* Unlearning Discrimination in the Early Years by Babette Brown (Trentham Books, 11.95)
* Anti-Bias Curriculum: tools for empowering young children by L Derman-Sparks and the ABC Task Force (NAEYC, Washington DC, available from NEYN, Pounds 14.50)
* All Together: How to create inclusive services for disabled children and their families - a practical handbook for early years practitioners by M Dickins and J Denziloe (NEYN, 13)
* Action for racial equality in the early years: understanding the past, thinking about the future by Jane Lane (NEYN, 13)
* Anti-bias approaches in the early years (Save the Children, 5.95)
* Policy for excellence - developing a policy for equality in early years settings (EYTARN, 7)
* Dolls with stories to tell - a guide for lecturers, students practitioners and trainers supported by the European Commission Socrates/Comenius programme (2000)
* Quality in Diversity in Early Learning - a Framework for Early Childhood Practitioners by the Early Childhood Education Forum (National Children's Bureau, 14.95)
* An Equal Future: a guide to anti-sexist practice in the early years by T Hyder and P Kenway (NEYN, 9.50)
* From Cradle to School: a practical guide to racial equality in early childhood education and care (Commission for Racial Equality, 5)
* Special Needs in the Early Years - snapshots of practice edited by S Wolfendale (Routledge, 15.99)
Useful organisations
* Action for Leisure (01926 650195) promotes play and leisure for disabled children and adults.
* AFASIC (Association for All Speech Impaired Children) (helpline 0845 355 5577).
* Alliance for Inclusive Education (020 7735 5277).
* Children's Rights Alliance for England (020 7278 8222) seeks best implementation of UN Convention on Rights of the Child.
* Commission for Racial Equality (020 7828 7022).
* Contact-a-family (helpline 0808 808 3555) brings together families who have a disabled child. It has information on rare and unusual conditions and groups associated with them.
* Council for Disabled Children (020 7843 6061) supports national network of parent partnership services promoting inclusion for disabled children.
* Save the Children - Centre for Young Children's Rights (020 7700 8127), information centre for early years workers on all aspects of children's rights and anti-discriminatory practice.
* Early Childhood Unit, National Children's Bureau (020 7843 6000), national early years centre for training and information.
* Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network (EYTARN) (0151 639 1778) highlights issues in providing anti-racist training for people working with young children.
* Equal Opportunities Commission (0161 833 9244).
* Kidsactive - Play and Opportunity for Disabled Children (020 7731 1435) provides information and training on including disabled children in play, childcare and out-of-school provision.
* Mencap National Centre (020 7696 5593).
* The National Early Years Network (020 7607 9573), charity and national umbrella agency providing practical support to early years services including training and publications. One-day workshops promoting equality and citizenship include:
* Anti-discriminatory practice - an introduction to race, gender and disability issues
* Equality of opportunity - with reference to gender/race
* Challenging racism: taking a strategic approach
* Disabled children and inclusive practice
* Understanding and building children's self-esteem
* SEN: Policy-making and principles
* Using persona dolls
* National Council for One Parent Families (0800 018 5026)
* Parents for Inclusion (020 7735 7735), parents self-help group helping parents enable their children to have a choice in education and in life.
Publications, video, information and advice are available.
* Reading and Language Information Centre (0118 931 8820), resource centre for teachers.
* The Refugee Council (020 7820 3000).
* Scope (020 7619 7100) works with people with cerebral palsy and their families.
Useful suppliers: books, posters, etc
* The Working Group Against Racism in Children's Resources (020 7627 4594) has compiled a recommended list of books for children, 'Guidelines and Selected Titles: 100 Picture Books' available from WGARCR, 460 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3LX. It also produces two posters titled 'All children should be seen' and 'Anti-racist childcare is good childcare'.
* Action for Leisure (formerly PLANET) (01926 650195) distributes Liberty, Equality, Disability - Images of a Movement, seven posters celebrating the disability movement and challenging the oppressive representation of disabled people.
* AIMER, the University of Reading (0118 931 8820) publishes resource lists on multicultural, anti-racist teaching materials. Many of the materials are produced by LEAs and are not available elsewhere.
* The Bangladesh Resource and Multicultural Book Centre (020 8548 1405) offers dual-language children's books, books about Bangladesh, puppets, dolls and cards.
* Bookspread & Children's Discovery Centre (020 8767 6377/4551) supplies fiction and non-fiction, dual-language, multicultural, and non-sexist children's books. Also runs literacy and storytelling activities.
* Centre for Multicultural Education (0116 231 3399) supplies posters and classroom resources.
* ClearVision (020 8789 9575) lends books for pre-school visually impaired children, tactile books and well-known children's books with Braille text added. Book loans are free for families, 40 per year for institutions.
* Community Insight (01793 512612) stocks books for people working with children on equal opportunities, childcare and education and children with special needs and more. Also has multicultural, dual-language books.
* Eastside Books (020 7247 0216) specialises in multicultural books, dual-language books, black writers, etc.
* EYTARN (0151 639 6136) has posters featuring culturally diverse children in a nursery and an accompanying leaflet on relating the pictures to the early learning goals.
* The Festival Shop (0121 444 0444) supplies the Festival Year Multi-faith Spiral Year Planner, books, posters, and cards about festivals and religions, but no religious artefacts.
* Kidsactive (formerly HAPA) (020 7384 2596) provides information on play opportunities for disabled children and offers a national training network on inclusive play.
* Letterbox Library (020 7241 6063), a book club specialising in non-sexist, positive image multicultural books for children.
* Magi Publications (020 7385 6333) publishes picture and dual-language books.
* Mantra Publishing (020 8445 5123) produces single and dual-language picture books, multilingual friezes and posters.
* Milet (020 7603 5477) publishes dual-language books.
* National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), in the US, produces posters featuring positive images of children - available from the National Early Years Network.
* National Deaf Children's Society (020 7250 0123) adds sign language symbols to a range of well-known children's books.
* National Early Years Network (020 7607 9573) supplies a pack of four posters of active young children.
* One World Book Co (020 7381 4994) supplies books from a black and multicultural perspective and picture books, many designed to appeal to boys.
* Oxfam Education (020 7931 7660) has posters of women, children and people in the majority world, and other resources.
* Positive Images (020 7613 0838) provides posters with positive images of Caribbean children.
* RDS (020 8521 6969) supplies dual-language books.
* Roy Yates Books (01403 822299) can supply every known dual-language book in print from the UK and any other English-speaking country and bilingual titles from other countries.
* Save The Children (020 7703 5400) supplies posters on children's rights, play, discrimination, etc. Many are free.
* Tamarind (020 8866 8808) supplies books with positive, non-sexist images of multicultural families.
* Unicef UK Education Department (020 7405 5592) offers a set of 12 full colour children's rights posters (7.50).
* For more details of organisations offering training in anti-discriminatory practice, see Training Today (with Nursery World, 20/27 December 2001).
Useful suppliers: toys and resources
* ASCO Educational Supplies (0113 2707070) supplies early years educational toys and equipment.
* Acorn Percussion (020 7720 2243) provides quality general and multi-cultural musical instruments.
* Articles of Faith (0161 763 6232) supplies religious artefacts and resources for education.
* Eduplay (0116-262-5827) supplies high-quality toys suitable for early years and children with special needs.
* Hands-On (01732 773399) supplies active learning early years toys and resources.
* Knockabouts (01842 762560) supplies hand-made wooden traveller, gypsy and fairground toys and jigsaws.
* Knock on Wood (0113 242 9146), a global music supplier.
* Lillian Reeve (020 7221 2630) supplies hand-made mixed parentage, Asian and Caribbean rag dolls.
* Oxfam Education (020 7931 7660) supplies resource packs, games, books and posters.
* Rede Educational (01342 717 538) supplies hand-made multi-ethnic wooden puzzles and games.
* Soma Crafts (020 7735 2101) stocks Indian crafts and toys, produced by traditional craftsmen and women, and books.
* Tocki (01430 410505) stocks glitter tubes, kaleidoscopes and holographic mobiles.
* Traidcraft plc (0191 491 0591) aids community groups in the majority world by importing hand-made crafts and dolls.
