Comments on: 1 Story of Bullying, 3 Perspectives, 3 Books

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:46:36 +0000

In reply to scribbleprints. Great idea! I hope the author will consider it!

By: scribbleprints

scribbleprints — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 20:25:00 +0000

I love this. Any chance of a similar three books with boy characters?

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:03:46 +0000

In reply to PragmaticMom. I thought so, too -- I loved how my kids took to it, as well.

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:20:00 +0000

I love the idea of bullying from 3 points of view. From our anti-bullying training at our elementary school, it’s the bystander who plays the most important role in preventing bullying. No one really covers this so this series is spot on!

By: shoo rayner

shoo rayner — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:02:00 +0000

You may like to know about a series of books I wrote about bullying called The Ginger Ninja, (Which you can now get for iPad). It’s probably aimed more at boys but, as the hero is a ginger kitten, girls love the stories too.
InThe UK, redheads were – and sadly still are – prone to bullying and name calling. I know this because I had bright red hair as a child. When I came across the term Ginger Ninja, it so inspired me to write my series of books. Real Ninjas don’t need to actually fight because they have trained and trained and have such rock solid faith in their capabilities that most enemies will run away when the see the whites of their eyes.
I think the bullied are often suffering from low self esteem and so present a target for bullies. If you can’t change the bully you have to change the bullied. So much bullying comes from boredom. If there is no reaction, the bully moves on to find new prey.
It may not sort out the bully, but feelings of self worth are the best defence against bullies, who in turn are probably suffering even lower self-esteem.
But you can’t say all that to kids – they switch off- so I made my hero a little Ginger cat and the bully an enormous kitten called Tiddles. The stories are fun as well as deep and thoughtful. Children do not respond to books that preach or to obviously “teach”
go have a look http://bit.ly/TheGingerNinja

By: Hands Free Mama

Hands Free Mama — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:27:00 +0000

This makes me so proud to see my dear friend Erin Frankel’s books and empowering words on Melissa’s brilliant blog! You both are women who inspire me on own blogging/publishing journey! Thank you both for what you do for our children!