Bully Bean, by Thomas Weck and Peter Weck, is a delightfully written and colorfully illustrated children’s book designed to facilitate a constructive family dialog on the difficult and sensitive topic of bullying. Extend the Learning and Activity sections reinforce this theme and enhance the dialog in the family and the classroom.
This carefully scripted tale tells the story of a giant bean, named Bully Bean, who picks on little beans, plays mean tricks on them, and puts them in danger. One day Bully Bean dropped little Lima Bear into a mud puddle. Another time, Lima Bear was caught all alone by Bully Bean in a secret cave. Only when he ran for his life, Bully Bean fell backward and was trapped by a falling rock. Lima Bear went for help and got all the Beans to pitch together and save Bully Bean. Will Bully Bean learn anything from this experience?
Father and son, Thomas and Peter Weck, teamed up to create this sturdy, hardbound book as the fifth book in the Lima Bear Series which presents life lessons for children and their families. The story in each book of the series highlights an important message to children: overcoming fear, having courage, compatibility, teamwork, tolerating differences, and forgiveness.
Bully Bean has 32 full color pages targeting children ages four to eight years old with their families and a message of turning a bully into a friend. Illustrator Len DiSalvo created large, colorful colored pencil and pastel drawings that bring the story to life.
List $15.95 Hardcover with dust jacket $7.99 ebook
ISBN print 978-1-933872-056
My Thoughts: Over the past 6 years I’ve reviewed a lot of children’s books and let me tell you, this one has got to be in my top 5 of favorite kid’s books that I’ve ever reviewed!
Everything about this book is fantastic! The story line is well-written and it’s an important story with a valuable life lesson that all children need to learn. Instilling these values in our kids when they are young helps them to become responsible adults.
The illustrations used to help tell the story are absolutely beautiful. It’s a very easy read and my almost 6 year old grand daughter had no issues reading the book to me. Matter of fact, we read it cover-to-cover in one evening. I appreciate that it’s a hardcover book with a beautiful dust jacket too. While others are into e-books, I am still a print-type of gal.
Bully Bean is a children’s book that should be in every child’s reading library and in every classroom across the nation. It is one of those books that I feel will become a classic and one that children of all ages will enjoy.
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Yes, I was bullied as a child. It’s terrible, because I think that bullying has become easier!
I was bullied as a child.
IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME
I have not, but know people who have been.
Oh, yes. I was bullied as a child.
I’ve seen it happen to others.
No, I don’t know anyone who has been bullied
I was never bullied but it is awful to see someone go through it…lots of mean people out there!
my nephew was bullied
I was bullied a lot in elementary and middle school. I’m glad those days are over. Thanks for the giveaway!
Yes but no until I was an adult. It was very distressing she is considered to be a good Christian woman but every chance she got she came at me. Constantly criticizing me in front of others how I looked, what I cooked for get together’s, even my family, it was the most awful experience of my life and I’m sure I’ll caring the scares the rest of my life. The fact as I said she’s a GOOD Christian woman in the community which made things worse for me.
haven’t we all been bullied at some point in our lives? I was as a child
I think as a child everyone has been bullied in some way or another. I remember a few instances of being called names or being treated badly by peers.
No, I don’t think I was eveer bullied, but working in the school system I saw lots of it. So awful!
I don’t remember ever being bullied, in school or in life, but I have seen others being bullied. When I have brought it to their attention, they don’t believe they are being bullied. It’s sad.
I was, I had to quit school at 14 and get homeschooled the rest of the way.
yes I was bullied a lot in high school. I remember dating the guy in high school that was very quiet but SUPER DUPER hot. every girl wanted to date him so when he chose to ask me out all the girls at school would throw rocks on me and call me slut and just couldn’t understand why he would want to date ME>. It hurt badly 🙁
Not really; bullied in small ways but nothing serious thankfully.
Yes, but as an adult. It’s nice that we don’t live close to them anymore.
No I was never bullied and have not known of any bullying to anyone close to me. Thank goodness.
I was bullied as a child.
My co-workers 14 year old nephew took his own life last year because of being bullied. Kids can be so cruel.
Our son was bullied a few years ago. He told the teacher and she talked to the student and it was resolved. Thank goodness.
yes I do it is a horrible thing people can be so cruel I make sure that our family knows not to do this to anyone ever.
I knew kids in school who were bullied and it was horrible.
No, I was never bullied and my children have not.
I was shy when younger, and moving several times during school age was a little hard to adjust.
Years ago when I was fifteen I heard a ruckus outside of my Mothers house one day when I was visiting that day. When I went outside to see what was going on there were six boys there and they had another boy pinned up against the house. I know their intent was to beat him up. I gave them one minute to get off the property or I was calling the police. They ran like the bully babies that they were-
I was one of the smallest in my class so I remember being bullied often in grade school. Luckily I had friends who stood up for me.
Looking back to my school years I didn’t realized I was being bullied. It is important to teach our kids about bullying.
We moved around a lot when I was a child so as the new kid in school I was bullied a few times.
Yes, I have been bullied. Bullying comes in many shapes and sizes. Recently, someone I worked with told a lie about me to escape trouble at her work for a mistake that she made. I did not find out about it right away but when I did find out I felt bullied…like someone had punched me in the gut!