Rowan Hartwell
Available Now · Verbal Bullying
Words Are Not Walls
Emma’s Story
Emma’s sketchbook is full of creatures no one has ever drawn — until the whispering starts, and one quiet truth changes everything.
The Lighthouse Club · An ongoing SEL series
It’s Not You,
It’s Them.
Gentle, honest chapter books about bullying — for the kids who carry things quietly, and the grown-ups who want to help them understand it was never their fault.
What the series believes
Bullying is about the person doing it — never the child on the other end. Every kid deserves to know, early, that they are not the problem.
The library
The Books
Each Lighthouse Club story follows a different kid through a different kind of bullying — and every one arrives at the same quiet truth.
More Lighthouse Club stories are on the way
For classrooms, counseling offices & homeschools
Schools, Counselors & Homeschools
The Lighthouse Club is written as social-emotional learning (SEL) — stories first, with tools that fit a real lesson, a counseling session, or a homeschool day.
Free Educator & Counselor Kit
A companion kit for Book One — a home reading guide, a classroom lesson plan, and a small-group discussion guide. Request it below and we’ll send it your way.
- Honest, kid-sized stories about bullying, each with a hopeful turn
- Reflection prompts and coping tools built into the back matter
- Ready for read-alouds, small groups, and one-on-one sessions
- A ready-made SEL lesson for homeschool days — story, discussion, and activities in one
- Classroom sets, author visits, and review copies available on request
- An ongoing series — more titles on the way
Request the free kit
For teachers, school counselors, homeschool families, and librarians — get the Book One kit, or ask about bulk orders and visits.
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Or email us at info@rowanhartwellbooks.com
The author
About Rowan Hartwell
Rowan Hartwell writes for the children adults often miss — the quiet ones, the ones who carry it home, and the ones who learn early that being themselves can come with a cost.
The Lighthouse Club grew out of watching someone loved navigate cruelty that was never about them. Every book leads, gently, to the same place.
It’s not you. It’s them.