Bully Battles: Fight Bullies with Knowledge and Skills!

By Marcia Staser and Taz Patterson

Okay--so you have had it with bullies, right? Battles do not need to be violent or hurtful. You can fight and stop your bullies in a peaceful way--with humor, even, after you develop the knack. BULLY BATTLES has a lot of information to make sure you start with knowledge about bullies and targets, making it much easier to win the battles if you know what and who you are battling. After all, who would try to win a war without having some well-planned strategies? Knowledge is power--for both girls and boys!

Here is a sample of what you will find in this book: (should be bulleted and indented and centered)
* Information about bullies and victims or targets
* Bully do's and don'ts
* Funny rhyming stories about bullying
* How to handle common bullying situations
* Limericks and haikus about bullying
* How-to instructions on writing poetry about your bullies

Strategizing and out-witting your bullies becomes fun and easy. Get started NOW to see how YOU can battle YOUR bullies--in a peaceful way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491854501

Marcia Staser

Marcia Staser has worked with children of all ages for over 25 years. She is licensed in teaching, school guidance counseling, and school services personnel. She is a Lilly Fellow in Indiana and the author of Art Talk and Bullies, Beware...Babaloo Bounces Back! It is her belief that kids can take care of themselves by learning skills to stop their susceptibility to bullying behavior. This book offers information to the reader to help understand the bullies. Knowledge is power, and kids need knowledge if they are to combat their bullies in a positive way that works. Kids can learn to be resilient and confident when they have the knowledge to be competent in how to handle situations that arise.

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BULLY BATTLES

Fight Bullies with

Knowledge and Skills!

Written by

Marcia Staser

Illustrated by

Taz Patterson

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/30/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4918-5448-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-5449-5 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-5450-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014900998

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

About the Author and Illustrator

Bully Talk

Bully Basics

Bullies and Victims

Bully Types

Girl bullies

Boy bullies

Physical bullies

Verbal bullies

Relational bullies

Reactive bullies

Cyber bullies

Bully Do’s and Don’ts

Bully Do’s

Bully Don’ts

Bully Battle Scenes

Battling Name-Callers And Taunters

Melvin’s Week with the Bully

Mean Manuel

You Can Say It

Cafeteria Bully

Kim Takes on the Bully

Jason Stops the Bully

Fag and Tag

Battling Being Lonely Or Scared

Lunch Bunch in the Cafeteria

From the Cry to the Sly

Duane’s Scary Move

Jane’s First Day

Tyrell Stays at School

Battling The Cyber World

Dana Takes on the Cyber Bully

Cyber-Bully Pedro

Rumors Hurt

Battling Bystanders To Be Upstanders

Becca the Bystander

The Bully Brother

A Sap on No Day

Two Main Meanies

Bully Poems And How-To

Bully Help Words

Bully Limericks

Bully James

Bully Amy

Bully in the Face

A Bully Stopped

Bully Limerick How-To

Bully Haikus and How-To

Bully Haikus

Bully Haiku How-To

A Few Tips for Parents

Bibliography

Yes—You Can!

Yes—you can, you must, you need to be

Able to battle the bullied to be free.

Free of the bullies and free of your pain,

Knowing what to do gives you a lot to gain.

These stories will guide you in what to do

To battle your bullies in a way that is you.

Competent, resilient, and confident you’ll be.

The result is a feeling of power—to be free.

PREFACE

Kids can do well in their bully battles if we teach them the skills they need. We have the power to create a new normal—a bully-free world—if we offer