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Confessions Of A Former Bully (2010)

by Trudy Ludwig(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1582463093 (ISBN13: 9781582463094)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Tricycle Press

review 1: This book is one of the best I have read concerning bullying. It not only gives a great overview of what bullying looks like and strategies to help fight it, but it tells it from a former bully's perspective. I used this as a read aloud and created a response activity where the students made a who I am poster. They wrote all the things that make them special and unique and then we discussed what it would feel like if anyone made fun of those things. The book is also written in a journal format which immediately catches elementary students attention.
review 2: After Katie gets caught bullying a classmate, she is required to meet with the school counselor on a regular basis to rehabilitate her.While I think this book has a lot of worthwhile material to help teac... moreh students about how to deal with bullying, I just didn't buy Katie converting to "rehabilitation mode" so quickly. I understand that the exposition in a picture book has to be fairly brief, but very rarely do bullies convert so quickly. Not to mention how easily Katie's parents were willing to accept that their daughter was a bully. More often than not, the parents' reaction is more like, "My daughter would never do anything like that."Despite my criticisms, this book is a great impetus for discussing the logistics of how to handle bullying with kids, whether you're being bullied or you're a bystander. less

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