CHILDREN AND READING

• PGCMLS Books and More
  A collection of children's booklists on many topics, for children birth through elementary school age.
• PGCMLS Teen Booklists
  A collection of booklists on many topics to interest the teen reader.
  
• Reading Ever After™: Early Literacy Booklists
  Book suggestions from PGCMLS for the youngest children, birth through preschool.
  
• Helping Your Child Become a Reader
  This U. S. Department of Education publication, available in English and Spanish, has information and activities for children from infancy through age six.
• Reading Rockets
  A national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
• Ready Web
  A virtual library of resources on school readiness.
• Take 15 for the Family
  This statewide initiative encourages Maryland families to dedicate at least 15 minutes each day to doing everyday activities together, and turning those moments into learning opportunities.

ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIA

• Family Style Film Guide: Movie Reviews for Parents
  Movie reviews generated by parents; each movie has been reviewed and the content in the areas of profanity, nudity, sex, violence, and drugs/alcohol noted. No attempt has been made in these reviews to judge the quality or artistic merit of the movies.
• Kids-in-Mind: Movie Ratings that Actually Work
  Provides parents and other adults with objective and complete information about a film's content so that they can decide, based on their own value system, whether they should watch a movie with or without their kids.

ACTIVITIES

• Our Kids: Your Link to Family Fun
  Lists lots of possibilities in the Washington, DC area for outdoor activities, indoor activities, performing arts, educational experiences , etc.

CONSUMERISM

• Dr. Toy
  Offers year-round, award-winning toy and children's product information plus timely articles, useful resources and links.
• The National Parenting Center
  Guidance to Seal-of-Approval-winning products and services, product recalls and more.