A story about spotting a pattern and speaking up · Ages 4–9

Max and the Bullying Moment

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• Ages 4–9
• 32-page softcover

Max hides. He hurries. He even tries being extra nice. Each attempt leaves him farther from the playground tower—and more alone. With Sam's surprising flight log, Max sees that one awful moment is really a repeated pattern. He moves to safety, records the facts, and brings trusted adults onto his team. A warm SEL story that makes clear: stopping bullying is never the target's job to earn by being nicer. When a child is repeatedly targeted by a power-imbalanced peer on the playground, Max feels alarm and isolation and first tries to hide or rush past it. With move to safety, record what happened and tell trusted adults, the characters discover that bullying is not solved by asking the target to be nicer.