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Readers' Advisory | Homeschoolers | Learning Disabilities | Special Needs | KidTracks

	TumbleBook Library provides e-books for e-kids - Storybooks, Life Learning, Puzzles & Games and Language Learning. Sit back and listen or read along at your own speed to these entertaining and amusing picture books.
Click here for a printed guide to KidTracks - our Children's Library's Web site! Click here for the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library's Internet Resources for Kids guide - a printed guide to the Internet and resources designed specifically for children and young adults!

You can go to the potty / William Sears, Martha Sears, and Christie Watts Kelly	Family learning : how to help your children succeed in school by learning at home / William F. Russell.	The unofficial guide to homeschooling / Kathy Ishizuka.
Great explorations : 100 creative play ideas /Amy Nolan	The good son/ Michael Gurian	Bad stuff in the news : a guide to handling the headlines / Marc Gellman and Thomas Hartman.

Click on the blue text to link to websites or the library catalog.

 

Find a wealth of parenting information broken down by subject headings.
Parenting Place

Parents Magazine's Website:
Parents Magazine

Logon to the National Parent Information Network (NPIN) for parent news, special initiatives, and a virtual library of parenting book recommendations.
National Parent Information Network

Created by parents for parents, the Family Education Network offers tons of helpful tips on anything from homework to parenting.
Family Education Network

Child Safety on the Information Highway By Lawrence J. Magid
(c) 1998 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Safe Kids
Also explore other aspects of the
Safe Kids Website.

American Library Association's (ALA) Great Websites for Kids.
ALA's Great Web Sites for Kids

This link is to Boulder Valley School District and has lots of helpful information about local schools as well as information for parents.
Boulder Valley School District

Resources and ideas pertaining to literacy for kids.
Kids Literacy in Colorado

Healthy Learning Paths, Inc. (HLPS), a local non-profit organization, offers a program to assist parents and educators in recognizing and strengthening the skills and healthy lifestyle practices children need for today and tomorrow.
Healthy Learning Paths, Inc.

READERS' ADVISORY

Looking for some good suggestions on reading?  Try these places for inspiration!

Reading Rockets- Information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle.

THE BOOKHIVE- A guide to children's literature and books by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.

ALA Children's Notables- American Library Association's list of Children's Notable books.  Be sure to check out lists for children's media and software as well!

IndieBound-  Click here for a link to what independent booksellers across America are recommending for readers of all ages.

Children's Book Council-  This non-profit is dedicated to literacy and the enjoyment of books.  Keep up to date with all this site has to offer.  See what's hot by clicking on "New Book Releases"!

Building A Home Library - This link from the American Library Association gives some great tips for parents, grandparents and others interested in assembling a high-quality library for their children at home.

HOMESCHOOLERS

Homeschool Education Magazine

http://www.bookadventure.com/more/index.asp

LEARNING DISABILITIES

LD Online

National Center for Learning Disabilities

PEAK Parent Center

SPECIAL NEEDS

National Federation of the Blind -This site has good information for any parent, including a section on what questions a child might ask about blindness.

Autism Society of Boulder County - Promoting education and awareness.

Autism Speaks - This is a national organization with lots of information about autism.