Keith Sullivan: The Anti-Bullying Handbook

Oxford University Press

$24.95

Bullying is every child's and parent's nightmare, with good reason. Such physical and psychological abuse ranks just below the death of somebody close as the worst thing experienced, according to a 1996 study of New Zealand first and second-formers.

Sullivan, who teaches in the School of Education at Victoria University of Wellington, has produced a clear, learned and accessible book designed to be useful for parents, teachers, counsellors or anyone trying to solve the problem of bullying.

It includes up-to-date information on what bullying is, how to deal with it as it occurs and how to monitor it so that it doesn't recur, and advice on setting up anti-bullying programmes.