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

N – Disabilities/Special Needs

N-BOO           Mommy, Don’t Cry  MISSING

N-CHA            Designing Environments for the Physically Challenged

N-CHA            Educating Children with Handicaps: A Guide to P.L. 94-142 & P.L. 99-457

N-CHA            New Friends: Mainstreaming Activities to Help Young Children Understand and Accept Individual Differences

N-DEC           DEC Recommended Practices: Indicators of Quality in Programs for Infants and Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families

N-DIV              Exploring Materials with Your Child with Special Needs

N-DIV              New Opportunities for Collaboration: A Policy and Implementation Resource and Training Manual for the Head Start Regulations for Children With Disabilities

N-DWI             We Can Do It! 

N-EAR            Mainstreaming Through the Media

N-FER            Parenting Preschoolers: Suggestions for Raising Blind &         
                      Visually Impaired Kids

N-GAD           Children on Medication: Volume I: Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities and Mental Retardation

N-GAD           Children on Medication: Volume II: Epilepsy, Emotional Disturbance and Adolescent Disorders

N-HAN            Teaching the Infant with Downs Syndrome

N-INT              Clinical Practice Guidelines – Overview and Recommendations

N-MAI             Insights: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Disabilities

N-MAI             Just Like Me! Disability Awareness Activities (3 copies)

N-MAS           Creative Arts for the Young Child with Special Needs  

N-MAS           Creative Movement for the Young Child with Special Needs  

N-MIS             Respite Care – Student Manual

N-MUH           Foods & Feeding for Special People

N-NAT            All Children Belong – Train the Trainer Curriculum

N-NEW           The Resource File – Family Involvement

N-OHI              Toilet Training: Help for the Delayed Learner

N-PET            Early Intervention for Handicapped and At-Risk Children

N-ROG           What’s the Hurry?  Developmental Activities for Able &
                      Handicapped Children

N-SCH            A Story That I Heard

N-SOU            Mainstreaming: Ideas for Teaching Young Children

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O – Safety

O-ACT            Fire Safety Activity Sheets (Matches Are for Grown Ups)

O-CAM           Youth Traffic Safety Program

O-CAP           What Should I Do? – Book

O-CAP           What Should I Do? – Study Guide

O-CAR           Child Safety Made Easy

O-CHA           About Alcohol and Boating

O-CHA           It’s a Home Energy Emergency!

O-EBE            “What Would You Do If…?

O-FRE            It’s My Body

O-GRE           S.T.A.R. Junior First Aid

O-INJ              Injury Prevention Counseling Schedule

O-JOH            Baby & Child Safety – A Practical Guide for Parents

O-LEN            It’s Okay to Say No!: A Parent/Child Manual for the Protection of Children (2 copies)

O-LEN            Sometimes It’s Okay to Tell Secrets

O-MCC           Be Home Soon!/I’m Home!

O-MCG           McGruff Story and Activity Booklet

O-MEY            Preschool Fire Safety & Survival Curriculum

O-NAT            Building on the Basics – Crime Prevention Month Action Kit

O-NAT            Fire in Your Home – Prevention and Survival

O-PIN              Fireproofing Kids with Education: Maine Fire/Burn Prevention Preschool Curriculum

O-SES            Sesame Street – Safety: Spanish version (audio cassette incl.)

O-TER            Feeling Safe, Feeling Strong: How to Avoid Sexual Abuse and What to Do If  It Happens to You.

O-USC           Handbook for Public Playground Safety

O-USC           A Holiday Safety Guide

O-USC           Product Safety – It’s No Accident

O-USD           WITS Program : Walking in Traffic Safely - Parent’s Guide
                     
& Instructor’s Guide  MISSING

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 1: Where is the Street?

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 2: Streets are for Cars

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 3: A Walk with Mommy

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 4: Super Scott & Super Scott

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 5: A Car Game

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 6: The Brothers

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 7: The Six Steps

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 8: Andrew & the Big Kids

O-USD           WITS Program – Storybook 9: Sharon Goes to School

O-WAC          No More Secrets for Me  

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P – Child Development

P-AME           Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy

P-AME           Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful and Mysterious

P-ANK            How Children Grow & Learn

P-BER            Time to Talk: A Guide to Normal Speech & Language Development

P-BRE            Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Birth – 8

P-BRO            The Right Stuff for Children Birth to 8 – Selecting Play Materials to Support Development (2 copies)

P-CAP            The Critical Years: The Developing Child Birth to Two – Book

P-CAP            The Critical Years: The Developing Child Birth to Two – Study Guide

P-CHA            Child Development from 3 to 6 Years Old

P-CHE            Creative Movement for the Developing Child – A Nursery
                      School Handbook for Non-Musicians (2 copies)

P-COS           Speech & Language Development: One to Five Years of Age

P-EXP            Picturing Development

P-HAM           Ready, Get Set, GO!

P-HEW           So This Is Normal Too? – Teachers and Parents Working Out Developmental Issues in Young Children

P-HIR              The Block Book (2 copies) 

P-JOH            Potty Training – A Practical Guide for Parents

P-JOH            Your Toddler: From 1 to 2 Years – A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents

P-KAU            Set for Success: Building a Strong Foundations for School Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children

P-MIL              Ages & Stages  

P-MOO           The Young Child: Reviews of Research – Volume III

P-NAT            From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early
                      Childhood Development

P-PAL             Grounds for Growth

P-SAW           Helping Young Children Develop Through Play: A Practical Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers

P-SPE            Human Development: A Social Work Perspective

P-STA                        The Self-Respecting Child – Development Through Spontaneous Play

P-WES           A Guide to Cognitive Development and Learning

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Q – Behavior

Q-BOR           No More Misbehavin’ – 38 Difficult Behaviors and How to Stop Them

Q-BRA            Touchpoints - The Essential Reference:  Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development

Q-BRA            Touchpoints Three to Six:  Your Child’s Emotional and
                      Behavioral Development

Q-CRA           I Can’t Wait – A Children’s Problem Solving Book

Q-CRA           I’m Lost – A Children’s Problem Solving Book

Q-CRA           I Want It – A Children’s Problem Solving Book

Q-CRA           My Name is Not Dummy – A Children’s Problem Solving Book            

Q-DOB           The New Strong-Willed Child – Birth through Adolescence

Q-KEI              Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types

Q-KUR            Raising Your Spirited Child

Q-LAB            Building a Foundation for Cooperative Behavior

Q-WYC           Getting Your Child from No to Yes Without Nagging, Bribing,
                      or Threatening

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R – Self-Esteem

R-BOR            Self Esteem A Classroom Affair

R-CHA            You, Your Child, and Self-Esteem

R-COL            Jump to Learn – Teaching Motor Skills for Self-Esteem

R-CUR            Beyond Self-Esteem: Developing a Genuine Sense of Human Value

R-GRE            Character Development  - Encouraging Self-Esteem and Self Discipline in Infants, Toddlers, & Two-Year-Olds

R-HAR            The Winning Family: Increasing Self-Esteem in Your Children
                      and Yourself

R-JOH            Teacher’s Guide to Stick Up for Yourself

R-MAC           The Development & Sustaining of Self-Esteem in Childhood

R-RIL              How to Generate Values in Young Children

R-SHI              Open Connections: The Other Basics

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S – Child Abuse/Neglect

S-APP            How to Detect and Prevent Child Abuse

S-CHA            About Preventing Child Abuse

S-NCC           Caregivers of Young Children: Preventing & Responding to Child Maltreatment (2 copies)

S-NCC           Child Neglect: A Guide for Intervention

S-NCC           Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers

S-NCC           Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention & Treatment Issues

S-NCC           A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse & Neglect: A Basic Manual

S-NCC           Crisis Intervention in Child Abuse & Neglect

S-NCC           Protecting Children in Military Families: A Cooperative Response

S-NCC           The Role of Educators in the Prevention & Treatment of Child
                      Abuse & Neglect

S-NCC           The Role of Law Enforcement in the Response to Child
                      Abuse & Neglect

S-NCC           The Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Prevention/ Treatment of Child Abuse

S-NCC           Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused and Neglected Children

S-NCC           Supervising Child Protective Services Caseworkers

S-NCC           Treatment for Abused & Neglected Children: Infancy to Age 18

S-NCC           Working with the Courts in Child Protection

S-PAC            Risky Situations: Vulnerable Children

S-USD            A Curriculum of Child Abuse & Neglect (Resource Materials)   

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T – Domestic Violence

T-FOR            Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse

T-LEV             In Love & In Danger: A Teen’s Guide to Breaking Free of
                      Abusive Relationships

T-NIC              You Can Be Free: A Easy-to-Read Handbook for Abused Women

T-POH            Information Guide for Abused Women in Maine

T-WOM           Information for Abused Women in Maine

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U – Substance Use/Abuse

U-CEN            Children Getting a Head Start Against Drugs: Teacher’s Guide

U-CEN            Parents Getting a Head Start Against Drugs: Activity Book

U-CEN            Parents Getting a Head Start Against Drugs: Trainer’s Guide

U-CHA            About Drinking & Driving

U-DEP            Drug Prevention for Early Childhood (4 copies) KIT

U-MAI             Substance Abuse Information

U-NAT            Strategic Planning for Workplace Drug Abuse Programs

U-OFF            Citizen’s Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Directory: Resources for Getting Involved

U-UNI              Growing Up Strong – A Mental Wellness and Chemical Abuse Prevention Program for Preschoolers

U-USD            Helping Children Affected by Substance Abuse – A Manual for the Head Start Management Team (3 copies)

U-WIL             Parenting for Prevention: How to Raise a Child to Say NO
                      to Alcohol & Drugs

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V – Communication

V-ACR            Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk

V-APP            How to Listen So Kids Will Talk

V-APP            How to Talk to Kids So They Will Listen

V-CAP            Listen to Me, Please! – Book

V-CAP            Listen to Me, Please! – Study Guide

V-DUG           Listen Up! Hear What’s Really Being Said

V-FAN            The American Sign Language Phrase Book

V-GOO           Small Group Communication in Organizations

V-HAN            Winning Ways to Talk with Young Children

V-HEB            A Book About Talking

V-JOH            Learning to Talk – A Practical Guide for Parents

V-MOO           Parent Talk: How to Talk to Your Children in Language That Builds Self-Esteem and Encourages Responsibility

V-PIN              The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

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W – Discipline

W-APP           Do It Right! A Positive Guide for Discipline & Guidance

W-CHA           What You Should Know About Disciplining Your Child (2 copies)

W-CHE           Please Don’t Sit on the Kids: Alternatives to Punitive Discipline

W-CUR           Am I in Trouble? Using Discipline to Teach Young
                      Children Responsibility

W-DEP           Parents, Children & Discipline: The More We Learn the Better We Love Our Children

W-NOY           Child Management Skills (1 book, 1 xerox copy)

W-PIC             The Everything Parent’s Guide to Positive Discipline – Professional Advice for Raising a Well-Behaved Child

W-WYC          Discipline without Spanking or Spanking – Practical Solutions to the Most Common Preschool Behavior Problems

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X – Parents

X-APP            All Star Parenting

X-BER            The Complete Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care

X-BIC              What Every Parent Needs to Know About 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Grades – An Essential Guide to Your Child’s Education

X-BRE            The Preschool Handbook – Making the Most of Your Child’s Education

X-BRO            The Good-Bye Window

X-BUR            The Babysitter’s Guide

X-BUS            Love

X-CAR            The Art of Helping IV (2 copies)

X-CHA            About Parenting

X-CHA            Why Get Involved in Your Child’s Education?

X-CHA            Your Child Entering School

X-CHA            You, Your Child and Math

X-CHA            You, Your Child and Reading

X-CHA            You, Your Child and School Readiness

X-CHA            You, Your Child and Violence

X-CHI              Child Care Strategies for Working Parents

X-COL            The Moral Intelligence of Children – How to Raise a Moral Child

X-DAN            Working & Parenting: A Primer on Child Care, Development, &            Successful Parenting

X-DEN            “Your Child is a Rose”

X-DEP            You and Your Child (2 copies)

X-DIN              The Encouragement Book

X-DIN              The Parent’s Handbook

X-DOM           Sharing the Caring: How to Find the Right Child Care and
                      Make it Work for You

X-EAR            Early Childhood: Exploring the World of Young Children -
                      Bucksport Area Resource Guide

X-EDU            What Can We Do Today, Mommy?  A Parent’s Manual of Pre-School Home Experiences

X-ELI              Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman

X-FER            Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems

X-GER            Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect

X-GRE            Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

X-HAI              Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years

X-HEA            Looking at Life

X-JOH            Being a Dad – A Practical Guide for Parents

X-LER            Learning & Growing Together: Understanding and Supporting Your Child’s Development

X-MAY            On Caring (2 copies)

X-MER           Lifelines: Patterns of Work, Love and Learning in Adulthood

X-MIC             Building Strong Families: Playing to Learn Concept Sheets
                      (15 xerox copies)

X-MON           Children and Money Management

X-MUR           The What to Expect Baby-Sitter’s Handbook

X-MUR           What to Expect the First Year

X-MUR           What to Expect the Toddler Years

X-NAE            Raising a Reader, Raising a Writer: How Parents Can Help Booklet

X-OPP            The Elementary School Handbook – Making the Most of Your
                      Child’s Education

X-PAR            The Best Advice I Ever Got – 1,023 Fast Fixes, Simple Solutions,
                      and Wise Ideas for Raising Kids 

X-PAR            It Worked for Me !

X-PAR            The Parents Answer Book: From Birth through Age Three – The Definitive Guide to All Your Questions on Child Rearing! 

X-PRU            Fatherneed – Why Father Care Is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child

X-RIG              A Parent’s Gift (3 Copies)

X-RUB            Intimate Strangers – Men & Women Together

X-STE            The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting

X-STO            Complete Baby & Child Care – Every Parent’s Essential Guide for Raising a Happy and Healthy Child from Infancy through Preschool

X-THE            Night Lights

X-TUC            TV – The New High-Tech Threat to Children

X-USD            Our Stories Keep Us Connected

X-USD            The Role of Parents as Teachers

X-VAN            1,2,3,…..The Toddler Years

X-WAL           What About the Kids?  Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce

X-WAR           Caring: Supporting Children’s Growth

X-WAR           Principles for Child Guidance  MISSING

X-WAS           Helping Children Grow

X-WAS           Helping Families Grow

X-WET           Positive Parenting: Teaching Parents of Young Children - A Curriculum

X-WET           Positive Parenting: Teaching Parents of Young Children – Parent Power Pages (2 copies)

X-WHI             The Seven Common Sins of Parenting an Only Child: A Guide for Parents and Families

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Y – Pregnancy & Sexuality

Y-CHI              Focus on Sexuality & the Young Child – Facilitator’s Guide

Y-FAM            Facts III: Families & Children Talking About Sexuality (9 copies)

Y-GOV            Adolescent Pregnancy: The Challenge – The Appendix

Y-GOV            Adolescent Pregnancy: The Challenge – A Framework for Prevention & Parenting

Y-INS              Nutrition During Pregnancy

Y-MAI              A Pregnant Women Never Drinks Alone

Y-MUR            What to Expect When You’re Expecting

Y-POS            The New Mom’s Handbook

Y-STE             Making Babies

Y-STE             That New Baby

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 Z – Children’s Books

Z-APP                        Sensational Circle Time Stories

Z-ASC            Moondance

Z-AUS            Visiting Aunt Sylvia’s – A Maine Adventure

Z-AYA            Somali Alphabet – Alfabeetadda Soomaaliyeed

Z-BAI              The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings

Z-BAR            Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Z-BEN            My First Plane Ride

Z-BER            The Berenstain Bears And Baby Makes Five

Z-BER            The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question

Z-BER            The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers.  (2 Copies)

Z-BLO             Wolf!

Z-BOE            Lullaby Lullabook

Z-BOO            Finding a Friend

Z-BRA            Welcome to Mouse Village

Z-BRE            The Hat

Z-BRE            The Mitten

Z-BRO            Arthur’s Teacher Troubles

Z-BRO            Flat Stanley - He leads a very full life!

Z-BRO            Goodnight Moon

Z-BRO            Santa Mouse where are you?

Z-BUN            Sunflower House

Z-CAR            From Head to Toe

Z-CAR            Hello Red Fox

Z-CAR            The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Z-CAR            The Very Quiet Cricket

Z-CHE            We Are All Alike…We Are All Different

Z-CRE            Freight Train

Z-DAI              Alphabet Stories

Z-DEP            Strega Nona

Z-DOR            What's Inside? Toys

Z-GME            The Key of the Kingdom – A Book of Stories and Poems for Children

Z-HAY            The Biggest Cookie in the World

Z-HIL               Down By the Station

Z-HOB            A House is a House for Me

Z-JOO             Mama, Do You Love Me?

Z-KES             All For Fall

Z-KIN              Children Just Like Me

Z-KNI              Welcoming Babies

Z-LIN               The Ugly Vegetables

Z-LIO               Little Blue and Little Yellow

Z-LIT               The Usborne First Picture Word Book

Z-MAR            Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Z-MAR            George and Martha - Back In Town

Z-MAR            I Spy – Little Book

Z-MAR            Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Z-MCG           Feeling Mad, Feeling Sad, Feeling Bad, Feeling Glad

Z-MCG           Frank’s Fire Truck

Z-MCG           Too Much Noise

Z-MCP            Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore

Z-MEL            Lifetimes – The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children

Z-MIL              Winnie the Pooh – Tigger: Easy to Read Treasury

Z-MOR            Big Cindy’s School Bus

Z-MOR            Houses and Homes

Z-MOS            The Cow That Went Oink

Z-NUM            If You Give A Moose a Muffin

Z-NUM            If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Z-OPI              My Very First Mother Goose

Z-OVE            Adam’s Daycare

Z-PFI               The Rainbow Fish

Z-PRE            The Lonely Scarecrow

Z-REA            Hello, Farm!  A Book About Colors and Shapes

Z-ROO            Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie

Z-SCA            The Snowstorm Surprise

Z-SEL             Hidden Animals

Z-SEN            Reading Grows

Z-SEN            Where the Wild Things Are

Z-SEU            The Cat in the Hat

Z-SHA            Sheep in a Jeep

Z-SIL               Where the Sidewalk Ends

Z-SMI              ABC’s of Maine

Z-SPE             The Way I Feel Books – When I Care About Others

Z-SPE             The Way I Feel Books – When I Feel Angry

Z-SPI              Night Shift Daddy

Z-STA             Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book

Z-STO             A Hat for Minerva Louise

Z-SWA           Tidy Up! 

Z-WAL            Mouse Count (2 copies)

Z-WAL            Mouse Paint

Z-WEI             What a Wonderful World

Z-WEL            Bunny Cakes (2 copies)

Z-WEL            Read to Your Bunny

Z-WHI             Barney's Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes

Z-WIL              A Chair for My Mother

Z-WIL              Three in a Balloon

Z-WIN             The Night Before Kindergarten

Z-WOO           Heckedy Peg

Z-WOO           King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub

Z-WOO           The Napping House

Z-WOO           Quick as a Cricket

Z-YOL             How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Z-ZIM              Henny Penny

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