Janice J. Beaty is a professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant in early childhood education from her new home in Cape Coral, Florida. Her textbooks includeISkills for Preschool Teachers,/ISeventh Edition,I50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten/Iwith Linda Pratt,IBuilding Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books, Safety in Preschool Programs,/IandI Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child. /IShe is also engaged in a literacy mentoring program with the Foster Grandparents Program in Columbia, Missouri.PDistinct from other books on observation techniques, Beaty