Bully {Book review and giveaway}

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, at the beginning of the month I shared my personal story as to how I was bullied in middle school and how I've dealt with bullying. For me this is a very special issue as I know how victims feel and through therapy I could further understand why bullies start. 

Bully is a lift-the-flap book that is illustrated by Naomi Tipping. This book is excellent for learning about bullies, why they start, how to stop them, how to prevent bullying as well as how to spot a bullying victim. 

It is a great resource book for school aged kids as it explains in detail in an easy way to comprehend what is considered bullying, that there are many ways to bully {i.e. physical, emotional, cyber-space}. The illustrations make it easy to understand and interactive so they keep readers engaged in the subject and they learn about it more. 

What I loved most about this wonderful book was that in the last pages it reminds victims that they are not alone, that their feelings are valid and should be brought to other's attention specially parents. There is also a bully diary in which you can record the date and what happened. This is very therapeutic, it allows you to heal and deal with bullying. I know because it was one of my activities while in therapy. I actually still have the journal with names, what happened and how I felt. 

Adventure Girl has read the book several times since we received it and here are her thoughts on it: "I learned about bullies, that sometimes making comments that are not kind can hurt someone and make a person a bully. We have to be nice to others and if someone is telling me hurtful things I can walkaway".

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Hector {a book review and giveaway}

Written and illustrated by Steve Barnes,  Hector is perfect for any age. With colorful and full of life illustrations of the jungle. Hector is a  zebrapotamus. That means that he is a hippopotamus that has zebra stripes on his body, his color is the only difference he has from other hippos. However even though it is only his color that is different he is indeed a hippo. The story teaches us about respecting others regardless of shapes, colors or size and how others feel when being bullied. The illustrations were colorful something kids will appreciate.

"Bullying is a problem that has affected our society for as long as man has noticed differences and not respected others. I know because I was bullied during my 4 years of middle school. Respect is key in life and with it we can stop bullies. I love how Hector was always genuinely kind regardless of how others treated him and that is a very important lesson, staying true to ourselves no matter what. This book is perfect for children of all ages as it sheds light on how victims of bullying feel." -Adventure Mom

On the day we received this book Adventure Girl read it three times and is still reading it daily. Here's what Adventure Girl had to say:

"This is a great book, the attitude the hippos had against Hector was not right and in the end they were big enough to recognize they had made him feel very sad and unwanted to the point that he wanted to find new friends. But he was still kind to them when they needed his help."

Coincidently October is National Anti-Bullying month, let's prevent it from happening and teach our children about respect. 

We liked the book so much that....

We are hosting a giveaway for a copy of Hector to one lucky reader!

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