Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective - Pearson New International Edition

Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective, 6/e addresses both typical and atypical child development from birth through age eight.  This text highlights the diversity of child development, preparing professionals to meet the unique needs of children from a wide variety of backgrounds.

From reviews of Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective: 

-I believe that overall the textbook is unique in its multicultural approach.  It is also very reader friendly and contains the information that is essential to understanding the development of children. . . . [T]his text is one of the few that truly does focus on the early development years.  Additionally, it is one of the only [texts] that has the multicultural emphasis.-

   -Keri Maxwell, West Virginia University

-I use the text because it is the only one that I have found with a true multicultural focus t