Seeger, Laura Vaccaro Bully
Roaring Book Press, 2013.
$15.99 PICTURE BOOK Content: G.
On a farm, a bull is asked to play by other animals. He tells them no and then proceeds to call
them names (this is where things get weird—he actually calls a pig a pig and a
chicken a chicken, but I think they are meant as insults, which is confusing for
little kids). He tells the skunk that he
stinks and calls the turtle a slow poke, but the goat finally calls the bull a
bully. Then the bull looks confused and
he says sorry and asks the animals if they want to play.
I didn’t like this book-it’s confusing because
I think it’s aimed at little kids so they can understand what a bully is, but
by having the character be a bull it doesn’t have enough words to make a clear
point. My boys had no idea what was
going on in the story, and they quickly wanted to read a different book.
EL (K-3)-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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