This children's book was written to explain and define to both students and their parents the meaning of the learning disability of Dyslexia. Nicki Nice, the title character, describes what it feels like to deal with this challenge and how to cope and achieve with this learning challenge. The author of this book, Dr. Fran White, has tested and evaluated children such a learning disability, Dyslexia, and provides an in depth understanding in the description of this learning difference. Dyslexia deeply effects the academic performance and self esteem of children afflicted with this condition...

NICKI NICE'S BULLY is a narrative of a frightening classmate who is a mean bully as, perhaps, your child has experienced. Nicki, the main character, does not understand why this classmate acts this way. She does, wisely, seek the advice of her teacher and a school counselor and is provided with clinical reasons why a child will bully others such as herself. Nicki then begins to understand how this unpleasant experience can be changed. The following is an excerpt from this book: -Bullies do not make me feel very nice and make me want to cry and cry and cry Bullies are mean and ugly inside....

This book is a fictional autobiography about family secrets and how such a secret impacts upon Brandy's life. Brandy, the protagonist, was abandoned as a baby and raised by paternal grandparents who did contribute to the family secret. Brandy travels from her home in America to London, the location of her early roots and an initial meeting with her biological mother and sister who also was abandoned. Racism and the search for racial identity is a primary theme of this book. This book has been favorably reviewed and read by many and featured in many publications as well as a TV interview.