A Bully-Bad Day

"Filled with excellent rhythm, composition and technique, A Bully-Bad Day provides a story and art that children will thoroughly enjoy." — BlueInk Review

"In the instructive picture book A Bully-Bad Day... illustrations burst with details and color..." — Clarion Review

​How bad can a bad day get? Bully-bad!

A young boy and his dog do battle with a band of comical animal bullies who have invaded their house. There’s a rude hippo in the bathtub, a boorish bear in the den, a boastful zebra in the closet — bullies everywhere! When a rowdy lion brings the mayhem to a fur-raising climax, the two buddies resort to hiding in the attic. What can these two unlikely heroes possibly do? Follow their struggle to its happy resolution in a zany, read-aloud story designed to entertain as well as to help children discuss the issue of bullying with the adults in their lives. (Resources for parents and teachers are provided at the back of the book.)

DIANA KIZLAUSKAS is a Chicago area artist whose children’s illustrations have been published by Harcourt Achieve, Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education/Scott Foresman, Compass/Seed Media, Pauline Books & Media, EDCO/Ireland and other internationally known companies. She has written and illustrated LETTUCE! (2015), Christmas Best (2016) and A BULLY-BAD DAY (2022), picture books published independently under the imprint of Bright Bear Books. She is a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators PAL member. Diana’s formal training includes BA degrees in Illustration and Art Education. Besides advertising, editorial and children’s illustration, her work experience includes PreK-2 teaching.

DIANA KIZLAUSKAS is a Chicago area artist whose children’s illustrations have been published by Harcourt Achieve, Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education/Scott Foresman, Compass/Seed Media, Pauline Books & Media, EDCO/Ireland and other internationally known companies. She has written and illustrated LETTUCE! (2015), Christmas Best (2016) and A BULLY-BAD DAY (2022), picture books published independently under the imprint of Bright Bear Books. She is a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators PAL member. Diana’s formal training includes BA degrees in Illustration and Art Education. Besides advertising, editorial and children’s illustration, her work experience includes PreK-2 teaching.