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Title	Author	Subject	Description	Code
1001 Things to Spot in Fairyland	Doherty	Play & Games	Practice identifying and matching various fairy objects	CCRR
250 Management Success Stories from Child Care Center Directors	Child Care Information Exchange	Business	Topics include motivation, training, benefits, meetings, parent relations, resource development and management	L2-8, CCRR
Activities for the Spark, Volume 1	Lewman, Fowler	Curriculum, Early Literacy	Curriculum designed around children’s books	CCRR
Activities for the Spark, Volume 2	Lewman, Fowler	Curriculum, Early Literacy	Curriculum designed around children’s books	CCRR
Administering Programs for Young Children	McCracken, NAEYC	Business	Covers staffing, programming, child health, families and management	CCRR
Art: Basic for Young Children	Lasky, Mukerji, NAEYC	Art , Preschool	Why and how to implement art and creative experiences	CCRR
Big Book of Fairy Things to Make and Do	Gilpin, Pratt, Watt	Activities, Crafts	50 fun fairy-inspired things for children to make	CCRR
Block Book, The	Hirsch, NAEYC	Toys, Play & Games	Discusses the value of block play and its effective uses	CCRR, FCC3, L2-1
Blueprint for Action	Bloom, Sheerer, Britz	Business	Achieving Center-Based Change Through Staff Development	CCRR
Building Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books: For Children 3-5	Beaty	Literacy, Special Needs	Help children relate to and accept people of varying cultures	CCRR
Building Your Baby’s Brain	Dodge, Heroman	Child Development	Suggestions for nurturing brain development	FCC3 (2), L1-2 (2), CCRR (2)
Calming Your Fussy Baby The Brazelton Way	Brazelton	Infant/Toddler, Child Development	Step-by-step advice for calming fussy newborns	CCRR
Caring for Our Children (video series handbook)	American Academy of Pediatrics	Health & Safety	National health and safety performance standards	CCRR
Celebrate! An Anti-Bias Guide to Enjoying Holidays	Bisson	Curriculum	Strategies for implementing culturally and developmentally appropriate holiday activities	CCRR, L2-7
Child Care Center Management Guide	Cherry, Harkness, Kuzma, Bates	Business	A hands-on resource including tips on financial management and legal disclosures	CCRR
Child Care That Works	Cochran	Partnering with Parents	Parents’ guide to finding quality child care	CCRR
Childhood Emergencies: What To Do	Marin Child Care Council	Health & Safety	A quick reference guide for emergency situations	CCRR
Children’s Play: The Roots of Reading	Zigler, Singer, Bishop-Josef	Early Literacy, Play & Games	The importance of play in literacy development and more	CCRR
Children's Step-By-Step Cook Book, The	Wilkes	Food & Nutrition	Photographic cooking lessons for young chefs	CCRR
Circle of Influence	Bloom	Business	Implementing shared decision making and participative management	CCRR
Clip Art Collection II	Carson-Dellosa	Arts & Crafts	see title	CCRR
Clip Art Collection III	Carson-Dellosa	Arts & Crafts	see title	CCRR
Companies That Care	Morgan, Tucker	Business, Partnering with Parents	Information on the most family-friendly companies in America, what they offer and how they got that way	CCRR
Complete Guide to Choosing Child Care, The	Berezin	Partnering with Parents	The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral’s guide to choosing child care	CCRR
Developing and Administering a Child Care Center	Sciarra, Dorsey	Business	Details on what is involved in the start-up and day-to-day operation of a child care center.	CCRR
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs	NAEYC, Bredekamp, Copple	Child Development	Developmentally appropriate practice and guidelines	CCRR, L1-1 (2)
Director Tips	Pre-K Today	Business	Tips on staff development, curriculum, health, safety and parent relations	CCRR
Discipline The Brazelton Way	Brazelton	Discipline, Child Development	Unique solutions to helping children become well-behaved and cooperative	CCRR
Don't Let Your Career Hurt Your Kids (cassette tape)	Scoresby	Child Issues, Partnering with Parents	Cassette tape to help parents to successfully adapt between work and home	CCRR
Employers and Family Day Care	Ward	FCC	Background information on employer support for child care	CCRR
Even More Fizzle, Bubble, Pop & Wow!	Murphy	Science, Curriculum	Simple science experiments for young children	CCRR
Everything For Fall	Charner	Curriculum	Variety of activity and projects ideas for the months of September through November	CCRR
Everything for Spring	Charner	Curriculum	Variety of activity and project ideas for the months of March through May	CCRR
Everything for Winter	Charner	Curriculum	Variety of activity and project ideas for the months of December through February	CCRR
Explorations with Young Children	Mitchell, David, Bank Street College of Education	Curriculum	Curriculum principles for early childhood programs	CCRR
Fairy Cooking	Gilpin, Atkinson	Activities	Delightful book of delicious fairy-inspired recipes for children	CCRR
Fairy Houses	Kane	Dramatic Play	Beautifully illustrated story of a young girl and her experience with fairies and building fairy houses	CCRR
Fairy Houses...Everywhere!	Kane	Arts & Crafts	A photographic tour revealing the power of imagination in the creative and fun world of Fairy Houses	CCRR
Fairy Things to Make and Do Activity Cards	Usborne	Activities, Crafts	50 Activity Cards filled with fairy-inspired activities for children	CCRR
Families in Focus	Boswell	Partnering with Parents	Seven secrets to a successful family	CCRR
Family Child Care Contracts & Policies	Copeland	Business	How to be businesslike in a caring profession	CCRR, FCC4 (3)
Family Day Care Providers Management Guide	Cherry, Harkness	FCC, Business	A large binder full of management suggestions	FCC4, CCRR
Family-Friendly Communication for Early Childhood Programs	Diffily, Morrison, NAEYC	Partnering with Parents, Business	Reader friendly, educational messages to add into letters to parents	CCRR, L2-6
Feeding The Brazelton Way	Brazelton	Child Development, Food	Guide to helping parents avoid the most common and frustrating feeding problems for any age	CCRR
File Folder Games: Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade	Carson-Dellosa	Activities	see title	CCRR
File Folder Games: Reading and Math	Carson-Dellosa	Activities	see title	CCRR
Focus On The Children (cassette tapes)	Scoresby	Child Issues, Partnering with Parents	Six cassette tapes for helping parents understand their child's growth	CCRR
Folder Game Festival for Preschool and Kindergarten	Commins	Activities	Hundreds of easy-to-construct, fun-to-do games and projects using ordinary file folders.	CCRR
Giving it Some Thought	Rand	Business	Scenarios for practicing early childhood decision-making	CCRR
Great Outdoors, The	Rivkin	Play & Games, Child Issues	Urges a restoration of children’s right to play outside	L2-2, CCRR
Group Games in Early Education	Kamii, DeVries, NAEYC	Play & Games	Implications of Piaget's theory	CCRR
Guide to Successful Fundraising	Child Care Information Exchange	Business	10 articles dealing with successful keys to raising funds	CCRR
Guide to Toilet Training	American Academy of Pediatrics	Child Development	Step-by-step guide for ways to encourage progress in toileting	CCRR
Healthy Foundations	Center for Family Life Education	Child Issues	Teacher’s guide to responding to young children’s questions and behaviors regarding sexuality	CCRR
Healthy Sexuality Development	Chrisman, Couchenour, NAEYC	Child Issues & Development	A guide to supporting children’s developing sexuality	CCRR
Heart to Heart Caregiving	Powell	FCC, Curriculum	Sourcebook of family day care activities, projects and practical provider support	FCC1, FCC3, FCC4, CCRR
Holiday Origami	Smolinski, Urton	Crafts, Curriculum	Create special celebrations with paper	CCRR
Human Side of Child Care Administration, The	Storm	Business	A how-to manual for early childhood directors	CCRR
Infant/Toddler Care and Education	Weiser	Infant/Toddler	Textbook, see title	CCRR
Kid’s Guide to Service Projects, The	Lewis	School Age, Activities	500+ service ideas for young people	SA3, CCRR
Language and Literacy	High/Scope	Preschool, Literacy,	Recognize and support important learning experiences in the classroom, center or home	CCRR
Learning to Read and Write (small ivory booklet)	NAEYC, IRA	Early Literacy	Joint position statement of NAEYC and IRA on developmentally appropriate practices for young children	CCRR, L2-2
Learning to Read and Write (large green book)	Neuman, Copple, Bredekamp, NAEYC	Early Literacy, Preschool	Research and developmentally appropriate practices for young children	CCRR, FCC1, L2-2
Let’s Play Outdoors	Baker, NAEYC	Play & Games, Child Care Environment	Developmentally appropriate outdoor play opportunities	L1-1, FCC2, CCRR
Literacy Through Play	Owocki	Early Literacy	Path for teachers to use playtime to teach children literacy skills	CCRR
Making Home-Based Child Care Work For You	McDonough-Abunassar	FCC, Curriculum	More than 10 sample forms and worksheets for providers and parents and more than 130 inexpensive, creative activities for children	CCRR
More Alike Than Different: a Staff Training Manual	Fink, New Jersey Office of Child Care	Special Needs	Including children with special needs in school age child care settings	CCRR
More Than Counting	Moomaw, Hieronymus	Math, Preschool, Curriculum	Whole math activities for preschool and kindergarten	CCRR, SR2 (2)
Mud, Sand, and Water	Hill, NAEYC	Science, Curriculum,	Planning for the use of water, dirt and sand for children's enjoyment and learning	CCRR
Music in Our Lives: The Early Years	McDonald, NAEYC	Music	Meaningful musical experiences and guidelines for incorporating music with young children	CCRR
Nature Crafts for Kids	Diehn, Krautwurst	Science, Crafts	50 fantastic things to make with Mother Nature's help	CCRR
New Forms Kit for Early Childhood Programs, The	Early Childhood Directors Association	Business	Ready-to-use forms for every need	CCRR, L2-7
Number in Preschool and Kindergarten	Kamii	Math, Preschool	Practical guide based on Piaget's theories for everyday activities and games to stimulate numerical thinking	CCRR
Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children	Cohen, Stern	Assessment	See title	CCRR
Ooey Gooey Handbook, The	Murphy	Curriculum, Environments	Identifying and creating child-centered environments	CCRR
Opening Your Door to Children: How To Start a Family Day Care Program	Modigliani, Reiff, Jones, NAEYC	FCC, Business	Tips for those planning a family day care program	FCC2, FCC3, FCC4, CCRR
Parent Relations: Building an Active Partnership	Child Care Information Exchange	Partnering with Parents	Compilation of articles on building relationships with parents	CCRR, L2-6
Picture Book Storytelling	Beaty	Early Literacy	Literature activities for young children, textbook	CCRR
Places and Spaces for Preschool And Primary (Indoors)	Vergeront, NAEYC	Preschool, Child Care Environment	Setting up the indoor early childhood space	CCRR, FCC2
Places and Spaces for Preschool And Primary (Outdoors)	Vergeront, NAEYC	Preschool, Child Care Environment	Setting up the outdoor early childhood space	CCRR
Planning Environments for Young Children: Physical Space	Kritchevsky, Prescott, Walling, NAEYC	Child Care Environment	Planning physical space for young children	CCRR, L2-1(2)
Playing for Keeps	Phillips, Early Childhood Consortium	Play, Child Issues	Companion to Play in Practice, supporting young children’s play	CCRR
Playing with Print	Bloom	Early Literacy, Preschool	Incorporating print into every part of the day	L2-2, SR1, CCRR
Practical Guide to Quality Child Care, The	Schiller, Carter Dyke	Business	Management techniques, public relations, personnel policies, sample forms and more!	CCRR
Prime Times	Greenman, Stonehouse	Infant/Toddler	Handbook for excellence in infant and toddler programs	IT2 (2), CCRR
Project Approach, The: Making Curriculum Come Alive, Book 1	Chard	Curriculum	Understanding and using the project approach to teaching young children	CCRR
Project Approach, The: Managing Successful Projects, Book 2	Chard	Curriculum	Preparing, conducting and managing the project approach to teaching	CCRR
Quality in Child Care: What Does Research Tell Us?	Phillips, NAEYC	Assessment, Business	Research monographs of NAEYC regarding quality indicators in child care	CCRR
Reading Magic	Fox	Early Literacy	How bonding through books and reading aloud changes lives	L2-1, L2-2, CCRR
Reading Right from the Start	Bickart, Dodge	Early Literacy, Partnering with Parents	What parents can do in the first five years to help children become readers and writers	CCRR
Resources for Creative Teaching in Early Childhood Education	Hamilton, Flemming	Curriculum	Curriculum ideas for self-concept, families, holidays, seasons, animals, transportation and the world	CCRR
Roots & Wings	York	Curriculum, Special Needs, Behavior	Guide to anti-bias education for young children	CCRR
Sleep The Brazelton Way	Brazelton	Infant/Toddler, Child Development	Practical advice for helping children sleep through the night	CCRR
Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head	Hannaford	Movement	Why movement is critical to learning	CCRR
Spark Curriculum for Early Childhood	Lewman, Fowler	Curriculum, Early Literacy	Implementation guide for curriculum designed around children’s books	CCRR
Sparkly Touchy-Feely Fairies	Watt	Dramatic Play	Visit the magical world of fairies as they sprinkle flowers with fairy dust, paint rainbows and light up the stars at night	CCRR
Spreading the News	Carter, Curtis	Inspirational, Child Issues	Sharing the stories of early childhood education	L2-8 (2), CCRR
Stepping Stones to Using Caring For Our Children	US Department of Health and Human Services	Health & Safety	National health and safety performance standards guidelines for out-of-home child care programs	CCRR
Stories of Fairies	Lester	Dramatic Play	Join the magical world of fairies as they solve mysteries, take flying lessons and attend fairy balls	CCRR
Sympathetic Understanding of the Child	Elkind	Child Development	Describes personal, social and intellectual development of children from birth to age 16	CCRR
Teaching by Heart	Chenfeld	Inspirational	A book for teachers and others who follow their hearts	CCRR
That's Not My Fairy	Watt	Dramatic Play	Fun fairy board book aimed at very young children with bright pictures, patches of varying textures and designs to develop sensory and language awareness	CCRR
Toilet Training The Brazelton Way	Brazelton	Child Development	Guide to helping children with successful toileting without fuss and turmoil	CCRR
Touchpoints: Birth to 3	Brazelton	Development, Infant/Toddler	Essential reference for the early years	CCRR
Touchpoints: 3 to 6	Brazelton	Development, Infant/Toddler	Your child's emotional and behavioral development	CCRR
Touchpoints Volume 2: The First Month Through The First Year (video)	Brazelton	Development, Infant/Toddler	Video series on parenting	CCRR
Touchpoints Volume 3: One Year Through Toddlerhood (video)	Brazelton	Development, Infant/Toddler	Video series on parenting	CCRR
What Happened to the World?	Greenman	Child Issues	A booklet for helping children cope in turbulent times	CCRR
When Mothers & Fathers Work	Magid, Fleming	Child Issues, Partnering with Parents	Creative ways to succeed with both family and career	CCRR
Who’s Calling the Shots?	Carlsson-Paige, Levin	Child Issues, Behavior & Guidance	How to respond effectively to children’s fascination with war play and war toys	CCRR
Words Can Hurt You	Thomson	Child Issues, Behavior & Guidance	A book on beginning a program of anti-bias education	CCRR
Young Exceptional Children	Division for Early Childhood	Behavior & Guidance, Child Issues	Practical ideas for addressing challenging behaviors	GE4, CCRR
Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years	Helm, Katz, NAEYC	Curriculum	Ideas for developing investigative projects with young children	CCRR

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