level 3; Ages 5-8; Gr.k-2
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Lion vs Rabbit / by Alex Latimer.
First United States edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9369.4 .L38 L56 2013
Ages 4-8; Gr.Prk-2
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Dog days / by Karen English ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N428 D64 2013
Lexile measure 710; Ages 6-9; Gr.2-4

Other books

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Brundibar / retold by Tony Kushner ; pictures by Maurice Sendak ; after the opera by Hans Krása and Adolf Hoffmeister.
1st ed. New York : Michael di Capua Books / Hyperion Books for Children, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .U778 B78 2003
Lexile measure 480; Book level 3.4; Ages 10 and up; gr.4-7
Buddha boy / Kathe Koja.
1st ed. New York : Frances Foster Books, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .O376 B83 2003
Lexile measure 1090; Book level 5.6; Ages 12 and up; Gr.6-10
The chocolate war / by Robert Cormier.
New York : A.A. Knopf, [1997]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .O653 C49 1997
Lexile measure 820; gr.7-12
Chrysanthemum / by Kevin Henkes.
1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1991.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .E49586 C49 1991
Lexile measure 460; Book level 3.3; Ages 3-7; Gr.k-2; Guided reaidng L
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Each kindness / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 E13 2012
Awards: Charlotte Zolotow Award, 2013.; Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2012.; Lexile measure 640; Ages 5-9, gr. K-3
Esperanza rising / Pam Muñoz Ryan.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .Y3926 E87 2000
Lexile measure 750; ages 10-14; book level 5.3; historical fiction, gr. 5-8; Guided reading V
Feathers / Jacqueline Woodson.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3573 .O64524 F43 2007
Lexile Measure 760; ages 10-15; book level 4.4; realistic fiction, gr. 6-9; Guided reading X
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Jake's best thumb / Ilene Cooper ; illustrated by Claudio Muñoz.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .O586 J35 2008
Ages 4-6; Gr.K-2
Just listen : a novel / by Sarah Dessen.
New York : Viking, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3554 .E8455 J87 2006
Lexile measure 810; Book level 4.9; Ages 12-18; Gr.7-12
The killick : a Newfoundland story / told and illustrated by Geoff Butler.
Montreal ; Plattsburgh, NY : Tundra Books, c1995.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .B7995 K55 1995
Book level 5.3; Ages 9-14; Gr.4 and up
Schooled / Gordon Korman.
1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .O3398 S36 2007
Ages 10-12; Gr.5-7
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The skin I'm in / Sharon G. Flake.
1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 1998.
Green Library » Stacks » PZ7 .F59816 1998
Ages 10-12; Gr.6-8
Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson.
New York : Speak, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .N374442 S64 2003
Lexile measure 690; Book level 4.5; Ages 13 and up; gr.7 and up
Story of a girl : a novel / by Sara Zarr.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3626 .A77 S73 2007
Lexile measure 760; book level 4.5; Ages 15-18; gr.7-12
The strange case of Origami Yoda / Tom Angleberger ; [illustrations by Tom Angleberger and Jason Rosenstock].
New York : Amulet Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3601 .N55445 S77 2010
Lexile measure 760; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-7; Guided reading T
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Thank you, Mr. Falker / Patricia Polacco.
New York : Philomel Books, c1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .O396 T78 1998
Lexile measure 650; Book level 4.1; Ages 5-8; gr.3-5; Guided reading M
Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass / Meg Medina.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3613 .E338 Y37 2013
Lexile measure 670L; Ages 12 and up; Gr.9-12
Willy the wimp / Anthony Browne.
1st Candlewick Press ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6052 .R6173 W559 2002
Lexile measure 330; Ages 5-8; Gr.k-2