The ‘Are’ Word: Helping Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Deal with Bullying and Teasing. Dave Hingsburger, $10.50

People with intellectual disabilities are often the brunt of bullying and teasing – on the street, in the schoolyard and in the workplace. This practical and compassionate little booklet suggests new strategies for dealing with mean people, their remarks and actions. A great booklet for parents, family, educators and caregivers, THE 'ARE' WORD will help you better understand and support the person with an intellectual disability.

Bully Blocking: Six Secrets to Help Children Deal with Teasing and Bullying. Evelyn Field, $25.95

This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. BULLY BLOCKING will be an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, educators and counselors working with children at risk of or experiencing bullying.

The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander: From Pre-School to High School, How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence, 2nd Edition. Barbara Coloroso, $21.95; CD $16.95

Barbara Coloroso now brings her extensive experience in conflict resolution, parent education and her tremendous passion to the topic of bullying. She argues that the solution is in prevention and that the focus should be on raising confident and resilient children by "teaching them how to think, not just what to think". She discusses hazing, school cliques and the "double whammy" of racist bullying. Responsibility is placed on the parents, schools and communities to take early action with appropriate interventions, not punishment, for the bullies and onlookers, in addition to providing support for the victim. Coloroso also discusses the weakness of "zero tolerance" policies, which might be easy to administer but don't address the deeper issues. THE BULLY, THE BULLIED AND THE BYSTANDER is an accessible guide for concerned parents, educators and communities on the topic of bullying and violence that urges us all to take a stand.

The Bully and Me: Stories That Break the Cycle of Torment. Helen Carmichael Porter, $29.95

The stories in THE BULLY AND ME are first person accounts by both victims and bullies. Descriptive narratives of what happens to real people, they are based on Porter’s observations, countless interviews, personal experience, and imagination. The book explores the idea that victims and bullies are two sides of the same coin and that the healing of both lies in dealing with this paradox. There is not a lot of real violence in these stories though there is some. Much is implied in threats, taunts, gossip, e-mails, gestures, and language and it is always designed to torment and ridicule. This is not a self-help book; it is about listening to and thinking about the stories of bullying that happen everyday in our homes, our schools, and our communities.

Bullyproof Your Child for Life. Joel Haber, $18.50

“Bully coach” Joel Haber is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the prevention of abusive and bullying behaviors in children. In BULLYPROOF YOUR CHILD FOR LIFE he delivers the strategies and tools that parents and children need to stamp out bullying behavior for good.

Children and Bullying: How Parents and Educators Can Reduce Bullying at School. Ken Rigby, $21.99

Scarcely a day goes by without reports of school bullying or recommendations for quick fixes to the problem. Parents and educators are often left trying to solve a difficult issue without sufficient evidence to support suggested remedies. CHILDREN AND BULLYING is a vital resource in the quest to create safe learning environments. Drawing on a wealth of research, Ken Rigby provides clear explanations and effective strategies for combating bullying among children and preventing children from becoming involved in bullying situations:

• Offers a collaborative approach to the school-based bullying problem
• Emphasizes the crucial role student bystanders can play in countering bullying, and how to promote positive bystander behaviors
• Examines contentious research, such as the role genetics or parenting in early childhood may play in creating bullies and victims
• Answers to FAQs by parents in the final chapter are often controversial but intended to stimulate thought

Cool, Calm, and Confident: a Workbook to Help Kids Learn Assertiveness Skills. Lisa Schab, $18.95; Professional Edition with CD-ROM handouts $27.95

Self-assured, assertive kids are not only less likely to be picked on by their peers, they're also less likely to bully others. But it's not always easy for children to find a healthy middle ground between passivity and aggression. If your child is a frequent target for bullies, or has begun to tease and take advantage of other kids, the easy and effective activities in COOL, CALM AND CONFIDENT can help. These simple exercises help children stand up for themselves without coming across as aggressive, learn to be both kind and assertive, and develop self-confidence and a positive self-image. Using this workbook is an easy and effective way to instill self-esteem in both passive and aggressive children, a strength that will prove invaluable in childhood, in their teenage years, and throughout their lives.

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress. Nancy Willard, $44.95

This valuable resource provides school counselors, administrators, and teachers with cutting-edge information on how to prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. It addresses real-life situations that often occur as students embrace the Internet and other digital technologies. The book provides detailed guidelines for managing in-school use of the Internet and personal digital devices, including cell phones. Appendices contain reproducible forms for assessment, planning, and intervention, as well as detailed student and parent guides.

Cyber-Bullying: Issues and Solutions for the School, the Classroom and the Home. Shaheen Shariff, $40.95

Cyber-bullying is expanding with the use of modern technology — home computers and personal mobile phones — and provides youth with ‘an arsenal of weapons for social cruelty’. Addressing the policy vacuum relating to the boundaries of on-line supervision through informed guidelines for school administrators, teachers, parents and policy-makers, this book will help all stakeholders navigate the emerging challenges relating to student freedom of expression, privacy, safety and discipline in cyber-space.

Cyber.Rules: What You Really Need to Know about the Internet. Joanie Farley Gillispie & Jayne Gackenbach, $30.00

This guide for clinicians, educators and parents leads the reader through the tricky and fast-changing terrain of the Internet, offering practical and valuable advice for working with a complex issue.

Don’t Pick On Me: Help for Kids to Stand Up to & Deal with Bullies. Susan Eikov Green, $19.95

CON'T PICK ON ME is filled with 10-minute activities and exercises you and your child can do together to learn how to effectively and safely stand up to a bully. These skills will build self-confidence and assertiveness – assets that will serve your child well through the teenage years and into adulthood.

In this remarkable and timely new book, bestselling author Barbara Coloroso turns her attention to genocide: what it means; where it begins; where it must end. Through an examination of three clearly defined genocides—of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire; the Jews, Roma, and Sinti in Europe; and the Tutsi in Rwanda—Coloroso deconstructs the causes of genocide and its consequences, both to the immediate victims and to the fabric of the world at large, and proposes the conditions that must exist in order to eradicate this evil from the world. Based on the author’s twenty years of research and extensive travel, EXTRAORDINARY EVIL is an urgently needed work in an age when acts of genocide seem to occur more frequently and are in the public’s consciousness more than ever before.

Girl Games: Five Fun Card Games for Girls Grades 5-12 That Teach Important Social Skills. Trice Black, $22.95

The 5 games in this colourful deck are fun and easy to play. Cards include different topics with thought-provoking questions that can help facilitate meaningful discussions. Each card game focuses on one aspect of bullying or relational aggression such as:

Respect, Safety, Lying, Gossip, Bullying, Rumors, Self-Improvement, Body Image, Pride, Emotions & Communication, Conflicts, Listening, Patience and more …

It's a Girl's World. Directed by Lynn Glazier, National Film Board of Canada. $24.95 (DVD format, 67 minutes)

IT'S A GIRL'S WORLD takes us inside the tumultuous relationships of a clique of popular 10-year-old girls. Playground bullying captured on camera shows a disturbing picture of how these girls use their closest friendships to hurt each other to win social power in the group. Meanwhile, their parents struggle through denial and disbelief as they become aware of the serious consequences of this behaviour. This documentary shatters the myth that social bullying among girls is an acceptable part of growing up.

Letters to a Bullied Girl: Messages of Healing and Hope. Olivia Gardner, Emily Buder & Sarah Buder, $16.25

Olivia Gardner, a northern California teenager, was severely taunted and cyber-bullied by her classmates for more than two years. News of her bullying spread, eventually reaching two teenage girls from a neighboring town, sisters Emily and Sarah Buder. The girls were so moved by Olivia's story that they initiated a letter-writing campaign to help lift her spirits. It was a tender gesture of solidarity that set off an overwhelming chain reaction of support, encouragement, and love.

In LETTERS TO A BULLIED GIRL, Olivia and the Buder sisters share an inspiring selection of messages that arrived from across America—the personal, often painful remembrances of former targets, remorseful bullies, and sympathetic bystanders. Though addressed to Olivia, the letters speak to all young people who have been bullied, offer advice and hope to those who suffer, and provide a wake-up call to all who have ever been involved in bullying.

Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Years. Michelle Anthony & Reyna Lindert, $17.99

Worried about mean girls? Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it starts — in elementary school

In today's world, it is likely that your daughter has been faced with bullying and friendship issues, too and perhaps you're at a loss for how to guide her through these situations effectively. LITTLE GIRLS CAN BE MEAN tackles the unique social struggles of elementary-aged girls, giving you the tools you need to help your daughter become stronger, happier, and better able to enjoy her friendships at school and beyond.

Not My Fault. Leif Kristiansson, illustrated by Dick Stenberg, $13.95

A simple book that stimulates thought on the matter of responsibility — who is responsible for stopping aggression?

Odd Girl Out: the Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Rachel Simmons, $16.50

When ODD GIRL OUT was first published, it became an instant bestseller and ignited a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today the dirty looks, taunting notes, and social exclusion that plague girls' friendships have gained new momentum in cyberspace.

In this updated edition, educator and bullying expert Rachel Simmons gives girls, parents, and educators proven and innovative strategies for navigating social dynamics in person and online, as well as brand new classroom initiatives and step-by-step parental suggestions for dealing with conventional bullying. With up-to-the-minute research and real-life stories, ODD GIRL OUT continues to be the definitive resource on the most pressing social issues facing girls today.

Perfect Targets—Asperger Syndrome and Bullying: Practical Solutions for Surviving the Social World. Rebekah Heinrichs, (Foreword by Brenda Smith Myles), $20.95

Provides helpful guidelines for administrators, teachers and parents. The tools are specifically designed/adapted for the challenges faced by students with AS.

Please Stop Laughing at Me Journal: a Safe Place for Us to Talk. Jodee Blanco, $16.50

Maybe you're a kid struggling to fit in and you feel like nobody understands what you're going through. (Or maybe you're the parent of a lonely, bullied child who's tried everything to get your son or daughter to open up, with disappointing results. Or an educator concerned about a friendless student.)

This is your first step toward finding your way back to yourself. Jodee Blanco, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir PLEASE STOP LAUGHING AT ME, designed this fresh and innovative journal to help you draw out of silence to a place of renewed self-understanding and acceptance. Chock-full of insightful quotes, practical activities, and meaningful questions, Jodee gives you a safe place to vent, accompanying you on a guided tour of your deepest thoughts and emotions. Sharing memories from her own painful adolescence, the author speaks as a kindred spirit, holding your hand as you begin to reclaim your hope for the future, one diary entry at a time.

Please Stop Laughing at Us: One Survivor’s Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying. Jodee Blanco, $16.95

A sequel to The New York Times bestselling memoir,PLEASE STOP LAUGHING AT ME¸ this groundbreaking investigation walks down the hallways of today’s schools to find realistic solutions to the serious problem of bullying. Exposing weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the educational system, this vital social critique shows how to help both bullies and victims change for the better, why traditional punishment is counter-productive, how to inspire compassion in the classroom, and how to discipline a child in ways that benefit self-esteem.

Also available: Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman’s Inspirational Story. Jodee Blanco, $14.25

Protect Your Child from Bullying: Expert Advice to Help You Recognize, Prevent, and Stop Bullying Before Your Child Gets Hurt. Allan Beane, $15.99

From cyber-bullying to "mean girls" to school shootings — bullying is a complex and frightening problem confronting parents and children of all ages. This invaluable guide explains the many ways that bullying can present itself, the harm it can do to your child if ignored, and most importantly, what you can do to protect your child. Help your child develop a strong sense of acceptance and belonging and create a safe and healthy environment for them at home, play and school.

Rising Above Bullying: From Despair to Recovery. Rosemary Hayes & Carrie Herbert, $22.95

Extreme bullying can have devastating effects: it can leave a child severely traumatized, their self-esteem destroyed, and in deep despair. Many children who have been severely bullied are unable to attend school, and are deeply scarred by what has happened.

This book reveals these shattering effects by telling the stories of eight children who have experienced extreme bullying and then found their way to recovery at a Red Balloon Learner Centre — a place where children can go to continue their education and recover their self-esteem, confidence and feelings of self-worth. Their stories also act to highlight common issues which often lie behind bullying behaviour such as weight, sexuality, race and religion. Guidance is given on what teachers and parents can do to help a child who is being bullied or a child who uses bullying behaviour, and what the bullied children themselves can do. Also included is a section on understanding bullying behaviour — how to read the signs, why some children may be targeted, what forms it can take, and why children often remain silent.

In SEE JANE HIT, Dr. James Garbarino shows that the rise in girls' violence is the product of many interrelated cultural developments, several of which are largely positive … (B)ut nothing happens in isolation, and there's rarely such a momentous societal shift with absolutely no downside. One problem is that girls aren't being trained to handle their own physical aggression the way boys are: our methods of child-rearing culture include all sorts of mechanisms for socializing boys to express their violence in socially acceptable ways, but with girls we lag very far behind. At the same time, the culture has become more toxic for boys and girls alike, and girls' sexuality is linked with violence in new and disturbing ways.SEE JANE HIT is not just a powerful wake-up call; it's a clear-eyed, compassionate prescription for real-world solutions.

Sex, Power & the Violent School Girl. Sibylle Artz, $29.95

In SEX, POWER & THE VIOLENT SCHOOL GIRL, author Sibylle Artz looks at the disturbing phenomenon of violence among teenage girls. Her assertion that it must be understood in the context of other gender issues and girls' sense of powerlessness is vividly explored in six case studies. This is a fascinating glimpse into a troubled world and a clear call for action.

We Want You to Know: Kids Talk About Bullying. Deborah Ellis, $14.95

Through her association with a community anti-bullying campaign launched in Haldimand, Norfolk, and neighboring communities in Southern Ontario, children’s author Deborah Ellis asked students from the ages of nine to nineteen to talk about their experiences with bullying. The results are thoughtful, candid, and often harrowing accounts of “business as usual” in and around today’s schools. The kids in this book raise questions about the way parents, teachers, and school administrators cope with bullies. They talk about which methods have helped and which ones, with the best of intentions, have failed to protect them. And some kids reveal how they have been able to overcome their fear and anger to become strong advocates for the rights of others.

This is a book for reading and sharing. Each interview is followed by questions that will encourage open discussion about the nature of bullying and the ways in which individuals and schools could deal more effectively with bullies and their victims. And additional comments from international students reveal how much kids the world over have in common in the way they experience and deal with bullies. 

These kids have something to say. It’s time we listened.

Why Good Kids Act Cruel: the Hidden Truth about the Pre-Teen Years. Carl Pickhardt, $16.95

WHY GOOD KIDS ACT CRUEL gives parents the tools they need to understand why cruelty happens at this age and how to help their child through this difficult stage. This highly informative and useful book explains the psychology of early adolescent change, the short and long term effects of social cruelty, what parents can do, what the school can do, and much more.