Picture Book:
Say Something
Author: Peggy
Moss
Illustrator: Lea
Lyon
Summary: This
elementary-aged female protagonist witnesses bullying, but she never
intervenes. When she is bullied, she realizes how desperately she wishes one of
her friends, many of whom were there to witness it, would intervene. When she
tells her brother how mad she is at her friends, he says, “Why? They didn’t do
anything.” She sees herself in his response. The next day she befriends one of
the bully victims.
Hanna’s Comments: An African proverb begins this book: “If you think you are too
small to make a difference, try sleeping in the room with a mosquito.”
Resources at the end of the book will encourage conversation with children and
offer more information. Since its publication, this book has inspired “Say
Something Weeks” in schools all over the world. The tenth anniversary edition
has an author’s note. Anti-bullying Week is November
16-22, 2014. You can check it out at: http://www.bullyingawarenessweek.org/
. For the next several days, I will be offering books on bullying. For an
explanation, see my comments on Day 196.
Publisher & Date of Publication: Tillbury House, 2004
Age & Grade Appropriateness: 5 and up, K and up
# of Pages:
32
Available in Spanish? Not at present
Formats other than Book: None at present
PBT Category:
Post 2K
PBT Topics this Book Connects with: abuse/abuse of power, action, belonging,
betrayal, bravery/courage, bullying/martyrs/persecution/oppression, challenges,
conflict, discord, education/learning/school, emotions/feelings, exclusion/inclusion,
friends/friendship, injustice, power, relationships, resisting evil, victims
Scripture Connections: Learn
to do good; seek justice, correct oppression (Isaiah 1:17); as you did it to one of the least of these, you
did it to me (Matthew 25:40)
Idea(s) for Application: Read this book to school age children in your
faith family when doing a lesson on seeking justice for others.
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