Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!

Second-grader Lola has a wonderful family, a great teacher, and the best friend ever, Josh, and they all help her feel better after she is teased and forbidden to play team sports at recess for having accidentally hurt classmate Juan during a soccer game.

When Posey makes up a funny song about one of the boys in her class, she cannot understand why her teacher is upset with her.

Daisy begins to come up with wonderful word combinations after Miss Goldner teaches the class about alliteration, but when someone comes up with the nickname Lazy Daisy, Daisy is determined to come up with a more appropriate nickname.

Little Red, teased for speaking only in rhymes, enters a poetry contest hoping to make friends but Big Bad Wolf scares her rhyming ability out of her and into himself.

The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of being African American, feeling different...

Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity.

The class bully loves to tease Katie Woo until she decides to ignore him.

Yuriko, teased at school for her unusual name and Japanese ancestry, yearns to be more ordinary until her father reminds her of how special she is.

When Simon's bad haircut makes him the target of teasing, Grandma Rose teaches him how to refuse to "take the hook."