Taking the Bully by the Horns - Children's Version of the Best Selling Book, "Nasty People"

Cyber Kids
This book contains very good advice and teaches you how to recognize different types of bullies and games they play.

The Family Corner
Noll does a wonderful job bolstering the self-respect of the victims. Children will certainly learn a lot from her.

Reading Times
Follow her hints and suggestions, and you will gain the power to eliminate the difficult bully worries in your life!

Bookends
Very important and perceptive book. This book should find a useful place in any school counselor's office or school library.

Connect for Kids
Easily broken down into digestible chapters, this book addresses the seriousness of the issue, offering smart, empowering, proactive "bully" solutions .

Book Description
Children need to learn at an early age that their actions will have consequences. Negative actions having negative consequences. They must learn to take responsibility for these actions. And to know how one "seemingly" little thing you do can affect so many so greatly... They need to learn and experience respect, caring and love both for themselves and others. We all need to work together on solving these problems. Violence is an extreme form of "bullying." A worse case scenario. Most of the time these kids started out being picked on themselves. In my book we call this the "BULLY CYCLE." Bullies creating more bullies. Becoming a bully as a means of protecting yourself (or so you think) ... hoping if you are the one causing the pain, you will never again have to experience it yourself. They feel so bad about themselves and think that controlling someone else will make them feel better or help distract from their own problems. Children today feel numb ... some have been bullied to the point of feeling nothing. They are withdrawn and hopeless. If all kids could understand how to accept themselves and know that they're "OK", there wouldn't have to be any "Bullies" or "Victims". This book helps parents, teachers and children give kids the skills they need to deal with BULLIES and maintain healthy SELF-ESTEEM. It is intended to help both the bullies and the victims feel good about themselves, thereby lessening the recent violence we've experienced in our schools. 1 out of 4 kids will be bullied this month. IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING!

From the Publisher
Best-selling author offers tips and gives examples on how to handle bullies without becoming one of them. For elementary through junior high. Adults can also share this book with younger readers. This self-help book explores different ways children and teens are bullied (both mentally and physically), how the bully becomes a bully, how the victim becomes a victim (sometimes there's a find line between the two), and what can be done about it. When Dr. Jay Carter wrote his popular self-help book about invalidation between adults (adult bullies & victims) entitled, "Nasty People," he received many letters from readers whose lives he helped, and changed. A lot of those people were parents who requested he write another version of his book that their children could understand, learn from, and benefit. After 8 years of searching for the right person to write a children's version of his best-selling book, he found Kathy Noll. He had placed an ad in the personal's looking for a co-author. Kathy sent him writing samples of her children's short stories. He said he picked her out of over 50 people who sent him their information/samples! Jay feels Kathy has an original style of writing, and the ability to talk with young people on their level. He felt she was perfect for the project, and she didn't want to let him down. She worked on the book day and night, interviewing older and younger people on both bullying and self-esteem issues. He edited and approved her (psychology) advice on the self-esteem issues. The rest is history! They're proud to announce the result of their efforts, "Taking the Bully by the Horns." Kathy has helped many kids understand bullying and how to handle it. Some letters she received from children include these actual quotes/comments, "It's the best book I've ever read," "I understand people better now and why they do what they do," "I feel stronger and a lot better about myself. Now I know what to do..." "I was scared but your book helped me a lot." The stories/examples in this book are based on actual interviews with young people. It has received wonderful, positive reviews from parents, children, and teachers - one of whom was quoted as saying, "Taking the Bully by the Horns should be required in all schools as part of every child's education." It's time to Take those Bullies by the Horns!

From the Author
Did you know that over 6 million boys and 4 million girls are involved in fights every year on school grounds? Many are physically threatened while a large number of students are also robbed. This book was written because there is a need for it. Bullying has become a very serious, hot-topic today. We're seeing more and more trouble with bullies in the news...everywhere. For the past 10 years child on child violence has been increasing. Physical abuse, sexual harassment and robbery have driven many victims to substance abuse, suicide and murder. Bullying has been around for as long as people have been around, but it's only been recently that we've become aware enough to do something about it.

From the Inside Flap
In a recent study, 77% of the students said they had been bullied. And 14% of those who were bullied said they experienced severe (bad) reactions to the abuse. It's time to Take those Bullies by the Horns!

About the Author
Kathy Noll was always creative as a child, making up stories to entertain friends, and that still holds true today. Taking a two-year writing course to improve her techniques, she has also learned a lot through observation, and over-thinking! Kathy says, "With me, the most important thing in writing is notes, notes, notes! Everything in my environment gives me ideas throughout the day, and I'm quick to write them down so I don't forget. Some of the stuff might fit what I'm currently working on. The rest, I'll save as inspiration for future projects." "I have also found that I can write the best, and get the most done, when I play the role of the hermit! Sometimes I compare myself to Beethoven. In that when we're working on something creative, we neglect ourselves in order to stay focused and get it finished quickly. For example: hair-unbrushed, clothes-unchanged, stomach-unfed!" She has also had her short stories/articles published in magazines along with interviews, helped NBC news monitor a classroom in Philadelphia for bullying behavior, and also helped many pqeople with their own bully problems through her book, educational and family related internet chats, message board hosting, and e-mail. Writing this book has generated many letters of thanks from both adults and children. She shares with us how this book has touched her: "I want to mention a dear little boy with only one leg who gets teased at his school. He opened my book as a gift from his mother on Christmas morning, and didn't put it down until he finished. He then said, "I feel a lot better about myself now; this is the best book I ever read." When his mother told me this, with tears in my eyes I told her, "Now I know why I wrote the book."" Please e-mail me at: kthynoll@aol.com Dr. Jay Carter (MA, PsyD) is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in West Reading, PA - Carter Counseling. Professional speaker since 1974, he is the best selling author of "Nasty People" and "Nasty Men," addressing issues of conflict and difficult personalities. His books have sold 1/2 million copies, his latest one being, "Butterflies: The Transformation of Man." He is on the Executive Committee for the Berks Area Psychological Society, under contract with Berks County Prison (where he learned a lot about the Bully mentality), and is currently contracted with the Caron Foundation to do evaluations for adolescents. Dr. Carter has taught thousands of people through adult education courses and workshops dealing with Charisma, Leadership, and Difficult People. His books and workshops have made positive changes in personal and professional lives. He has also appeared on numerous radio and TV shows around the world, and consulted with the Oprah Winfrey Show for shows on "Verbal Abuse" and "Obnoxious Husbands." "Readers Digest" consulted with him for an article on Mean People, and he was awarded with the Maggie Award for an article on the Contagiousness of Verbal Abuse in "Mothering Magazine."


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This self-help book explores different ways children and teenagers are bullied (both mentally and physically), how the bully becomes a bully, how the victim becomes a victim (sometimes there's a fine line between the two!), and what can be done about it.
When Dr. Jay Carter wrote his self-help book about invalidation between adults entitled, Nasty People, he received a ton of mail from readers whose lives he helped, and changed. A lot of these people were parents who requested he write another version of his book that their children would understand and could benefit. After 8 years of searching for the right person to co-author the book with him, he found Kathy Noll, whose original style of writing and ability to talk with children were perfect for the project.
The stories and examples in this book are based on actual interviews with children. It has received wonderful, positive reviews from parents, teachers, and counselors. One of whom was quoted as saying, "Taking the Bully by the Horns should be required in all schools as part of every child's education."


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