The Bully Blockers Club (Albert Whitman Prairie Books (Paperback)) - Softcover

Bateman, Teresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807509191 ISBN 13: 9780807509197

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2006

Synopsis

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2005 - CBC/NCSS
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2005

Lotty Raccoon is excited. This year she has a new teacher, new backpack, and new shoes. But her enthusiasm quickly wanes when Grant Grizzly begins bullying her. At the advice of her brother and sister, Lotty tries ignoring Grant and making a joke of it all, but neither approach works. When her parents hear about Grant, Lotty's dad talks to the teacher. Although the teacher speaks to Grant and Lotty, now Grant just bullies her when no adult is around.

After talking to her family again, Lotty comes up with an idea. She notices other kids are being bullied by Grant, too. She gathers everyone together and they form a club--The Bully Blockers Club. Now when Grant tries to bully someone, the other kids speak up. That gets an adult's attention, and Grant stops his bullying!

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About the Author

Teresa Bateman is the author of many books for children, including The Bully Blockers Club and April Foolishness. She is a children's librarian and lives in Washington state.

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The Bully Blockers Club

By Teresa Bateman, Jackie Urbanovic

ALBERT WHITMAN & Company

Copyright © 2004 Teresa Bateman
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8075-0919-7

CHAPTER 1

On Monday, Lotty waved to her mother and skipped to school. She had a new backpack, new shoes, and a new teacher. It was going to be a great year.

But when she sat down at her new desk, someone behind her said, "Yick! What's that smell?"

"What smell?" Lotty asked.

"I'm Grant Grizzly and I say there's a smell, and it's coming from around you."

Lotty peered inside her desk and sniffed. Grant Grizzly looked at her, held his nose, and laughed.

Lotty shrank down in her seat. "Maybe I do smell," she thought. Her stomach hurt. Her smile slipped.

When Lotty got home, she told her little brother, Jerome, and big sister, Lily, what had happened.

"Should I tell Mrs. Kallberg?" Lotty asked. "I don't want to be a tattletale."

"All Grant did was say something," Jerome pointed out. "If he does it again, give him a karate chop!"

"No karate chops," Lily said, frowning. "And it's not tattling to let the teacher know there's a problem. Still, why don't you try ignoring him first? Maybe he'll leave you alone."

Lotty decided to try Lily's idea.

On Tuesday, she ignored Grant. She ignored the hand that swiped her eraser. She ignored the foot that kicked the back of her chair all morning. She ignored the nasty whispers.

Grant never did anything while the teacher was looking, but he didn't leave Lotty alone. If anything, he got worse.

"She's so stupid she doesn't even know when some- one's talking to her," he told his friends in the hall. Then he yelled, "HEY, STUPID!" right in Lotty's face.

Lotty's stomach hurt. Her eyes prickled. She skipped morning recess and went to the nurse's office, but when the nurse asked what was wrong, Lotty couldn't say anything.

Later she told Lily and Jerome what had happened. "Smack him in the nose!" Jerome insisted. "No nose-smacking!" Lily said. "I think you should tell the teacher."

Lotty shook her head. "What if she thinks I'm a tattletale?" Lily sighed. "Well then, why don't you try to be hisfriend? Sometimes kids act that way because they don't have friends."

"Or you could make a joke out of it," Jerome suggested.

Lotty decided to give their ideas a try.

On Wednesday, while Mrs. Kallberg was talking to a parent in the hall, Lotty smiled at Grant. She asked if he liked baseball. She offered to lend him a pencil when he didn't have one.

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0807509191
• ISBN 13: 9780807509197
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32