Nobody Knew What to Do by Becky McCain



APA Information: McCain, B. (2001). Nobody Knew What to Do. Albert Whitman & Company. 

Book Information: https://www.albertwhitman.com/book/nobody-knew-what-to-do/.

Author Information: https://www.albertwhitman.com/author/becky-ray-mccain/.

Genre: Children’s picture book, fiction

Reading Level: 690L

Summary:
This book uses a child narrator to follow the story of a bullying victim named Ray and how nobody knows what to do about it. When Ray misses a day of school, the bullies plan mean acts for when he returns. At this point, the narrator decides to go to a teacher for help. When Ray returns to school, the children get help from the teacher to stand up to the bullies.

Target Audience: 
The target audience is children ages 4 to 8 who have experience with bullying. 

Evaluation:
This is a great children’s book that explains a bullying situation. Bullying is a big concern in school so it is important for children to become familiar with what bullying is and how to get help. This book does a great job showing children that informing an adult about bullying is important and helpful. 

Reader Response Activity:
After children read about the bullying situation and how the narrator gets help from a teacher, readers can come up with a different bullying situation and what they would do to get help. This will allow readers to make connections back to the story and children will have ideas on how to get help if they experience bullying. 

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