Stop Picking On Me (A First Look At Bullying)

We bought this book for our 4-year old daughter when she started saying she didn't like the color of her hair and skin. We suspected some children in her pre-school had said something to her and hoped that this book might help her deal with their comments. She still says that she does not know any bullies, but the fact that she often asks us to read the book to her at bedtime suggests to me that it is helping her deal with her feelings. Importantly, shortly after reading it a few times, she started telling me that she liked her hair and skin.The story is well told and even discusses why some children are bullies. It makes the point that even adults can be bullies and that this can cause children who have been bullied to become bullies themselves. While this is sad, bullying is never OK. The book offers advice on what to do if someone bullies you: tell an adult, be with people who love you.We also use this book with our feisty 3-year old daughter, who can be a bit bossy with her peers. We talk to her about how saying certain things can hurt people's feelings and that we would never want her to be a bully.I really recommend this book, both for victims of bullies and potential bullies.

I love reading stories to my granddaughter that have a life lessons.

I bought this for my grandson, I hope that he will understand that it isn’t ok for him to be a bully.

As a second grade teacher, I read this book to my classes at the beginning of every school year on the second day of school and we have a discussion about bullying and that a bully counts on you not telling, as it addresses in the book, and why it is so important to tell a trusted adult, most specifically me as the teacher so that I can help them and put an end to the bullying. This book offers a great look into why the bully picks on others, such as being a victim once themselves or that they have low self-esteem and it really helps the kids understand it. The illustrations are nice and I love the discussion questions at the end, which we use in small group discussions and whole class discussions.The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars is because I feel that the book only offers the suggestion of telling an adult, which don't get me wrong is VERY important, but I wish it had suggestions on how the kids can try to handle it on their own first. Overall, I do think the book is great to understand and discuss this epidemic of bullying.

My first graders loved this book and were ready to open up about their experiences after I read it. They wrote full pages about "how to stop the bullies" after we read and shared with each other using this book!

Great book! I use it when counseling certain child clients who are may be dealing with bullying issues at school.

A good book to read aloud with kids and per-teens. I use it in my counseling practice when children are being bullied or aware of other kids being bullied. Good graphics.

Seems a bit lengthy, but gets to the point of bullying and how to understand that its safe to talk to someone about it.

Bought this book to help a friend's son who was being picked on at school by the class bully. Before handing it over, my daughter (also 7) picked it up and was quite interested in reading it and pointing things out to me. My friend tells me her son has referred back to this book several times now and has talked to her about the contents of the book both in general terms and in terms of his own experiences. She tells me this book has really helped him - can't say better than that.

excellent book and great price