Books or Movies for VERBAL Empowerment of 5 Year Old Boy

Here is a long (sorry) list I have saved on my computer about books - it's great you talk about it and are empowering your son - do you role play situations too? Some titles are repeated!

Arthur's April Fool by Marc Brown
Blubber by Judy Blume
Dealing with Bullying by Marianne Johnston
Nobody Knew What To Do by Becky R. McCain
Stop Picking On Me by Pat Thomas
The Berenstain Bears and the Bully by Stan Berenstain
Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Me? A Guide to Understanding Bullies for Young People by Terrence Webster-Doyle
Appearing on 3 children's books about bullying lists

Amelia Takes Command by Marisa Moss
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Cockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep
Mean, Mean Maureen Green by Judy Cox
Pinky and Rex and the Bully by James Howe
Talking About Bullying by Jillian Powell
Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
The Hundred Dresses by E. Estes
The Rat and the Tiger by Keiko Kasza
Appearing on 2 bibliotherapy lists

Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out by Kathryn Cristaldi McKeon
Bootsie Barker Ballerina by Barbara Bottner
Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner
Bully by Judith Caseley
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Don't Pick on Me: How to Handle Bullying by Rosemary Stones
Easing the Teasing: Helping Your Child Cope with Name-Calling, Ridicule and Verbal Bullying by Judy Freedman
Hangman by Julia Jarman
How Do I Feel About Bullies and Gangs? by Julie Johnson
How To Be Cool in Third Grade by Betsy Duffey
How To Handle Bullies, Teasers and Other Meanies: A Book That Takes the Nuisance Out of Name Calling and Other Nonsense by Kate Cohen-Posey
Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements
Martha Walks the Dog by Susan Meddaugh
Marvin Redpost: Why Pick On Me? by Louis Sachar
Men Of Stone by Gayle Friesen
Mom, They're Teasing Me by Michael Thompson
Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg
Nothing Wrong With A Three-Legged Dog by Graham McNamee
Painted Words/Spoken Memories by Aliki
Secret Friends by Elizabeth Laird
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen
Stick Up For Yourself by Gershen Kaufman and Lev Raphael
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Field of the Dogs by Katherine Peterson
The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
When Kids Drive Kids Crazy: How to Get Along With Your Friends and Enemies by Eda LeShan
Whitewash by Ntozake Shange
Willy the Wimp by Anthony Browne
Wings by Christopher A. Myers
Children's Bo

There are Karate anti-bulling classes. Now, before anyone goes insane regarding fighting, I have NO IDEA what the classes are all about but I do know that it's just another avenue to investigate. Good luck!!

no, i have not been able to find any. the closest i came to finding one was purpulicious (sp?) for girls, but that was about loving oneself no matter what. mine are five. we talk a lot about how to defend themselves, who to talk to and what to do. mine take taekwon do, and are pretty confident kids.
a few months ago, a girl said something to one of my twins. she didn't tell the teacher or anyone, until she came home. then she told me. it wasn't something huge, but enough to have upset my daughter. she was actually distraught about the words said to her. i wrote a letter to the teacher, put it in her folder, then the next day when i dropped her off, i told the teacher that there was a letter for her, and that i want it addressed that day, or i will.
she did. asked why the girl said those words to my daughter, made her apologize, took recess from her, and sent a report letter to her parents. all this in front of my daughter. my daughter was amazed, super happy, that she was protected. she realized if she talks and tells things will happen right away. she even felt sorry for the girl for losing recess, and went and told her that she forgave and were still friends.
so, i guess, what i am saying is, kids learn best through experience. i had talked to my daughters all the time about being bullied, talked down to etc, and what to do, and it seems that none of it mattered. when the other child was reprimanded, and gotten in trouble over it, my daughter learned.
other kids learned too. i doubt anyone will ever do anything to others.

its important that he knows he should tell you whats going on, but in order to give him tools at that moment, one of the best things you can do with him is role play. give him a chance to practice standing tall and saying firmly and calmly "stop it. i dont like that" etc. or humor if you think that will work better for him, or calmly walking away if that is what he can do best. it depends on your son and what he is comfortable with, letting him act it out will not only help both of you to see what he is most comfortable with, but it will give him confidence to see that he can say it, and it will also come more naturally to him at the needed time. practice it in a casual way here and there.
im not sure what you are talking about when you ask about an adult overpowering him. that is a very different situation, especially for a 5 year old. this is very different, and even more important for you to teach him. if an adult is truly overpowering him, you have to assume they mean to do harm and that he is in a situation. you need to teach him to run, scream, scream "I DONT KNOW YOU", teach him to fight hard and dirty (groin,eyes,nose, etc), teach him that no adult needs his help finding something, etc, teach him to do anything he has to do to never get in a strangers car, dont get in arms reach, run the other way from the way a car is facing, who to run to in an emergency, etc.... and so on. role play this too.

Are you trying to prepare your son ahead of time for the possibility of bullying, or trying to address a specific bullying situation?

My daughter is in first grade and was having trouble with classmates stealing her lunch at school. They were friends of hers, and earlier in the year, it was more of a bartering system, but one girl was more of a "leader of the pack" and the situation got out of hand. My daughter reluctantly told us about it when we could see something was wrong and we spoke to the teacher about it, who in turn called each of the students involved out to the hallway to talk to them in private. She quickly made the "leader" realize she would be sad if the situation were reversed. This works very well with little kids and I think is the right approach, and I think it benefits the bully and the victim. Your son should know that he is allowed and you want him to say "no" to being bullied. He can tell them that he does not like the way they are behaving, that they are mean, that he does not want to give them his lunch (or whatever). He should also know that it is ok to tell a responsible adult when something like this happens, that it is NOT tattling to report being bullied. When the bullies are older, and have gained a sense of power from getting away with this behavior for years, doing these things will probably do little to stop the behavior. It is still important to report them to people who should be responsible (teacher, etc.) and schools are beginning to take a slightly stronger stance against bullying, but have a long way to go. Whether or not your son will have a witty retort for a bully will depend more on his own personality, and less on the books and movies he's been exposed to. Let him know you support him and that no one has a right to treat him badly, and that he doesn't have to take it (I don't mean he should fight, I mean he should speak up for himself AND report the kids). When you do see a positive or funny way of handling a bad situation, you can point it out to your son, but I don't know any specific books or movies.