The Meanest Thing to Say: Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers

by Bill Cosby

Book Overview

In this nationally bestselling series, comedian Bill Cosby spins his storytelling magic as he addresses such issues as valuing creativity and imagination, family relationships and friendship This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590137549
• ISBN13: 9780590137546
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Oops! Uh oh!

Hey guys its the year 2020 here and hoo boy, do not buy this book. Do not support Cosby.

Cosby tells "stories about situations children often face."

The Meanest Thing To Say is not about saying mean things back to mean people. And it isn't even about mean people. What it IS about is children learning self-control, level-headedness and heart. When the new kid, Michael, calls Little Bill names, and says he has to think of the meanest things to say back the next day, Bill is frustrated and anxious. This comes up at home and his dad tells him to just say, "So?" to everything. Little Bill does this and it halts Michael. It takes two people to fight. But the moral of the story doesn't stop here. Bill observes Michael is a new student and maybe just needs a friend. So he invites him to play basketball with him and they become friends. Unfortunately it is reality that children can be very mean and hurtful. As parents, we need to teach our children how to handle bullies and it's equally as important to teach them not to BE a bully. Also, just ignoring mean actions and words doesn't always work. Everyone has good in them and we all, ages 2-102 need to offer kindness instead of anger. Great job, Cosby! Thank you and please keep writing. Peace & Soar!o8E

Dealing with bullies

I discovered this book when seeking children's books about dealing with bullies. I was very pleased with this book. I especially like how Little Bill's father demonstrated a clever way to handle the bully by simply saying "So?" to anything he said. With recent disturbing events of school shootings, it's important for parents to teach their chilren peaceful alternatives in dealing with bullies. Mr. Cosby's story is a fairly normal and benign story of a school yard bully, but his solution is clever and non-violent.

The Meanest Thing to Say

I would like to thank Bill and Varnette for the great work they have done. My son was having problems reading until we bought this book at a Book Fair. My son is 8 years old and loves reading know thanks to the wonderful job that Mr. Bill Cosby has done. Also he was having problems with teasing at school. But know he realize that teasing someone is very mean and that is can hurt them in the long run. Once again I would like to thank Bill and Varnette for the wondeful job they are doing. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

MY SON LOVES THIS BOOK/HE'S ONLY 2 YEARS OLD

MY SON WANTS THIS STORY READ TO HIM EVERY NIGHT....AND HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY WHEN HE IS TOLD SOMETHING MEAN...SO, I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR KIDS AND ADULTS!

It's good!

This is a good book. It's pretty and fun and helps kids learn how to respond to mocking.