Where to Find
Children's Toys

ABC Kinderladen

ABC Kinderladen offers a wide selection of popular German children books, music CDs, DVDs, learning software, toys, games & more products imported from Germany in their store. Their quality merchandise has been carefully selected to encourage children of any age to read, learn, and/or play with German language products, especially in a bilingual environment.
Website: www.abckinderladen.com
Email: info@abckinderladen.com
Tel: 1-866-357-5953

Dolls Like Me

DollsLikeMe.com specializes in unique and interesting dolls, toys, and baby gifts for children of color. We also carry anti-bias, self-esteem, and adoption-themed children’s books. Our huge selection of multicultural and biracial dolls, toys, baby gifts and books includes many not available in local stores. DollsLikeMe.com also sponsors the ’08 Multicultural Family Fun Cruise. Visit our Website; we promise you will be pleasantly surprised. Gift wrapping available.
Website: www.DollsLikeMe.com
Tel: (800) 971.7159

Magellan's Toy Shop

Take a look inside Magellan's Toy Shop and see what you can find for your little explorer. Help her learn a new language. Encourage him to connect with his heritage. Let her embark on a voyage to discover more about herself and the world. Whatever you need, Magellan's Toy Shop has it, or they will search the globe to help you find it.

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See BBFN's recommended books above on the right...

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Book Suggestions

Not sure what you are looking for? Let us recommend some of our favorite books:

For Parents:

• A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism, by Colin Baker. Read the BBFN review here.

• Language Strategies for Bilingual Families, by Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert. An excellent overview of what to expect when raising your child bilingually, especially with the One-Parent-One-Language method.

• The Bilingual Family - A Handbook for Parents, by Edith Harding-Esch and Philip Riley. A clear, conceise book filled with information about raising children bilingually. Includes examples of how other families are making it work. Read Alice's review here.

• Growing Up With Two Langages, by Una Cunningham-Andersson, Staffan Andersson. A book that brings to light the language as well as cultural issues families face raising bilingual/bicultural children.

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