Here are some resources that you can pass along to parents.

50 Ways to Use Your Library Card A lot of people don't know everything that libraries offer, and this list is a quick way to communicate the potential use of libraries to students and parents.

ALA: The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids and Tips for Parents are both good resources to pass along to parents.

American Academy of Pediatrics: Read Me a Story: Reading Checkup Guide helps parents evaluate their child's reading progress in 6 stages starting at newborn and going to grade 3. The site also offers 12 tips on nurturing a child's reading skills.

BC Ministry of Education: Career Planning: Parents Helping Teens is a career planning site for parents and students. The Parents page provides a number of strategies that parents can follow in helping their teen plan for the future.

BC Ministry of Education: Parent Handbook contains PDF documents which provide information on learning outcomes.

Calgary Public Library: Kids and Teens: Great Books page has reading lists for children that includes sound recordings and videos as well as books.

Canadian Library Association: Have a Safe Trip!: A Parent's Guide to Safety on the Internet offers basic information on the internet and how parent's can ensure their child's safety while online.

Children's Book Council: Choosing a Children's Book offers some basic points on choosing books for children of different age groups. They also provide a list of resources for further help in selecting books.

Exploratorium's Ten Cool Sites is a monthly feature on Exploratorium, and you can also browse their subject archive. The sites are both educational and fun.

FBI: A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety tells parents what the risks signs are for a child online, what parents should do if they suspect their child is communicating with a sexual predator, what parents can do to minimize the risk to their child, answers to some frequently asked questions, and some useful definitions.

Guys Read: A Literacy Initiative for Boys by Jon Scieszka is a great to see because there is a gap between the reading levels of boys and girls that needs to be addressed. The site looks fairly new and there's not a lot on there right now but it is something to keep your eye on. The site has some advice for parents as well as recommended titles for guys on the Favorite Books page and the Guys Vote page.

HornBook Magazine: Parents' Page contains booklists and articles for parents. The article called "Tell the Lady What You Like": Shopping for Children's Books by Terri Schmitz (1997) offers parents some practical advice on how to have a good time while shopping for books with their children.

Jan Brett's (Author) Home Page: Activities Page has colouring and other activity pages for children.

My Home Library: Book Plates contains a collection of wonderful book plates in 3 sizes. The book plates are designed by a number of British children's book illustrators, and they are all in black and white. Great way in which to personal a child's collection.

Ontario Library Service: Cybersites for Children contains links for Children, Parents, and Teens in a number of different categories including Arts and Crafts, Safety and Media Awareness, School Stuff, and Games.

PBS Kids: Coloring It's actually kind of fun. The site has colouring pages from PBS shows. I took a quick look at the Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, and Arthur pages and they're nice, simple and easy to print out. This site has both online colouring and printable pages.

RCMP: Web Safety provides brief information for parents and children on safe internet use as well as links to other related sites.

Read California: Resources for Parents contains tips and resources for promoting reading.

Reading is Fundamental (RIF): Family Fun: Parents: Making Reading a Family Event contains book lists, motivational activities and story samplers. The Motivational Activities page has a nice section on promoting summer reading. Links to further resources can be found at Resources: Literacy Links: For Parents.

Reading Rainbow is a site that parents can use to supplement the television show if their children are viewers. The site contains titles of the books with reviews as well as educational games and printable activities.

Ready! Set! Read! is a program encouraging family literacy at Smith Elementary Library. The website has Songs and Fingerplays that parents can do with their children, and a very nice literacy brochure.

Richmond Public Library: Internet Safety for Kids contains 9 tips to using the Internet safely.

Seycove Secondary School Online: Sites for Parents contains links to resources for parents having to do with education, adolescence, game guide, and media.

Toronto Public Library: For Grownups: Introducing Your Child to Books (1996) contains a booklist of recommended books for children from infancy through age 12, and also a list of books for parents.

U.S. Department of Education: Office of Educational Research and Improvement:
Helping Your Child Learn to Read contains suggestions on reading with your child, stimulating interest in reading and language, as well as learning about your child's school reading programs and finding ways to support the program. This guide is geared towards children under 10 years of age, but there is a small section on older readers, as well as some suggested resources.
Helping Your Child Use the Library contains information on getting your child interested, tips for when you visit the library or when your child visits the library alone, as well as discussions of library services for children.