Bottner, Barbara.
Bootsie Barker Bites.
Putnam Juvenile Books, 1997.
2–3 PB

The narrator has to figure out how to deal with Bootsie Barker, a bully.

Caseley, Judith.
Ada Potato.
Greenwillow Books, 1989.
2–3 PB

Ada stops playing the violin because some older children make fun of her.

Caseley, Judith.
Bully.
Greenwillow Books, 2001.
2–5 PB

Mickey uses humor to transform a bully into a friend.

Cohen, Barbara.
Molly’s Pilgrim.
Harcourt, Inc. 1983.
2–3, CB

Molly has a different view of everything in her new country, including what the word pilgrim means.

Couric Katie.
The Brand New Kid.
Doubleday, 2000.
K–3 PB

Children tease a new boy in school until they get to know him.

Estes, Eleanor.
The Hundred Dresses.
Harcourt Inc., 1972.
2–5 CB

A little girl is teased about her shabby clothes.

Henkes, Kevin.
Chrysanthemum.
Greenwillow Books, 1991.
K–1 PB

Chrysanthemum loves her name until her classmates make fun of it.

Havill, Juanita.
Jamaica and Brianna.
Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
K–3 PB

Jamaica’s envy of Brianna’s pink fur-lined boots gets in the way of their friendship.

Lester, Helen.
Hooway for Wodney Wat.
Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
K–1 PB

Classmates make fun Rodney Rat until he helps to defeat the class bully.

Mochizuki, Ken.
Baseball Saved Us.
Lee & Low Books, 1995.
4–5 PB

A Japanese-American boy is teased about his size and ethnicity.

Myers, Christopher.
Wings.
Scholastic Inc., 2000.
4–5 PB

An allegory in which a boy suffers the taunts and teasing of his peers because he is different.

O’Neill, Alexis.
The Recess Queen.
Scholastic Press, 2002.
2–3; 4–5 PB

Mean Jean bullies her way around the playground until a new girl arrives at school.

Polacco, Patricia.
Thank You, Mr. Falker.
Philomel Books, 1998.
4–5 PB

The author describes how she was teased as a child because of her reading disability.

Reider, Katja.
Snail Started It!
North-South Books, 1997.
K–3 PB

When Snail insults Pig, he sets off a domino effect of teasing and name-calling among a community of animals.

Waber, Bernard.
Ira Sleeps Over.
Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
K–1 PB

Ira’s older sister teases him about bringing his teddy bear to his first away-from-home sleepover.

Wells, Rosemary.
Timothy Goes to School.
Viking, 2000.
K–1 PB

Timothy finds a friend at school to help him cope with Claude’s taunting and teasing.

Yashima, Taro.
Crow Boy.
Puffin Books, 1976.
2–5 PB

Students tease Chibi when he comes to school. Only a sensitive new teacher recognizes Chibi’s plight and helps him regain some dignity and self-respect.