From: Barb Stein <b.stein>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:22:17 -0500

Here is a new title by Dori Butler that deals with mean behavior. Barb Stein

The Truth About Truman School (Hardcover) by Dori Hillestad Butler (Author)


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> 1. Re: CCBC-Net Digest, Bullying (Mary Cronin)
> 2. bullying (Barthelmess, Thom)
> 3. Re: bullying (Kathleen Moore)
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> 5. A washingtonpost.com article from: druthgo at sonic.net
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> 6. Bullying, Teasing, Relational Aggression and School
> Violence--A New Bibliography From the CCBC (Tessa Michaelson)
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> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:37:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mary Cronin <maryecronin at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] CCBC-Net Digest, Bullying
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> As an educator, I can also vouch for having highly
> skilled school counselors on hand (with clinical
> training). These key people can often work with those
> who are bullies, prevent some of their behaviors, and
> empower "bystanders" to act or report problems.
> Another great intervention model pairs a school
> counselor with a librarian to run the book groups that
> have been discussed here.
>
> Mary E. Cronin
> Cape Cod, MA
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> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:19:17 -0500
> From: "Barthelmess, Thom" <Thomas.Barthelmess at ci.austin.tx.us>
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] bullying
> To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu>
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> I attempted to post this earlier in the discussion, but was thwarted by
> my e-mail account. With thanks to the friendly folks at the CCBC, I'm
> back on, and hope the discussion has not progressed beyond these
> thoughts:
>
> In addition to having great meaning for the kids who are targets, a book
> that explores bullying from different points of view, with subtlety and
> insight, can impact the culture of a community, too, even if it doesn't
> directly affect any one bully's behavior. Emse Raji Codell's books
> SAHARA SPECIAL and VIVE LA PARIS come to mind. She is able to express
> the pain of bullying, for the target and for the bully, and expose the
> reasons kids act out and act back. The writing is remarkably authentic,
> and never heavy-handed. The kids she writes about grow in their
> understandings and empathies, on all sides, and I can't help but believe
> that the same would be true of the kids who read the stories.
>
> While we're on the subject, Teaching Tolerance, a project of the
> Southern Poverty Law Center, does some extraordinary work developing
> materials for teachers, parents and kids, designed to fight hate and
> promote tolerance. A few years ago they created a kit called I WILL BE
> YOUR FRIEND: SONGS AND ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEACEMAKERS made up of 26
> songs, in print and on CD, and accompanying activities, for use with
> kids in various contexts. Included is a song called COURAGE by Bob Blue
> that looks at the price of fitting in. The song is particularly apropos
> of the recent thread about the passive bullying that comes from standing
> by. It's one of the most affecting things I've ever encountered. The
> whole kit, by the way, is free for the asking:
> http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/your_friend.jsp
>
> Pardon the commercial.
>
> T
>
> thom barthelmess
> youth services manager
> austin public library
> 800 guadalupe, austin, tx 78701
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> 512.974.7587 - fax
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> From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
> [mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Tessa
> Michaelson
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:57 AM
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Bullying in Books for Children and Teens
>
> Schools and communities are looking for ways to address bullying and
> relational aggression among youth, while children, teens, and caring
> adults deal with the day-to-day fear and misery caused by such behavior.
>
> Books for children and teens about bullying, teasing, and other
> aggressive behavior range from purposeful and pointed to highly literary
> in style, while the offerings span the spectrum from lighthearted to
> grave. During the second half of March, we'll look at the depiction of
> bullying (in many forms) in literature for youth, with an eye to how
> well individual books, and the body of youth literature as a whole,
> address this challenging reality of many children's lives.
>
> What titles come to mind that deal with these issues? Are books on this
> topic helpful to children and teens?
>
> An older book that comes to my mind is /Daring to Be Abigail/ by Rachel
> Vail (Orchard Books, 1996). At summer camp, eleven-year-old Abigail
> tries to re-invent herself and eventually performs a cruel prank on a
> fellow camper as a way of fitting in with her bunkmates. To me, this
> book authentically captures a young girl's struggle with self-acceptance
> and peer approval. While the prank Abigail pulls is troubling, I feel
> that this climactic episode portrays the particular kinds of teasing and
> aggression experienced in female friendships.
>
> Just as powerful, but with a more light-hearted and humorous take, is
> Jerry Spinelli's /Loser /(Joanna Cotler Books, 2002). Readers follow
> Donald Zinkoff through school from first grade through sixth grade and
> observe how his individuality is initially appreciated, but later
> rejected, by his peers. After sharing this book as a read-aloud in a
> third and fourth grade classroom, my students had an interesting
> discussion on the title of the book--did the name apply to Zinkoff or to
> his classmates?
>
> --
> Tessa Michaelson, Librarian
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> School of Education
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 N. Park St
> Madison, WI 53706
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> Phone: 608-890-1332
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:57:14 -0400
> From: "Kathleen Moore" <KMoore at daytonmetrolibrary.org>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] bullying
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> Ten ways to move beyond bullying prevention:
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> http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/03/05/26brown.h27.html
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> Kathleen Moore
> Dayton Metro Library
> Dayton, Ohio 45402
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:50:13 -0500
> From: Tessa Michaelson <tmichaelson at education.wisc.edu>
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Bullying, Teasing, Relational Aggression and
> School Violence--A New Bibliography From the CCBC
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> Introducing a new bibliography from the Cooperative Children's Book
> Center:
>
> *Thick-skinned, Thin-skinned, The Skin I?m In: Books about Bullying,
> Teasing, Relational Aggression and School Violence*
> http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=309
>
> Experiences with bullying, teasing, relational aggression, and school
> violence are an all too common part of childhood and adolescence.
> Schools and communities are looking for ways to address these issues,
> while children, teens, and caring adults deal with the day-to-day fear
> and misery caused by such behavior.
>
> This selective bibliography offers titles that authentically address the
> issues of bullying, teasing, relational aggression, and school violence.
> The titles chosen here reflect themes of conformity, self-perception,
> and popularity in addition to stories related to school culture and
> tolerance. While some books describe the difficulties of being
> different, others emphasize the positives. From books depicting the
> heartache of gossip and social invisibility to books portraying the
> struggle of feeling comfortable into one?s own skin, these titles will
> have relevance and resonance with readers.
>
> The titles are grouped according the suggested age range as well as by
> the main perspective the book offers (being the target, being the
> aggressor, being the observer, multiple perspectives). A section on
> difference is also included for each age range.
>
> --
> Tessa Michaelson, Librarian
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> School of Education
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 N. Park St
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> Phone: 608-890-1332
> FAX: 608-262-4933
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> tmichaelson at education.wisc.edu
> http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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