(not all reviews have been posted yet )
4/08:
This is a review I recently wrote of a coloring book for young children I was sent. I did the review on request, but the author decided that - given the critique - he'd prefer the review not be published. I therefore took all identifying information out of the review, but I'm publishing the critique here because it provides a good example of the issues which arise for many authors in doing a book for children about bullying.
Arbuckle, Gerald A., SM. Confronting the Demon: A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003
This is one of only two books of which I'm aware that address bullying specifically in a spiritual/religious context.
This one focuses mainly on adult to adult bullying, a very important area. Not adequately evidence-based in its
understanding of the issue, but nonetheless breaks important ground and a welcome addition to the literature.
Aronson, Elliot. Nobody Left To Hate: Teaching Compassion After Columbine. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2000.
A tremendous, fundamental contribution. Written by one of the most important psychologists addressing education issues, eloquently explains the connection between teaching approaches in the classroom and the development (and maintenance) of bullying behavior in children. Personal, beautifully written, passionate (a response to Columbine) and completely evidence-based (much of it his own foundational work), he makes clear why collaborative models ought to be used more in our schools and how doing so would help address bullying.
Aronson, Elliot, and Patnoe, Shelley. The Jigsaw Classroom. New York: Longman, 1997.
(See previous review, above.) Aronson's work provided the basis for wide implementation (though still not widely enough) of collaborative learning models - 'Jigsaw' is Aronson's term for such programs - in U.S. classrooms. This book is an accessible guide to and review of that work.
Beane, Allan L., PhD. The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K-8. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing Inc., 1999.
Teachers report finding this book useful - it's an energetic and wide-ranging compilation of strategies for teachers who wish to address the issue. When the ideal (a 'whole-school' approach with strong support from the principal and school - district, ideally - administration), individual teachers can still accomplish something at the level of their classrooms. This book would be helpful in that endeavor. If enough teachers used it - and similar resources - to do so, it would help change the culture of the school.
Blanco, Jodee. Please Stop Laughing at Me. Avon, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 2003.
Heartfelt, very open description of the author's victimization from bullying, notable for the extent of the suffering and her understandable lifelong focus on it despite her eventual success in life despite it (which will not always occur, obviously).
Brewster, Cori and Railsback, Jennifer. By Request… Schoolwide Prevention of Bullying. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2001.
Carls, Beth; Looper, Amy; O'Brien, Jennifer. I Wish I Knew What to Do?! Teens Tell it Like it is ... On What to Say to Get Bullies to Leave You Alone! The MindOH! Foundation. 2005.
Character Education: A national movement creating schools that foster ethical, responsible, and caring young people. Washington, DC: Character Education Partnership, 2001.
Character education - approaches which promote the development in children of ethics, self-awareness, empathy, emotional intelligence, etc. - is the most important area of educational practice related to bullying. However, it is a background factor and can be thought of as preparing or warming up the school climate programs. The evidence suggests that bullying incidents can only be significantly reduced by programs which specifically address bullying.
Cohen, Brad; Wysocky, Lisa. Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had. VanderWyk and Burnham. 2005.
Cohen-Posey, Kate, MS, LMHC, LMFT. How To Handle Bullies, Teasers And Other Meanies: A Book that Takes The Nuisance out of Name Calling and other Nonsense. Highland City, FL: Rainbow Books, Inc., 1995.
Coleman, Monica A. The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 2004.
Not specifically about bullying, but still an important and related book. It describes an approach to helping adult members of Christian congregations who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. In the course of doing so Coleman provides a compelling argument - including a theological one - for why faith communities should address violence and victimization. She also provides an extremely useful detailed description of the steps faith communities must take to organize their response to the issue. The guideline she provides could be easily adapted to helping faith communities address bullying and its victims.
Coloroso, Barbara. The Bully, The Bullied, and the Bystander: from preschool to high school – how parents and teachers can help break the cycle of violence. New York: Harper Resource, 2003.
A readable and reasonably evidence-based review of the problem and how to address it. The author has long experience in schools, work with adolescents and parent guidance and recognizes both the seriousness of the problem and adults' responsibility for addressing it.
Conn, Kathleen. Bullying and Harassment: A Legal Guide for Educators. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2004.
A concise, authoritative review of the legal issues which arise for educators around bullying and harassment
in school.
Cram, Ronald Hecker. Bullying: A Spiritual Crisis. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2003.
This book, along with Arbuckle's Confronting the Demon (see review, above), is one of the only books so far written about bullying from a spiritual/religious perspective. Not especially evidence-based, and with an unfortunate emphasis on bullying as a function of individual vulnerability and pathology, it still musters useful religious rationales for addressing bullying and recognizes both the seriousness of the problem and the way in which not addressing it impairs and limits spirituality and faith.
Davis, Stan. Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies For Reducing Bullying. Wayne, ME: Stop Bullying Now, 2003.
One of the most essential and useful resources for addressing bullying, of equal value to parents and schools,
this book alone provides an adequate start toward understanding the importance and nature of bullying and taking the first necessary steps toward addressing it. Davis is one of the earliest Olweus advocates in the U.S. and still first in passion and wisdom about bullying. He completely 'gets it', seeing bullying as a moral, justice and rights issue, making the comparison between bullying and violence toward women, between the anti-bullying movement and the civil rights movement. His long experience as a school counselor, including years of guiding anti-bullying initiatives in elementary schools in Maine, is distilled in this book. Every school should have a copy.
Davis, Stan; Davis, Julia. Empowering Bystanders in Bullying Prevention. Research Press. 2007.
Elias, Maurice J., PhD and Zins, Joseph E., EdD, eds. Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The Next Generation of Prevention. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 2003.
Elias is a major resource and force in NJ education, and one of the leading figures in the development - and success -
of character education as a national movement. His writing is both evidence-based and accessible. This book is a collection of the work of others on the issue but it is carefully put together and a useful review of relevant literature.
Elliott, Delbert S., ed.; Olweus, Dan; Limber, Sue; and Mihalic, Sharon. Blueprints for Violence Prevention:
Bullying Prevention Program. Golden and Denver, CO: Venture Publishing and C & M Press, 2000.
A fundamental resource, this detailed description of Olweus' 'whole school' model is the gold standard for guides which address anti-bullying program implementation. The 'Blueprints' series is a federally-funded initiative conducted by University of Colorado which systematically evaluated all types of youth violence prevention programs and used solid scientific criteria to identify those which could be considered evidence-based and had produced verifiable and meaningful outcomes. The Olweus program, described in this publication (and in Olweus' own book and in his many other publications), was one of only a handful of such programs - and the only one which addressed childhood bullying - to have met the standards
Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. New York: Voyager Books, 1944.
Every Child Learning: Safe And Supportive Schools. Washington, DC: Learning First Alliance, 2001.
A slim useful volume, describing approaches promoted by the Alliance which - similar to the character education
initiatives - produce critically important supportive changes in school 'climate'. Such approaches provide critical
support for, strengthen and increase the likelihood of the impact and success of specific anti-bullying programs.
Freedman, Judy S.. Easing the Teasing. New York: Contemporary Books, 2002.
Freedman is one of the only authors who writes about 'teasing' and early childhood forms of bullying with awareness
of the importance of 'whole school' approaches such as Olweus'. The distinction between teasing and bullying can
be misleading, attempting to characterize some forms of bullying as not as serious or harmful, and assuming that targeted children can address those issues themselves. But she is very experienced, sensitive and supportive and has lots of good advice for children while - of critical importance - not losing sight of the seriousness of most bullying and of the need for adults to take primary responsibility for addressing it.
Fried, Suellen, ADTR and Fried, Paula, PhD. Bullies & Victims: Helping Your Child Survive the Schoolyard Battlefield. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1996.
Garbarino, James; Dubrow, Nancy; Kostelny, Kathleen; and Pardo, Carole. Children in danger: Coping with the consequences of community violence. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1992.
Garbarino, James, PhD. Lost Boys. New York: Anchor Books, 2000.
Garbarino, James, PhD and Bedard, Claire. Parents Under Siege. New York: The Free Press, 2001.
Garbarino, James, PhD and deLara, Ellen, PhD. And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence. New York: The Free Press, 2002.
Garbarino, long-time director of child development at Cornell University, is one of the most important experts
writing about bullying and its wider context. His book with deLara is the most persuasive and authoritative
argument for the importance of addressing bullying. Inspiring - and essential - reading.
Geffner, Robert A., PhD, ABPN; Loring, Marti, PhD LCSW; and Young, Corinna, MS, eds. Bullying Behavior:
Current Issues, Research, and Interventions. New York: The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, 2001.
Goffe, Toni. Bully for You. New York: Child’s Play (International) Ltd., 1991.
Goldstein, Irene Saunders. What You Need To Know About Youth Violence Prevention. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002.
Greenbaum, Stuart; Turner, Brenda; and Stephens, Ronald D. Set Straight On Bullies. Malibu, CA: National School Safety Center, 1989.
Horne, Arthur M.; Bartolomucci, Christi; and Newman-Carlson, Dawn. Bully Busters: A Teacher’s Manual for Helping Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders (Grades K-5). Champaign, IL: Research Press, 2003.
Hostile Hallways: The AAUW Survey on Sexual Harassment in America’s Schools. Washington, DC: American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, 1993.
Hostile Hallways: Bullying, Teasing and Sexual Harassment in School. Washington, DC: American Association of
University Women Educational Foundation, 2001.
Among the most important works in the field - helped establish the prevalence and severity - and therefore the importance - of addressing the problem.
Hoover, John H. and Oliver, Ronald. The Bullying Prevention Handbook: A Guide for Principals, Teachers, and
Counselors. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service, 1996.
Hoover, John H. and Olsen, Glenn W. Teasing and Harassment: The Frames and Scripts Approach for Teachers and
Parents. Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service, 2001.
Juvonen, Jaana, and Graham, Sandra, eds. Peer Harassment in School. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001.
Kellner, Millicent. Staying in Control: Anger Management Skills for Parents of Young Adolescents. Research Press. 2003.
Kellner, Millicent. In Control: A Skill-Building Program for Teaching Young Adolescents to Manage Anger. Research Press. 2001.
Kalman, Izzy. Bullies to Buddies: How to Turn Your Enemies Into Friends. The Wisdom Press. 2005.
Kim, Bob and Logan, Judy. “Let’s Get Real” Curriculum Guide Lessons & Activities to Address Name-Calling & Bullying. San Francisco, CA: The Respect for All Project, 2004.
Kupersmidt, Janis B., and Dodge, Kenneth A., eds. Children’s Peer Relations. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2004.
Lamb, Sharon, EdD. The Secret Lives of Girls. New York: The Free Press, 2001.
Lavoie, Richard. Learning Disabilities and Discipline with Richard Lavoie: When the Chips Are Down. Washington, DC: The Learning Disabilities Project at WETA, 1996.
Lavoie, Richard. Learning Disabilities and Social Skills with Richard Lavoie: Last One Picked…First One Picked On.
Washington, DC: The Learning Disabilities Project at WETA, 1994.
Lavoie, Richard. It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend. Touchstone - Simon and Schuster. 2005.
Lee, Chris. Preventing Bullying In Schools: A Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004.
Lefkowitz, Bernard. Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape And The Secret Life Of The Perfect Suburb. New York: Vintage Books, 1997.
Letson, Tom. 4 Downs to Anger Control. Freehold, NJ: Finish Line Press, 1998.
Lipkins, Susan. Preventing Hazing. Jossey-Bass, 2006.
Marzano, Robert J. What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003.
Marx, Jeffrey. Season of Life: A football star, a boy, a journey to manhood. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
McCain, Becky Ray. Nobody Knew What To Do: A Story About Bullying. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 2001.
McCoy, Elin. What To Do… When Kids Are Mean To Your Child. Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1997.
McLeod Humphrey, Sandra. Hot Issues, Cool Choices: Facing Bullies, Peer Pressure, Popularity and Put-Downs. Prometheus Books. 2007.
McNamara, Barry E., EdD, and McNamara, Francine J., MSW, CSW. Keys To Dealing With Bullies. Hauppauge, NY:
Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 1997.
Moss, Peggy. Say Something. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House Publishers, 2004.
One of the best children's books in the field. Makes an impassioned, highly persuasive argument for the importance of child bystanders in thwarting bullying. A text of few (but compelling) words. Even without the (very good) accompanying drawings, the text alone can be basis for doing a bullying-related curricular session with young (and even not so young) children. Perfect material for faith communities who want to address bullying in youth activities and religious classes.
New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Guide. New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
The guide issued by the authority (at least in NJ, but also a model for other states) in developing and promoting these child-centered (and conducted) intervention methods. As the Foundation's lead trainer states, these methods are not appropriate for us in cases of bullying but are the leading methods - especially in schools - for helping children address (and resolve) most other forms of child conflict.
Newman-Carlson, Dawn; Horne, Arthur M.; and Bartolomucci, Christi L. Bully Busters A Teacher’s Manual for Helping Bullies,Victims, and Bystanders (Grades 6 – 8). Champaign, IL: Research Press, 2000.
Nuwer, Hank. High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wrongs. New York, Franklin Watts, 2000.
Nuwer, Hank, ed. The Hazing Reader. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Nuwer, Hank. Wrongs Of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Three of the books (there are many more) written by the country's leading advocate and activist on hazing. Nuwer, a journalist, was early in the growing national movement to curb hazing. His books are reportorial, not research-based, but nonetheless authoritative, comprehensive and - most important - clear and sound. Without ever mentioning 'bullying', his work on hazing makes the systemic case: that these are behaviors facilitated by adults (for youth involved in hazing) and authority figures (for both youths and adults involved in hazing). The touchstone for his passion, their voices present throughout his writing, are the parents and loved ones of those who have died as a result of the brutal treatment and 'accidents' inadequately controlled and run teams and groups can generate. If and when hazing is finally brought under control, Nuwer will be a big part of the reason. His work is also featured on the country's best anti-hazing website, www.stophazing.org.
Olweus, Dan. Bullying at School: What we know and what we can do. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Inc., 1993.
This book is the bible of the bullying prevention movement, and its author, Dr. Dan Olweus, the widely acknowledged founder of the field. the source of the very idea that bullying could be understood, effectively addressed and prevented. His foundational school-based research on the issue laid the groundwork for almost all subsequent effective work on bullying. Based in Norway, at the University in Bergen, he continues to be a leading figure in worldwide research and education on bullying, including in the U.S. The best testimony to the quality and importance of his career's worth of work on the issue is that almost all of his findings have been replicated and their validity supported. Most important, the 'systemic' or 'whole school' intervention model he pioneered is the most effective method we have today for addressing bullying in schools.
Olweus, Dan; Limber, Sue. Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Bullying Prevention Program. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Institute of Behavioral Science, Regents of the University of Colorado, 2000.
Olweus, Dan. Prediction of Aggression. Scandanavian Test Corporation. 1969.
Olweus is so important to the bullying prevention movement, it's even interesting to see where he started his thinking about violence, with this dissertation on projective testing.
Paley, Vivian Gussin. You Can’t Say You Can’t Play. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. Press, 1992.
Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. New York: Harper Trophy, 1977.
Peretti, Frank. No More Victims! Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, A Division of Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001.
Pipher, Mary, PhD. Reviving Ophelia. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995.
Rigby, Ken. Bullying in Schools and What to Do About It. Markham, Ontario: Pembroke Publishers Limited, 1998.
Rigby, Ken. New Perspectives on Bullying. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002.
Rigby, Ken. Stop the Bullying A handbook for teachers. Markham, Ontario: Pembroke P ublishers, 2001.
Romain, Trevor. Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing Inc., 1997.
Sege, Robert D., MD, PhD, and Licenziato, Vincent G, eds. Recognizing & Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for
Physicians & Other Health Care Professionals. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society, 2004.
Shore, Dr. Kenneth. The ABC’s of Bullying Prevention. Port Chester, NY: Dude Publishing, 2005.
Simmons, Rachel. Odd Girl Out: the hidden culture of aggression in girls. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
Smith, Peter K.; Pepler, Debra; and Rigby, Ken, eds. Bullying in schools: how successful can interventions be?
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Spung, Barbara; Froschl, Merle; and Hinitz, Dr. Blythe. The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms.
Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House, Inc., 2005.
Stein, Nan. Bullyproof A Teacher’s Guide on Teasing and Bullying. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Center for Research on Women and the NEA Professional Library, 1996.
Stein, Nan. Classrooms & Courtrooms: Facing Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools.
New York: Teachers College Press, 1999.
Suckling, Amelia, and Temple, Carla. Bullying A Whole-School Approach. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001.
Tanenbaum, Leora. Slut!: Growing Up Female With A Bad Reputation. New York: Perennial, 2000.
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning; the Mid-Adlantic Regional Educational Laboratory;
and The Laboratory for Student Success. Safe and Sound: An Educational Leader’s Guide to Evidence-Based Social
and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs. Chicago: The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2003.
Thomas, Pat. Stop Picking on Me. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2000.
Thompson, Michael, PHD.; Cohen, Lawrence J., PhD; Grace, Catherine O’Neill. Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
Thompson, Michael, PhD., and Grace, Catherine O’Neill with Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD. Best Friends, Worst Enemies.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2001.
Thornton, Timothy, MPA; Craft, Carole A.; Dahlberg, Linda L., PhD; Lynch, Barbara S., PhD; Baer, Katie, MPH; with Potter, Lloyd, PhD, MPH; Mercy, James A., PhD; and Flowers, Erica A., MPH. Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002.
Voors, William.The Parent’s Book about Bullying: Changing the Course of Your Child’s Life. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2000.
Wessler, Stephen L. The Respectful School: How Educators And Students Can Conquer HateAnd Harassment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003.
Wilhelm, Doug. The Revealers. Sunburst - Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2003.
White, Emily. Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and The Myth of the Slut. New York: Scribner, 2002.
Wiener, Philip P., and Fisher, John, eds. Violence And Aggression In The History Of Ideas. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1974.
Willard, Nancy E. Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats and Distress. Research Press. 2007.
Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees & Wannabes. New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.
Wyatt, Wendy. Please Don't Hurt Abby the Labby! AbbyLab Press. 2005.