Recommended Readings Reviewed by Riffat Rashid Children and their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing spaces* By: Christopher Spencer and Mark Blades, University of Sheffield This fascinating book examines theories of children's perceptions of real world spaces that children live in, explore and learn from. These include classrooms, playgrounds, homes and yards, towns, communities, countryside, natural environments, and the wider world. An international team of authors have compared the experiences of children from different cultures and backgrounds. This book will appeal to environmental and developmental psychologists and geographers, and also to planners by linking research on children's understandings and on their daily lives to recommendations for practice.

Children's Participation:
The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care*
The book emphasizes that all children can play a central and lasting role in sustainable development if their genuine participation is taken seriously and if communities recognize their developing competencies and unique strengths. Using detailed case studies from urban and rural, poor and middle-class communities in both the developed and developing worlds, and including photos, figures, tables and boxes, this guide introduces the organizing principles, successful models, practical techniques and resources for involving children in environmental projects. It is recommended reading for environmental NGOs, policy makers, teachers, youth workers and community leaders who work with children.

Saaf Saaf Duniya
The book emphasizes that all children can play a central and lasting role in sustainable development if their genuine participation is taken seriously and if communities recognize their developing competencies and unique strengths. Using detailed case studies from urban and rural, poor and middle-class communities in both the developed and developing worlds, and including photos, figures, tables and boxes, this guide introduces the organizing principles, successful models, practical techniques and resources for involving children in environmental projects. It is recommended reading for environmental NGOs, policy makers, teachers, youth workers and community leaders who work with children.

The Elementary Safety Book for Children*
This book should be read with children between the ages of 6 and 10 years and is set up as an adult/child activity book with puzzles, games and stories to teach children all the safety basics while they're having fun. It covers a wide range of practical safety tips including what to do if you're at home alone, what to do in case of emergency, safety at home and outside, fire and water safety, poison, electrical, farmand city safety.