AMERICA'S CHILDREN:

PROBLEMS AND PROMISES

Homelessness

A Series of Websites dedicated to the many stresses our children face.

These websites developed and maintained by

Pam Petty

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Click on the topics in table for bibliographies of children's books, links to Internet sites, and professional resources for working with children.

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Homelessness

December 
by Eve Bunting, David Diaz (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 40 pages (October 1997) 
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0152014349

Fly Away Home 
by Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reissue edition (March 1993) 
Clarion Books; ISBN: 0395664152

Changing Places : A Kid's View of Shelter Living 
by Margie Chalofsky, Glen Finland (Contributor), Judy Wallace (Contributor), Ingrid Klass(Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback - 61 pages (August 1992) 
Gryphon House; ISBN: 0876591616

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen (Reading Rainbow Book) 
by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan, Dyanne Di Salvo-Ryan 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (April 1997) 
Mulberry Books; ISBN: 0688152856

So What Do You Do? 
by Douglas Evans 
Reading level: All Ages 
Hardcover - 112 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1997) 
Front Street Pr; ISBN: 1886910200

Shelter Folks 
by Virginia Kroll, Jan Naimo Jones (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback (February 1996) 
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; ISBN: 0802851312 

Where's Home? 
by Jonathan London 
Reading level: Young Adult 
Hardcover - 89 pages (August 1995) 
Viking Books; ISBN: 067086028X

Rosie, the Shopping Cart Lady 
by Chia Martin, Jewel Hernandez (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover (June 1996) 
Hohm Pr; ISBN: 0934252513 

The Lady in the Box 
by Ann McGovern, Marni Backer (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1997) 
Turtle Books; ISBN: 1890515019

 Let's Talk About Staying in a Shelter (The Let's Talk Library) 
by Elizabeth Weitzman 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding (August 1997) 
Powerkids Pr; ISBN: 0823923118

Professional Resources Relating to Children and Homelessness

  Jamaica and Me : The Story of an Unusual Friendship 
by Linda Atkins 
Hardcover - 224 pages 1 Ed edition (June 1998) 
Random House; ISBN: 0375500731

The Effects of Homelessness on the Academic Achievement of Children (Children of Poverty) 
by Henrietta S. Evans Attles 
Hardcover Revised edition (December 1997) 
Garland Pub; ISBN: 0815330146

No Place to Be : Voices of Homeless Children 
by Judith Berck, Robert Coles 
Reading level: Young Adult 
Hardcover - 148 pages (April 1992) 
Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv); ISBN: 0395533503

Children Living in Temporary Shelters : How Homelessness Effects Their
Perception of Home (Children of Poverty) 
Hardcover Revised edition (April 1998) 
Garland Pub; ISBN: 0815330588

Home Is Where We Live : Life at a Shelter Through a Young Girl's Eyes 
by B. L. Groth (Photographer), Jane Hertensten (Editor), Kimiko Krogh (Illustrator) 
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback - 30 pages (September 1995) 
Cornerstone Press Chicago; ISBN: 094089534X

Preserving Childhood for Children in Shelters 
by Thelma Harms (Introduction), Adele Richardson Ray (Editor), Pam Rolandelli, Adele Richardson Ray (Editor) 
Paperback - 208 pages (January 1998) 
Child Welfare League of America; ISBN: 0878686126

Lives Turned Upside Down : Homeless Children in Their Own Words and
Photographs 
by Jim Hubbard 
Reading level: Ages 9-12
School & Library Binding (October 1996) 
Simon & Schuster (Juv); ISBN: 0689806493

Schooling Homeless Children : A Working Model for America's Public Schools 
by Sharon Quint 
Paperback (September 1994) 
Teachers College Pr; ISBN: 0807733911

Not Just a Shelter Kid' : How Homeless Children Find Solace (Children of Poverty) 
Hardcover (March 1997) 
Garland Pub; ISBN: 0815326181 

Out of Sight, Out of Mind : Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America 
by Yvonne M. Vissing 
Paperback - 271 pages (June 1996) 
Univ Pr of Kentucky; ISBN: 0813108721

Internet Sites Relating to Homelessness

http://www.marthaskids.org/

http://nch.ari.net/edchild.html
Education of Homeless Children and Youth

http://pangaea.org/street_children/kids.htm
P A N G A E A    Street Children - Community Children Worldwide Resource Library

http://www.jbu.edu/business/sk.html
Fantastic amount of information/links. STREETKID-L Resource Page "Street Children" Online Information and Organization Links

http://www.infoxchange.net.au/homeless/factsheets/

How Can I learn about homelessness? Read the Homelessness Fact Sheets. The Council to Homeless Persons has produced an informative set of Homelessness Fact Sheets. The Fact Sheets provide clearly presented answers to the most frequently asked questions about homelessness.: 

http://csf.colorado.edu/homeless/youth.html

Homeless Children and Youth:  INTERNATIONAL: STREETKID-L Discussion List 

http://users.cybermax.net/~rsturg/sheep/myths.html

MYTHS ABOUT THE HOMELESS

http://www.projectact.com/mckiney.html

Project ACT -Right To Education: SEC. 323. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

http://www.opendoor.com/hfh/facts.html

Facts About Homelessness

http://nch.ari.net/rural.html
Rural Homelessness.

http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/psych/redbook/66.htm
HOMELESS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

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