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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