Standing Up to Bullying: Children's Books to Build Social and Emotional Skills

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How can schools and families work together to stop bullying? Children's books can be a powerful tool for getting started. See recommended ideas and book titles below!

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Standing Up to Bullying: Children's Books to Build Social and Emotional Skills

Bullying is a growing problem affecting our schools and our communities. In this Reading Rockets article, learn more about bullying and how children's books can help our kids see the world from different perspectives and build empathy. You'll also find books we recommend for strengthening social and emotional learning, as well as books that deal with bullying head-on. (See PDF version.)

This article is also available in Spanish >

8 Tips to Protect ELLs from Bullying in Your Classroom and School

ELLs and immigrant students can be an easy target for school bullies. Language Lizard, a publisher of multilingual books and classroom materials, offers these tips for addressing bullying (including cyberbullying) that may affect ELLs.

See more tips and recommended bilingual resources related to bullying prevention for ELL and immigrant students in our related resource collection.

 

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