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|title=Leave Me Alone

|author=Kes Gray and Lee Wildish

|borrow=Maybe

|isbn=978-1444900149

|pages=32

|publisher=Hodder Children's Books

|date=September 2011

|website=http://www.kesgray.com/

|summary=A story about bullying and what can happen if your friends stand up for you. Although I applaud the subject matter I didn't feel that it worked very well in this particular book.

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A young boy sits in a field, and to every advance by the animal friends around him he declares ''Leave me alone.'' He finally explains that his problems are too big for anyone to help him with because his problem is a giant who bullies and teases him. When the bully appears the animals gather together and tell him to leave the boy alone.

I read the story with my five year old and afterwards we talked about the book to see if she'd understood. She was quite clear about what had happened, and she enjoyed the repetition of ''Leave me alone'' but it doesn't seem like a book we'll return to. If you do have a younger child who is struggling with teasing and bullying then this would be worth a look, but otherwise I'd recommend it as one you might prefer to borrow rather than to buy.

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