Library list
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A - Activities
B - Art
C - Music
D– Curriculum
E – Early Childhood Education and Teaching
F – Child Care Center Resources
G – Home Day Care Resources
H – Small Business Resources
I – Career Development & Professional Resources
J – Reports, Studies, Workshop and Seminar Info
K - Nutrition & Cooking
L – Health
M – Mental Health & Stress
N – Disabilities/Special Needs
O – Safety
P – Child Development
Q – Behavior
R – Self-Esteem
S – Child Abuse/Neglect
T – Domestic Violence
U – Substance Use/Abuse
V – Communication
W – Discipline
X – Parents
Y – Pregnancy & Sexuality
Z – Children’s Books
ZZ – Videos
ZZ-Audio Tapes

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A-ACT            1,001 Activities Guide

A-AME           Ready*Set*Read for Caregivers – Early Childhood
                        Language Activities

A-AME           Ready*Set*Read for Families – Early Childhood
                        Language Activities

A-APP            The Caring for Infant & Toddler Book

A-BLA             Activities for School-Age Child Care

A-BUR            Pathways: Guidance Activities for Young Children

A-CAP            It Takes All Parts

A-CAR            Children’s Games Made Easy  (2 copies)

A-CHE            Creative Experiences for Young Children  (2 copies)

A-COH           Snail Trails & Tadpole Tales: Nature Education for
                        Young Children

A-COL            Pumpkin in a Pear Tree

A-COO           Odds & Ends: Learning Activities for Preschoolers
                          (3 copies) 

A-COP           The Further Adventures of Cardboard Carpentry

A-EDC           Exploring Childhood, Working with Children, Doing Things 
                          (3 copies) 

A-FAG            The 5 Sense Book of Learning Materials

A-FRI              The Scrap Book – A Collection of Activities for
                        Preschoolers

A-GRE            The Incredible Indoor Games Book

A-HAA            Big Book of Fun

A-HAR            Science Experiences for the Early Childhood Years

A-HIL              Mud, Sand and Water  (2 copies)

A-HON            Playtime Learning Games for Young Children

A-INS              Foolproof, Failsafe Seasonal Science

A-JOH            838 Ways to Amuse a Child

A-KEM           Number and Logic Games for Preschoolers:
                       150 Brain-Boosting Activities

A-MAC           Word and Music Games for Toddlers and Two’s:
                        More Than 150 Brain-Boosting Activities

A-MAR           Learning Through Play

A-MOR           Get Ready, Set, Grow!  A Preplanned Calendar of
                        Preschool Activities

A-NAE            Science Experiences for Nursery School Children

A-NAE            Water, Sand & Mud as Play Materials

A-NEW           Early Childhood Teachers Almanac – Activities for Every
                        Month of the Year

A-OXL            150 Great Science Experiments – Ingenious, Easy-to-Do Projects Explore and Explain the Wonders of Science and Technology

A-PRE            All Around Town: Exploring Your Community Through Craft Fun

A-PRO            Beautiful Junk

A-RAZ            Simply Fun Things to Make & Do

A-RED            Busy Fingers, Growing Minds

A-RED            Teachables From Trashables – Homemade Toys That Teach

A-ROG           Mister Rogers' Plan and Play Book

A-SHA            101 Gifts & Novelties Children Can Make All Year Round

A-STA           Ready-to-Use Activities for Before & After School
                        Programs (2 copies)

A-USD            Fun and Learning for Parents and Children –
                        An Activities Handbook

A-USD            Read*Write*Now – Activities for Reading and Writing Fun

A-USD            Toys: Fun in the Making  (4 copies)

A-USI              Preschooler’s Homework Book: Learning Games
                        for Parents & Children

A-WAN           A Handbook of Arts & Crafts

A-WIL             Look!             

A-WIL             Touch!

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B-HOO            Art Activities For the Very Young

B-KEL            Analyzing Children’s Art

B-KOH            Good Earth Art

B-LAS             Art-Basic for Your Children  (2 copies) 

B-LOW           Creative & Mental Growth

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C-BRA            Holiday Music Activities for the Entire School Year

C-COL            The New Singing Time: A Book of Songs for Little Children

C-WIL             Listen!

C-ZIN              Music in Your Classroom

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D-ACT            As I Am  (5 copies)

D-ACT            As You Are – Training Manual for AS I AM Curriculum (6 copies)

D-ADC           Play Together, Grow Together

D-AGE           All About You – Teacher’s Guide

D-BRI              Pattern for Healthful Living: Me & Myself

D-BRO           Curriculum Planning for Young Children

D-CAP           Inside Me: A Kindergarten Career Development Curriculum

D-CHA           A Planning Guide to the Preschool Curriculum

D-COP           The Young Child and Mathematics

D-CRY            Active Learning for Ones

D- DER          Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children

D-DOD           The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care

D-EAR            Materials: A Useful List of Classroom Items That Can Be Scrounged or Purchased

D-FOR            Early Learning Bulletin Boards

D-HAL            Creative Resources for the Anti-Bias Classroom

D-HUG           Let’s Enjoy Poetry

D-KRE            Adventures in Peacemaking: A Conflict Resolution Activity Guide for School-Age Programs

D-LEA             Learning Centers

D-MAI             “The Mailbox-The Idea Magazine for Teachers” – Jan/Feb 1988

D-MAI             “The Mailbox-The Idea Magazine for Teachers” – Feb/Mar 1998

D-MYE            The Live Oak Curriculum

D-PAL             Human Development Program: Preschool and Kindergarten

D-PAR            Renewing the Social Studies Curriculum

D-PRU            A Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet (2 copies)

D-ROC           Linking Language: Simple Language and Literacy Activities Throughout the Curriculum

D-SUL            Feeling Strong, Feeling Free: Movement Exploration for Young Children (2 copies)

D-TEA            Starting Small – Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades

D-UNI              Share It With the Children – A Preschool Curriculum on Aging

D-WHI             Peace Begins with Me- A Non-Violent Values Curriculum

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E-APP            How to Teach Children to Follow Rules

E-APP            The Keys to Success in Child Care – Study Guide

E-APP            Teach with Zest: Curriculum Basics

E-CAR            The Growing Teacher

E-CAR            The War Play Dilemma

E-CRE            A Show of Hands: Using Puppets with Young Children

E-DRE            Discipline Without Tears: How to Reduce Conflict and Establish
                      Cooperation in the Classroom

E-FRE            Getting Involved – Workshops for Parents

E-GAL            Teacher-Parent Relationships

E-GAL            Tools for Learning: A Guide to Teaching Study Skills

E-HAR            Young Investigators – The Project Approach in the Early Years

E-KAM           Number in Preschool & Kindergarten

E-KEL            The Everything New Teacher Book: Increase Your Confidence, Connect with Your Students, and Deal with the Unexpected

E-MET            Classroom Management

E-PHI              Essentials for Child Development Associates Working with Young Children (4 copies)

E-PHI              Essentials for Child Development Associates Working with Young Children Units 7&8 (2 copies)

E-PHI              Seminar Instructor’s Guide for the CDA Preparation Program

E-SEE            Continuing Issues in Early Childhood Education

E-STA            Teacher Evaluation: Six Prescriptions for Success

E-TEE             Teach with Style: A Comprehensive System for Teaching Adults

E-WAT           Teacher Smart

E-WOL           Connecting: Friendship in the Lives of Young Children and
                     Their Teachers

E-YEL             Promoting Meaningful Learning

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F-ADM           Parent Involvement in Day Care – A Resource Manual for Day Care Providers

F-AME            Caring for Our Children – National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs – 1^st Edition (1992)

F-AME            Caring for Our Children – National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs – 2^nd Edition (2002)

F-AME            Stepping Stones to Using ‘Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs’

F-APP             The Path to Power – Book

F-CHI              Fostering Improved Staff Performance

F-DEC            Planning & Administering Early Childhood Programs

F-DIT              The Infants We Care For

F-FER             Places for Growing-How to Improve your Child Care Center

F-GRE            Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children’s Environments
                      that Work (2 copies)

F-GRE            Places for Childhoods: Making Quality Happen in the Real World

F-HAR            Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (Revised Edition)

F-HEA            Developing a Head Start Training Plan

F-HEA            Head Start Bulletin 4/01 – Screening and Assessment in Head Start
                      (2 copies)

F-HEA            Head Start Program Performance Standards

F-HEA            Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs (3 copies)

F-HIN              Practical Strategies for Making Your Program the Best It Can Be

F-KAP           Child Care Resource & Business Kit "How to Open a
                      Child Care Center"

F-KIN              Good Going: Successful Potty Training for Children in Child Care

F-KIN              No Biting: Policy and Practice for Toddler Programs

F-KOP            Head Start and Child Care: Partners Not Competitors

F-KRI              Planning Environments for Young Children: Physical Space (3 copies)

F-MAI              School-Age Child Care – A Guide for School Administrators in
                      Maine (4 copies)

F-MOR           Managing the Day Care Dollars – A Financial Handbook

F-NAE            Accreditation Criteria & Procedures of the National Academy of
 Early Childhood Programs

F-NAE            Guide to Accreditation by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children

F-NAE            NAEYC Accreditation Readiness Survey

F-NAT             Standards for Quality School-Age Child Care

F-NOV            All About Child Care (2 copies)

F-NOV            All About Child Care – Instructor’s Manual 

F-NOV            All About Child Care – Trainee’s Manual

F-SIS              Kids Club: A School-Age Program Guide for Directors

F-USD            Day Care Series: 7 – Administration

F-WAT            The Complete Book of Forms for Managing the Early
                      Childhood Programs

F-WES           A Guide to Creating Partnerships with Parents

F-WES           A Guide to Culturally Sensitive Care

F-WES           Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers - Trainer’s Manual
                       Module III: Learning and Development

F-WES           Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers - Trainer’s Manual Module
                      IV: Culture, Family, and Providers

F-ZER             Caring for Infants & Toddlers in Groups (2 copies)

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G-ALE            The Home Day Care Handbook

G-CHI             Helping Children Love Themselves and Others: A Professional Handbook for Family Day Care

G-CHI             Insuring Your Future: Liability Insurance & Day Care

G-CHO           Creating Sex-Fair Family Day Care

G-COP           Family Child Care Contracts & Policies: How to Be Businesslike in a Caring Profession

G-COP           Family Child Care Record-Keeping Guide

G-COP           Family Child Care Tax Workbook – For 1997 Tax Forms (2 copies)

G-COP           Family Child Care 1999 Tax Workbook (3 copies)

G-COP           Teaching Family Child Care Record Keeping and Tax
                      Preparation (3 copies)

G-DHS           Rules for Home Day Care Providers

G-DOM           Turning Research Into Action: How Family Child Care
                      Associations Can Promote High Quality Child Care

G-FER            Places for Growing: How to Improve Your Family Child Care Home

G-HAR            Family Day Care Rating Scale (2 copies)

G-HIL              Taking the Questions Out of Day Care

G-KEN            Family Child Care Health & Safety Checklist (3 copies)

G-KOR           Caring for Children in Family Child Care – Volume I

G-KOR           Caring for Children in Family Child Care – Volume II

G-NAT            Marketing Kit for Family Day Care Providers

G-OSB           Room for Loving, Room for Learning

G-WAR           Employers and Family Day Care

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H-CHI              Not Too Small to Care: Small Businesses and Child Care

H-SMA           Quality Child Care Makes Good Business Sense (5 copies)

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I-AME             Strategic Planning Workbook for Non-Profit Organizations

I-AXE              Creating and Renewing Advisory Boards: Strategies for Success

I-BER              How to Organize & Operate a Small Library

I-BLA              The One Minute Manager  (2 copies)

I-BLA              Putting the One Minute Manager to Work – How to Turn the
                      3 Secrets into Skills

I-BRI                Working with People – The Helping Process

I-BUR              Employer-Supported Child Care: Investing in Human Resources

I-CEN             Help Workers Boost Their Paychecks: Promote the
                      Earned Income Credit

I-CHI                Speaking Out for Child Care: A Legal Guide to Advocay for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies

I-CLU              Spreading the Word – How to Publish a Newsletter

I-CON             Residential Square Foot Costs – Contractor’s Pricing Guide

I-COO             Univ. of Maine Cooperative Extension Publications Catalog

I-DEE              Interviewing: More Than a Gut Feeling

I-DOM             Community Mobilization: Strategies to Support Young Children & Their Families

I-HEA              Head Start Bulletin 7/00 – Conflict Management

I-HEA              Promoting Family Literacy Through Head Start

I-MAC             Teamwork Through Time Management

I-MAI               Guide to Grants and Services

I-MAI               Maine Alternative Yellow & Green Pages

I-MAI               Raising Readers Information

I-MAZ              “And don’t call me a racist!”  A Treasury of Quotes on the Past, Present, and Future of the Color Line in America

I-NAE              Employer-Assisted Child Care – A NAEYC Resource Guide

I-NAE              Information Kit on Employer-Assisted Child Care

I-NAE              Quality, Compensation, & Affordability in Early Childhood Programs – An Action Kit

I-NEC              Guidelines and Recommended Practices for the Individualized Family Service Plan

I-PEN              Skills for Working Together

I-PIC                An Introduction to Social Work: A Primer (2 copies) 

I-RAN              Strategies for Working with Culturally Diverse Communities & Clients

I-SIM               Planning & Marketing Conferences & Workshops

I-STO              Management

I-USD              Developing a Community Team

I-WIL               Recording Guidelines for Social Workers

I-ZER              Islands of Safety – Assessing and Treating Young Victims
                      of Violence (3 copies)

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J-ASS             Saving America’s Children – Achieving International Standards in American Schools

J-BAR             First Teachers – A Family Literacy Handbook for Parents, Policy-Makers, and Literacy Providers (2 Copies)

J-BLA             Protecting Our Children – State and Federal Policies for Exempt Child Care Settings

J-CAL             The California Child Care Initiative Project

J-CAR             Starting Points – Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children

J-CCA             Child Care: The Bottom Line

J-CED                        Children in Need – Investment Strategies for the
                      Educationally Disadvantaged

J-CEN                        Before You Decide – What Families Would Like Policy Makers to Know

J-CEN                        Caring for the Children: A Survey of Maine Child Care Providers

J-CHI              Celebrating the History of Family Child Care

J-CHI              Children 1990 – A Report Card, Briefing Book, and Action Primer

J-CHI              Helping Children by Strengthening Families: A Look at Family
                      Support Programs

J-CHI              Wasting America’s Future – A Report of the Costs of Child Poverty

J-COA            Hard Choices: Work and Child Care in Western Maine – A
                      Study of Family Day Care in Rural Communities

J-COL             Portraits of Child Care: An Examination of Availability, Quality, and Cost (3 copies)

 J-DAV           At-Risk Children & Educational Reform: Implications for Educators & Schools in the Year 2000 and Beyond

J-DAV            The Emerging Crisis: Current & Projected Status of Children in the United States

J-DEP            The Statement of the Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers

J-EDU            Discipline Crisis in Schools – The Problem, Causes and Search for Solutions

J-GAL             The Cost of Not Providing Quality Early Childhood Programs

J-HEA             Happy 25^th Birthday Head Start – May 19^th, 1990

J-KEN             All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure

J-MAI              Child Care in Maine: An Emerging Crisis 

J-MAI              Child Care is Everyone’s Business – Child Care & the
                      Maine Workplace

J-MAI              Childhood Injuries in Maine: A Status Report

J-MAI              MAINE: Migrant Children’s Education - Title I

J-MAI              Pathways to Quality: Toward the Development of a Comprehensive Training Plan for Child Care Practitioners in Maine

J-MAI              Performance Based Contracting Kick-Off Conference 2/27/96 Information

J-MEA            Childhood in Contemporary Cultures

J-MON            Education and Peace

J-NAC             Making Child Care Work: A Study of Child Care Resource
                      & Referral in the US

J-NAC             Quality Control in Enhanced Resource and Referral

J-NAC             Standards for Resource and Referral Agencies

J-NAC             Understanding Resource and Referral Costs: A Functional
                      Cost Analysis Handbook

J-NAE             Reflections of NAEYC Accreditation: Lessons Learned and Goals for the Future

J-NAT             America’s Fathers and Public Policy

J-NAT             Child Care for Low-Income Families – Directions for Research

J-NAT             Child Care for Low-Income Families – Summary of Two
                      Workshops (2 copies)

J-NAT             Children at the Center

J-NAT             Cultural Diversity and Early Education

J-NAT             Early Childhood Care and Education: An Investment That Works

J-NAT             Early Childhood Mentoring Programs – A Survey of
                      Community Initiatives

J-NAT             New Findings on Children, Families, and Economic
                      Self-Sufficiency – Summary of a Research Briefing

J-NAT             Right From the Start

J-NAT             Violence and the American Family

J-NCJ             The Hard Questions in Family Day Care: National Issues
                      and Exemplary Programs

J-OPE            Joining Forces: Working Toward a Universal Early Education and Care System for Massachusetts Families

J-UNI               Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers
                      – Executive Summary April, 1995

J-USD             Creating a 21^st Century Head Start

J-USD             Families Today: A Research Sampler on Families and Children

J-USD             Using Research to Improve Child Care for Low-Income Families

J-WEB            Social Development in Childhood: Day Care Programs and Research

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K-AME           American Heart Association Cookbook

K-ASM           Simplified Recipes for Day Care Centers (2 copies)

K-CAP            Kitchen Magic – Book

K-CAP            Kitchen Magic – Study Guide

K-COO           Food Safety (2 copies)

K-COO           Homemade Master Mixes

K-COO           Nutrition Education: Pencil & Paper Games

K-DAR            Natural, Organic & Health Foods

K-FAG            Concept Cookery

K-FEN            Nutrition Games & Ideas

K-FOO            Food Safety Resources

K-HEA            Living & Teaching Nutrition

K-KON            Eating in Maine for Less…and Save

K-LEV             The Child Chef

K-LIN              Low Calorie Cookery

K-MAI             Nutrition Education: An Integrated Approach

K-NAT            Your Calorie Catalog

K-NUT            Lunch to Go…Naturally!

K-POL            Grain Cookery

K-POL            Healthy Desserts

K-POL            Protein Cookery

K-PRO            A Mini Book About Healthful Eating

K-ROM           The Joy of Cooking: The All-Purpose Cookbook

K-SAV            Allergy-Free Cooking for Kids – A Guide to Childhood Food
                      Intolerance with 80 recipes

K-SUR            Report on Nutrition & Health

K-UNI              Building for the  Future: Nutrition Guidance for the
                      Child Nutrition Programs

K-UNI              Facts About USDA Commodities

K-UNI              Feeding Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Care Food
                      Program (2 copies) 

K-UNI              Tickle Your Appetite – Team Nutrition’s Education Kit for Child Care

K-ZEL             Eat, Think & Be Healthy

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L-AME            Baby & Child Health: The Essential Guide from Birth to 11 Years

L-BLA             Your Child’s Health

L-CEN            Free and Low Cost Health Insurance: Children you Know
                      Are Missing Out

L-CHA            About Hypothermia

L-CHA            About Keeping Your Child Healthy

L-CHA            What Everyone Should Know About Muscular Dystrophy

L-HEA            EPSDT – A Guide for Head Start Programs

L-HEA            Head Start Bulletin 5/01 – Head Start and Partners
                      Forum on Oral Health (2 copies)

L-HUN            Inside Information: A Practical Guide to Creating a Healthy, Pollution Free Home

L-MCC           Pediatricians, Families and Child Care

L-OFF             Disease Prevention/Health Promotion: THE FACTS
L-RID              RID Lice Awareness Update

L-USD            Immunizations: Our Work has just Begun

L-USD            What You Should Know About Contagious Diseases in the Day Care Setting (3 copies)

L-USD            When You Child Goes to the Hospital

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M-ACT            Directory of Mental Health Providers Fall ’96 (Hancock &
                      Washington County)

M-BLU            Stress

M-BRA           The Helping Relationship – Process and Skills

M-CHE           Think of Something Quiet (2 copies)

M-DEP           Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services Who are
                      Children in Need

M-GRE           What Happened to the World?

M-GRE           What Happened to the World? Facilitator’s Guide

M-JOR            Avoiding Burnout: Strategies for Managing Time, Space, and People in Early Childhood Education

M-MCC          Reducing Stress in Young Children’s Lives

M-MCN           Keys to Parenting a Child with Attention Deficit Disorders

M-SAU           The Stress-Proof Child: A Loving Parent’s Guide  MISSING

M-USD           Responding to Children Under Stress (2 copies)

M-WOR          Infant Mental Health Journal - Feb 2002

M-ZEA            Handbook of Infant Mental Health

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