Editorial Reviews for "Taking the Bully by the Horns"
Main Street Mom
Got Kids? This is a book to have on your shelves. I love the overall language and voice of this book. It is most certainly written for children, but it is done intelligently and with respect to where kids are in their lives today. The layout is smart; it makes logical sense, in terms of how the bully process starts, proceeds, and ends. "Taking the Bully by the Horns" could potentially restore the confidence of many children and arm others sufficiently to prevent trouble all by themselves. I recommend this one!
Angela Fubler - Educator & Child Advocate from Bermuda
Kathy, this is one of the easiest reads on bullying that I have come across!! Bravo! You have taken a very sensitive issue and made it bearable...even better...overcome - able:-)! Excellent work.
Your book connected with the child in me. I was very emotional reading it. I was reading it from a child's perspective...at first. Then I really could identify with some of the potential bully behaviour that exists within my role as a parent. It is effective and life changing! I will read "Taking the Bully by the Horns" with both of my children. WELL DONE!! Thanks again for writing that fabulous book! I will do as much as I can to push it in the schools and the community at large.
Ginny's Educational WebPages
Remember, you're no less important because they're older, or bigger than you. They might even feel they're better than you, but that's only ego.
--Kathy Noll & Jay Carter
Take time to read this book. It will give you an insight to bullies, victims, and reactions. It is written for ease in understanding; young people can tackle this book with success, learn why's and how's of bullying, and learn that people who are bullied don't have to be "victims," and actions--not reactions--can be taken to improve situations. This simply written book can be an effective tool against bullying and at the same time provide an insight at to why young people turn to bullying.
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.
Intellectual Capital - "When Father Doesn't Know Best"
Kathy Noll addresses a particular question that emerged from the Columbine High School shooting in her self-published book, Taking the Bully by the Horns: physical and emotional bullying. She says parents need to ponder that issue because more teens are acting on their aggressions and frustrations with guns.
Gems
I believe in the saying, "Knowledge is power." The information provided in this book will allow the reader to have a greater understanding of the bully cycle, thus providing a foundation for action.
Parent Soup
This original & inspiring style of writing ,and her ability to talk with young people on their level landed Kathy Noll the job of writing this children's version of Dr. Jay Carter's best-selling book, "Nasty People."
Embracing the Child
Bullying is an epidemic. It did not begin with Littleton and will not end there. This is a serious issue depriving children of self-esteem ,and in some cases, leading to violent crimes.
Teachers Net
Researched with support from child psychologist/author Jay Carter, Noll's book looks at the causes and cures for the bullying problem that plagues our school population.
Teen Center
I liked this book because it explains the "Bully Cycle:" When somebody gets bullied, after a while he tries to act tough and then even *he* begins to bully others when he is feeling very small inside and lacks respect for himself.
Healthy Place
Kathy Noll discusses what you, as a parent, can do to help your child deal with bullies and/or prevent them from becoming one.
Cyber Parent
Noll looks at bullies from both the stand point of the bully and the bullied. She discusses the "bully games" and how a bully becomes one. She also discusses the victim and gives kids concrete suggestions and help for dealing with the bully.