Caldecott Medal
Home Page Sponsored by the American Library Association, this page
tells about all the winners of this award for the artist of the "most distinguished American picture
book for children."
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Child Abuse Prevention Network
Aimed at professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect.
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Child & Family Web Guide
Tufts University's "gateway to the best sites about children."
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Child Welfare League of America
"an association of more than 1,100 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist
over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families..."
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Children Now
"This
new web tool tracks 26 key, interrelated indicators of [California}
children's well-being by county, providing a current measure and trend for
each. The relative performances of counties on every indicator are
highlighted and grouped by county population density and per capita income."
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Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood
Education A section of the Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC) devoted to information about "development, education, and care of children from
birth through early adolescence."
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Educarer Intended
for "all those who care for infants in any capacity whatsoever."
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Kids
Count Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this website tracks
"the status of children in the U.S." in an effort to "to
secure better futures for all children."
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Language Development in Children Includes a chart of "Typical
Language Development." Check their "Home" page for other topics dealing with
Child Development.
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National Center for Early
Development & Learning Based at the University of North Carolina, this
resource addresses issues related to "cognitive, social and emotional
development of children from birth through age eight."
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National Educational Service
"...provides tested and proven
resources to help those who work with youth create safe and caring schools,
agencies, and communities where all children succeed."
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Newbery Medal
Home Page Lists authors who have been recognized for " most distinguished contribution to American literature for
children."
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Parentstages
"Expecting," "New Parent" and "Growing Parent" are
the three major divisions on this site, but there's more: education, family,
health, the list goes on.
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StorkNet
In their welcome page, this site introduces itself as "The friendliest
pregnancy and parenting community online!"
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Teaching
Tolerance A great place for anti-bias new--and sites that promote
diversity--for teachers, parents, teens and kids.
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Zero to Three National
Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families--a non-profit charitable organization
whose aim is to...promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
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Dictionaries |
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| Children, young adults, and the law : a dictionary |
REF KF 479 A68 A76 1998 |
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Directories |
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| Complete directory for pediatric disorders |
REF RJ 61 C65 2000 |
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Encyclopedias |
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| Encyclopedia of parenting theory and research |
REF HQ 755.8 E523 1999 |
| Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence |
REF HQ 772 G27 1998 |
| International companion encyclopedia of children's
literature |
REF PN 1008.5 I57 1996 |
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Handbooks |
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| Handbook of infant mental health |
REF RJ 502.5 H362 2000 |
| Parenting A to Z |
REF HQ 769 F717 1996 |
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Statistics |
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| America's children : key national indicators of well-being |
REF HQ 792 U6 A512 2000 |
| Growing up in America : an atlas of youth in the USA |
REF HB 1323 C52 U658 1998 |
| Ten years of reporting child maltreatment |
REF HV 741 U63 2001 |
Last updated on12/11/08 by
Michelle
Blackman