Being with Babies: Understanding and Responding to Infants in Your Care. Beverly Kovach & Denise Da Ros-Voseles, $28.95

Being with babies teaches new and experienced caregivers how to handle everyday challenges while learning about the developmental stages of babies. This hands-on resource is perfect for caregivers of children 6 weeks to 18 months old.

Childminder's Guide to Child Development. Allison Lee, $36.95

This guide to child development includes useful information for family daycare providers, nannies, sitters and other professionals working in a home-based setting. With information on typical and atypical development, case studies, developmentally appropriate play and more, this book will help you provide a rich environment for young children in your home day care.

Creating Connections: How to Lead Family Child Care Support Groups. Joan Laurion & Cherie Schmiedicke, $33.95

End isolation, solve problems with children and parents, develop new leadership skills, find support and shared community. Sound too good to be true? Peer-based support groups can offer family child care providers all these benefits and others.

The Early Sprouts Cookbook. Karrie Kalich, Lynn Arnold & Carole Russell, $28.95

These delicious recipes incorporate fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and other nutrient-rich ingredients into preschoolers meals perfect for a child-friendly environment.

Family Child Care Basics: Advice, Activities and Information to Create a Professional Program. Jennifer Karnopp, $14.95

From creating a healthy, safe environment for children to developing daily plans, Family Child Care Basics is a great companion guide to starting and operating a quality child care program in your home.

Family Child Care Curriculum: Teaching through Quality Care. Sharon Woodward, $49.95

Enrich your program and support children’s early learning with best practices and activities designed specifically for family child care professionals. Family Child Care Curriculum contains a wealth of creative and inclusive learning experiences that meet age-appropriate developmental objectives. Activities are organized both by age and developmental domain. Additional resources help you to develop a well-rounded program, including safety information and daily schedules.

Family Child Care Homes: Creative Spaces for Children to Learn. Linda Armstrong, $50.50

Create a warm and inviting place where children feel at home. Discover the many ways your home can provide comfortable places where children love to learn and love to be. Filled with low-cost ideas, this book demonstrates many innovative and practical possibilities for your home's indoor and outdoor spaces.

Good Going! Successful Potty Training for Children in Child Care. Gretchen Kinnell, $15.25

Child care providers are faced with potty training large numbers of children — not an easy task! Designed as a comprehensive approach to training in child care settings, Good Going address the issues involved at home and at school. Along with a healthy perspective on developing consistent policies for potty training as well as guidelines for developing productive partnerships with parents, this book includes sample parent-communication tools and detailed resources lists.

How to Start a Home-Based Day Care Business. Shari Steelsmith, $20.95

This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your own home-based day-care business. Author Shari Steelsmith knows what it takes to start from scratch. She offers down-to-earth advice to help you get your day-care business off the ground, manage your cash flow, and stay profitable once you are in business. Handy worksheets, checklists and forms help you achieve your goals in a realistic way. With this guide you can learn all about working out of your home, setting policies and procedures, establishing your daily schedule, planning activities for children, generating enrollment, using discipline and guidance techniques and getting paid.

Preschool Health and Safety Matters. Edited by Jody Martin, $17.50

Early childhood educators are responsible for the health and safety of the children they care for. From preventing harm from known safety risks to promoting children's medical, nutritional, oral, and mental health, educators and program directors act as children's daily protection and support. This easy-to-use manual provides educators with the information they need to ensure that the children in their care are safe, while they learn the best practices to stay healthy for life. With suggestions, ideas, activities, and ways to involve families at home, PRESCHOOL HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS covers topics such as hygiene, injury prevention, mental health, diversity, nutrition, and safety.

Start and Run a Home Daycare, 4th Edition. Catherine Pruissen, $21.25

Everything you need to build a rewarding family childcare business, including a CD-ROM with caregiver/parent agreement forms, safety checklists and more.

Understanding Infant Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $22.95

Understanding Toddler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $22.95

Understanding Preschooler Development. Margaret Puckett, Janet Black & Joseph Moriarity, $22.95

Learn how to support children's physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development with this series of three practical handbooks, adapted from The Young Child, a textbook used in academic programs nationwide. The Understanding Child Development Series provides a comprehensive overview of the most relevant theories and research on child development. Each book focuses on a specific age group and explains:

• the impact and long-term effects of biology and environment on early brain development
• how children learn
• important theories of child development
• how early life experiences lay the ground work for evolving language and thinking
• the effects of nurturing care on emotional development and stability in later life
• milestones and windows of opportunity for children's development