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Is It Bullying? Identifying bullying behavior cut-and-sort activity.
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If you look up “the steps of problem solving” on Google, nearly every expert will tell you that the first step is to ‘define the problem’. While this may seem almost insultingly obvious, it's a step that is easily and often skipped.

To help you and your students tackle step 1 of solving the problem of bullying, we’ve put together this fun cut-and-sort printable activity!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ...Read More

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This is A. Blob

Who – or what – is A. Blob? This first installment  of The Blob Trilogy follows the antics of A. Blob, a slimy, purple, blob-like creature who wreaks havoc on the elementary school playground with its bullying ways. As the story progresses, however, readers learn there may be more to A. Blob than meets the eye.
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A. Blob on a Bus

Trapped inside the bus with this grumpy pile of goo, what will the kids of Lincoln Elementary School do? Can one act of bravery change everything--including A.Blob?


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​Who--or what--is A. Blob?? Through the use of a gender and race neutral main character, Kefalos
​creates a story to which all children can relate.
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Take learning past the page and try out some of these fun crafts designed to accompany our picture books!
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When A. Blob wreaks havoc with its bullying ways, it leaves globs and blobs of goo and guck behind! As children make their own A. Blob with this fun slime craft, they will also learn that, just like A. Blob, mean actions and words stick around long after they've been said... 
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​Review by Lisa Pescara Kovach, Ph. D


This is A. Blob, by L.A. Kefalos is a great resource for teachers, parents, school counselors or anyone who wishes to begin a conversation with young children about bullying behaviors. It is rare to find a bullying prevention and intervention book that features a character like A. Blob...

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Review by licensed mental health counselor and mom blogger Janine of the blog Encourage Play

BULLYING - What feelings do you have when you think of that word?
Sadness? Helplessness? Anger? Frustration?Perhaps you have a sudden memory of your child coming home and talking about that kid on the bus again?Maybe you even flash back to your own childhood?
Bullying is an important topic for families to talk about, but it can be hard to approach the topic. How do you start to talk about such a big emotional topic with your children?...​
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​Review by No Such Thing As A Bully, a premier anti-bullying program that wants to change the way we view bullying though unique tools and resources that help shred the labels of "bully" and "victim" and start from a place of love and kindness.

I get to review children’s and young adult books from time to time, in the hopes of finding works that are a good match to the mission of No Such Thing as a Bully.


This is a bit different of a children’s book from the kind I’ve been used to:
  • its production is very high-quality: hard-bound and thick pages
  • a short book, in keeping with short attention spans
  • a book that sets up for a sequel, and (we hope) entices kids to imagine where the story goes

Central to No Such Thing as a Bully is that we dismiss the concept of labeling others, especially children, as “bully” or “victim.” We all have it in ourselves to behave as a bully or a victim at any time, depending on what’s going on and how we respond to it.

But central to “This is A. Blob” is that the main character has labeled himself. “A lonely purple gob.”...

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  • About
    • About Laughing Leopard Press
    • The Team
    • This is A. Blob
    • A. Blob on a Bus
    • Internships
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  • Authors
    • L.A. Kefalos
    • Author Visits
  • Blog
    • Book Extension Crafts and Activities
  • Contact
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