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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Bully on the Bus
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'The bully on the bus taunts 7-year-old Leroy, then silences him with threats of worse to come. While hunting for hidden messages in The Big Bad Book of Fairytales, Leroy becomes Little Red Robin Hood, and finds the strength and courage he needs to overcome the bully’s torments, once and for all.' (Publication summary)

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Reading Australia

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Unit Suitable For AC: Year 2 (NSW Stage 1)

Duration Four weeks

Curriculum Summary

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Themes

bravery, bullying, relationships

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Literacy, Personal and social

Teaching Resources

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Notes

  • Written in verse form.
  • Dedication: To Mum, who knew how to 'read' bullies.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Other Formats

  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

Review : Bully on the Bus Wendy Noble , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2014; (p. 69)

— Review of Bully on the Bus Kathryn Apel , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : Bully on the Bus Rebecca Kemble , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 34)

— Review of Bully on the Bus Kathryn Apel , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : Bully on the Bus Rebecca Kemble , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 34)

— Review of Bully on the Bus Kathryn Apel , 2014 single work children's fiction
Review : Bully on the Bus Wendy Noble , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2014; (p. 69)

— Review of Bully on the Bus Kathryn Apel , 2014 single work children's fiction
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