The Young Child: Development from Prebirth Through Age Eight

by Margaret B. Puckett, Janet K. Black

A thorough updating of topics standards for early childhood programs, the mandates of IDEA, developmental theories, changing demographics, assessments, child care practices and bullying .

600 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2000

Reviews

[julia sen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this book for college, which I have already been to, and don't really want to be in, so that really takes off a lot of stars to begin with. Then there are the vaguely racist stereotypical vignettes of two imaginary kids, one of whom you can tell the authors think is being raised by good (read white middle class, educated) parents, and the other whom you know the authors think has little chance of turning out well due to her being raised by a poor teenage mother. On top of that, they tell you that in fact, they are not being stereotypical, and if you think they are, perhaps it's you, the reader who needs to examine yourself. Also it's like a million pages long. Boooo. However, there is some good information on child development in there and they do break things down in a way that's easy to understand. So I give it two stars.

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually read 5th edition.