Download My Secret Bully Trudy Ludwig Abigail Marble 9780553509403 Books

Product details Age Range 6 - 9 years Grade Level 1 - 4 Lexile Measure AD630L (What's this?) Paperback 32 pages Publisher Dragonfly Books (February 10, 2015) Language English ISBN-10 0553509403

My Secret Bully Trudy Ludwig Abigail Marble 9780553509403 Books Reviews

• As a school social worker I found this to be one of the best books to help kids deal with bullying. I especially like that it deals with girl bullying which had been overlooked for a long time. It teaches a girl who is being bullied by a friend who turns on her how to handle it. It is also great to teach bystanders how to resist bullies and support targets of bullying.
  
  The protagonist goes through a series of feelings and actions, until she realizes that she can stand up to her bully, and find new friends.
  
  I used it in the classroom, in groups and individually. I found many ways to help the boys relate to this book, despite it having only female characters. I loved the illustrations as much as the dialog.
• I wish we didn't have to buy this for my daughter, but we did. Her situation was also physical. Her "best friend" would react negatively and sometimes physically when she didn't get her way. I didn't realize how bad it was until she came home with one of the worst black eyes I've ever seen. My heart literally broke into a million pieces when my 7 year old broke down in tears because she was worried her "friend" wouldn't be her friend anymore if she got her in trouble. She was also worried that all the kids at school would hate her if her "friend" got in trouble.
  This book was recommended to me by a friend of mine and I really think it helped, even though the situation was different. The last 2 months my daughter has built new and healthy relationships with children who don't try to control her.
• A friend recommended this book to me when my daughter was having a hard time speaking up for herself. I didnt realize the behaviors her friend was doing was bullying in disguise, until this book. I kept excusing them and encouraging my daughter to use her words. This book taught us both.
• This book came in the mail last night. I read it before giving it to my 8-year-old daughter to read. She read it 3 times - I'm not kidding. She LOVED it. I asked her why, and she said because it helped her think of how some people she calls "friends" are treating her, how to respond to them and stick up for herself, that she shouldn't keep everything inside of her and should tell someone, and that maybe some people really aren't her friends like she thought they were. I've talked to her about how to deal with her "friends" until I was blue in the face, but this book really reached her. Thank you! She has asked for more "bully" books, so I'm on the search for more great books like this one.
• I just read this with my third grade daughter and the examples in the book are great. We've talked a bunch over the last few years about mean behavior and how to respond. Reading this was one of the first times that it felt like we were both understanding these situations the same way. My daughter was giving me examples of things that had happened on the playground that were similar to the book. Overall, this book is a a great conversation starter and I'd highly recommend it. My only warning is that all the examples in the book are girls so I don't know if a boy would relate as well.
• My 8 year old daughter has been having problems at school with bullying and mean girls. This book she could identify with the characters and gave her strength to deal with her situation. She asks to read the book over and over and it great to start up conversation and revisit her accomplishments and new issues. We have a few other books by Trudy Ludwig and love them all. Also recommend the American Girl series of books about peer relations.
• Provocated a lot of discussion in my 4th grade classroom.
• A great book to open up the discussion about bullying among close friends. I was able to ask my child if she has ever felt bullied our if she has acted in a way that could hurt others. It started a healthy dialogue and she enjoyed reading it.