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The Child Carer's Handbook

THE CHILD CARER'S HANDBOOK. By Lorraine Wickham. (Hodder Arnold, 14.99, 9780340912348, 020 7873 6000) Reviewed by Sandy Green, early years consultant

Reviewed by Sandy Green, early years consultant

Books designed to 'dip in and dip out' fall into two main categories - those that work well because they cover useful topics with enough material to make them worthwhile having to hand, and those which do not work well because they offer such limited information that they are unhelpful, and may leave the reader feeling better informed than they are.

On the whole, this book is very useful. The author's background is in teaching, special education and psychology, and many of the topics reflect this, providing what she refers to as 'The book I always wished I had had on my bookshelf...'

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