The Early Childhood Australia publications program is a major tool in Early Childhood Australia's advocacy for young children.

The role of the Publications Committee

• ensures that the Early Childhood Australia publications program meets its advocacy mandate: to publish resources that support those who are responsible for the growth and development of young children
• ensures that books published by Early Childhood Australia are relevant and of the highest quality
• oversees the Quality Assurance guarantee that underwrites Early Childhood Australia’s publications program, including:
• the peer review process applied to Early Childhood Australia publications and other resources
• the quality of the Early Childhood Australia website
• the review and approval of publications that are on-sold by Early Childhood Australia.

Early Childhood Australia's Quality Assurance criteria

The criteria that apply to publications recommended for on-selling by Early Childhood Australia cover:

• quality and presentation of publication
• accuracy of information
• relevancy to Early Childhood Australia
• acknowledgement of multidimensional perspectives
• inclusiveness, diversity, equity and justice
• background of author
• referencing (if appropriate)
• currency
• readability for its intended audience.

Publications Committee Members

Pam Linke (chairperson) – Centre for Parenting, Child and Youth Health, SA. Author of many publications on early childhood.

Books by Pam Linke:
Babies: Good beginnings last forever
Learning about feelings
Pants aren't rude: Responding to children's sexual development and behaviour in the early childhood years
Parenting at home and away

Professor Marilyn Fleer – Professor of Early Childhood Education, Monash University, VIC. Editor of the Australian Journal of Early Childhood, author and researcher. http://www.education.monash.edu.au/contacts/name/mfleer

Books by Marilyn Fleer:
Observing and planning in early childhood settings: Using a sociocultural approach
Babies: Good beginnings last forever
Building bridges: Literacy development in young Indigenous children
Science for children: Developing a personal approach to teaching
Stretching your brains: Developing children's thinking in early childhood settings through the key competencies
The light side of darkness: Helping children to understand the concept of 'light and colour'

Professor Alison Elliott – Research Director, Early Childhood program, Australian Council for Educational Research. Editor of the Every Child early childhood magazine, author and researcher. Alison Elliott webpage

Books by Alison Elliott:
Learning with computers, 2nd edition

Carmel Richardson – Division of Communication and Education, University of Canberra. Early childhood teacher and researcher. http://www.canberra.edu.au/richardson

Books by Carmel Richardson:
Observing and planning in early childhood settings: Using a sociocultural approach

Jenni Connor - Dept. of Education, Tasmania.

Resources by Jenni Connor:
Quality literature in an electronic age?
Jenni Connor’s Rapid Reviews for Adolescent Readers
Children's Book Council Awards 2001 (pdf)
Quality Literature for Quality Integrated Learning (pdf)