Parenting Resources
Infant through Preschool
The South Kingstown Public Library has many resources to help parents including books, periodicals, videos and of course Preschool Storytime is offered at all three branches.
Some of the resources include:
Books
155.4 AME
Ames, Louise Bates
Your One-year-old: the Fun-loving, Fussy 12 to 24 Month-old
Part of a series dealing with each age
Hale, Kingston, Peace Dale
155.4 BRA
Brazelton, T. Berry
Toddlers and Parents: a Declaration of Independence
Hale, Peace Dale
155.4 LEA
Leach, Penelope
Your Baby and Child from Birth to Age Five
Peace Dale
155.4 SEG
Segal, Marilyn
Your Child at Play: One to Two Years
Kingston, Peace Dale
305.23 BRA
Brazelton, T. Berry
Touchpoints: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development
Hale, Kingston, Peace Dale
371.91 TUT
Tuttle, Cheryl Gerson
Parenting a Child With a learning Disability
Hale, Peace Dale
618.9285 SEA
Sears, William
The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child
Peace Dale
649.1 GRA
Gray, John
Children Are From Heaven: Positive Parenting Skills for Raising Cooperative, Confident, and Compassionate Children
Peace Dale
Stoppard, Miriam
The New Parent
Hale, Peace Dale
649.122 WIL
Williams, Frances
Babycare for Beginners
Peace Dale
Periodicals
Family Fun
Kingston, Peace Dale
Mothering
Kingston
Parenting
Kingston, Peace Dale
Parents
Kingston, Peace Dale
Teaching Tolerance
Kingston
Videos
Once upon a Potty for Her
Barron's Home Video. 1990
Peace Dale
Your Baby: a video guide to care and understanding with Penelope Leach.
Sidney Place Communications, Inc. 1989
Peace Dale
A selection of age appropriate videos are available at each branch of the South Kingstown Public Library.
Helpful Websites
KidsHealth
Kidsource Online
Positive Parenting
http://www.positiveparenting.com
Suggestions for reading to your child
Begin as soon as your child is born. Select a special time for you and your child. Share books when you and your child are in a relaxed mood.
Find a comfortable spot for you and your child. Hold the book so your child can see the pages clearly.
Turn off the TV, radio and stereo. Read with expression.
Be enthusiastic about books. Be a role model for your child - let your child see you reading.
Get to know the Youth Services Librarian at your local branch of the South Kingstown Public Library.
Use the South Kingstown Public Library for an endless supply of books.
Suggested authors for reading to preschool children
Asch, Frank
Barton, Byron
Brown, Marc
Brown, Margaret Wise
Carle, Eric
Carlstrom, Nancy
Cousins, Lucy
Crews, Donald
Ehlert, Lois
Fleming, Denise
Freeman, Don
Gibbons, Gail
Hill, Eric
Hoban, Tanya
Hughes, Shirley
Hutchins, Pat
Inkpen, Mick
Keats, Ezra Jack
Lionni, Leo
Lobel, Arnold
Martin, Bill Jr.
Marshall, George
McCloskey, Robert
Minarik, Else Holmelund
Opie, Iona
Oxenbury, Helen
Potter, Beatrix
Rey, H. A.
Rockwell, Anne
Rylant, Cynthia
Scarry, Richard
Sendak, Maurice
Dr. Seuss
Sis, Peter
Wells, Rosemary
Books by these authors are usually located in the Easy/Picturebook area of the library. Books are shelved by the first letter of the author's last name. For further assistance in choosing books for your child, ask the Youth Services Librarian.