Steve Seskin

"Do you wear glasses? Ever been picked last for the team? Afraid you’ll be called on in class?
Don’t laugh at me. Don’t call me names.
Have you laughed at someone else for the same reasons? Someone you thought was geeky or slow--someone different from you.
Don’t get your pleasure from my pain.
For anyone who’s ever been bullied--or been a bully themselves--it’s time to change your tune. This is not a book for whiners, but a new language that will give you the words you need to take charge and stop the cycle of teasing.
Filled with inspiration and celebration, Don’t Laugh at Me is the anthem for a new bully-free world. Read it, sing it, and cheer!" -- Amazon.ca… (más)

This book includes the words to a song. The reader does not know they are a song until the very end where you can see the music sheet with the same words. The reader is able to see how bullying can make the person feel. I read this book to a first grade class and they were engaged from the beginning. One student said it made them feel very sad, it made him feel like he could cry. The book included a CD with the song, so I played it for them after reading the book and they all enjoyed it. The book allows an adult to speak to a child about what bullying is and how it affects the person. The illustrator lets the reader see the kind of child that may be bullied because of their looks...which can be any of us.… (más)