All tagged Anti-bullying

Bully

This story follows Lyla and her friend Jamie. Lyla and her family just moved to the Bay area and Lyla and her brother are entering a new school. Lyla meets Jamie on the first day and they become fast friends.

The Hundred Dresses

Wanda Petronski comes to school every day in a faded blue dress, and the kids make fun of her clothes, including Maddy and Peggy. Everyday, the girls ask Wanda about her dresses. Wanda shyly tells them about a certain dress than tells them that she had a hundred dresses at home.

Just Kidding

Bullying. A tough subject, but Trudy Ludwig handles it with skill and precision. This book is about a boy, D.J., who has a friend who says mean things, but then he always says that he is “just kidding.”

Chicken Sunday

 Neighbors. We all have a few, for better or for worse! Relationships in neighborhoods can be complicated. In this neighborhood, it doesn’t matter if you are black or white, Jew or Gentile, Russian or Ukranian

Fish in a Tree

Fish in a Tree is written about a girl named Ally. Ally has managed to make it to sixth grade without learning to read.  Now, she is a smart kid. She is incredibly adept at hiding that she can’t read.