The Bully and the Shrimp : Parragon book buddy Review

Parragon Book Buddy Review:
The Bully and The Shrimp


We were very excited to receive our second Parragon book buddy book to review, The Bully and the Shrimp. The book has nice strong folded edges and the book generally feels of very high quality, we particularly liked the art work in this book, the pictures are brilliant. The kids have taken no time in falling in love with the book especially when you dramatise the bits when you can.

We really liked this book it had a significant message I think all children could learn from, it will hopefully make them think about how others are feeling and thinking. Thankfully I was never picked on at school but having a book which is as engaging as this one would have helped if I was. There is some very helpful information at the back of the book which helps further with bullying issues.

'When small-for-his-age Noah Shrimpton moves to a new school, the class bully starts picking on him. Noah has no friends to support him and is afraid to tell anyone. He starts to use his journal to express himself, doodling all sorts of outlandish scenarios where he beats the bully (sometimes involving superheroes or giants!). Follow Noah as he learns to make friends and gain the confidence to stand up to the bully in this contemporary tale.

Developed in conjunction with school teachers and child development experts, this picture book deals with the current issue of bullying in a sensitive way and is perfect for any school-aged child and their parents.'

The story is simple but gets an extremely important message across to the children who read. When Noah comes across Connor the bully his school days become filled with dread and worry. I like how the book describes exactly how Noah feels when situations occur.

'Connor laughed and ran off. Noah felt small and hot and ashamed'

This is great because if a child who is being bullied reads this or has it read to them it will show them that its normal to feel this way when some is bulling you. It will help show any bullying victims what is happening is bullying and hopefully aid them in identifying what is bullying.

We really love this book for a number of reasons it looks great, holds a very important message to children and our kids fell in love with it instantly. I think kids first reactions to anything is the best indicator of whether something is interesting to them or not, they will be so openly honest (Sometimes in the wrong situations).