You Hurt, I Hurt

This book is designed for children in 1st through 3rd grades, roughly 6-8 years of age. This age group is the primary audience for our book because these are formative years for developing empathy and teaching appropriate social behavior. The goals of this book are to assist children with understanding various types of bullying, root causes of bullying, offer interactive strategies to enhance social emotional development and develop coping skills. This book is diverse in application since it can be used by an individual child or as a resource supplement to school curricula. The book is distinctive from other bullying books on the current market because it teaches about the emotional perspectives of both the bully and the bullied. The book has both storybook elements and interactive workbook components, such as giving the reader an opportunity to create a safety network of trusted adults, to enhance learning of these perspectives.