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There's just one rule: We're happy to mail up to three copies of each publication to you, but orders bigger than that must be picked up at our office. We are located at:

18-20 Trinity Street
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Orders will be ready for pick-up within one week. If you have any questions or concerns, please call 240-0290.

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Connecticut's Playbook for Prevention
An easy-to-read “game plan” that parents, educators, care providers, and policymakers can follow to ensure all Connecticut children grow into happy, healthy, and productive adults.To read more about the Playbook and download PDF versions of it, visit KidsforCT.org.

Stand Up to Bullying! Strategies to Make Connecticut Safe for Learning
This 12-page report summarizes a forum held at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on October 22, 2007. The event was sponsored by the Commission and the Office of the Child Advocate Download a PDF copy

Child Poverty in Connecticut, 2007
A four-page fact sheet summarizing the latest data. Released in October 2007. Download a PDF copy

All Children Can Read by Fourth Grade
Five pages of key facts about reading, along with a list of steps taken by state government has taken since 1997 to ensure school readiness. Updated in March 2007. Download a P DF copy

A Children's Stock Portfolio
This 25-page report, organized like a stock portfolio but written in plain English, shows that state prevention policies help children succeed and produce a healthy return-on-investment (ROI) for the state. Released in April 2007. Download a PDF copy

Healthy Children, Healthy Communities
Prepared in conjunction with an exhibit at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, this 12-page pamphlet explains what state government has done in recent years to promote children’s health, safety, and learning. Released in December 2006. Download a PDF copy

Ready by 5 and Fine by 9
A suggested framework for early childhood education by the Governor's Early Childhood Cabinet, of which the Commission is a member. Published in October 2006, 40 pages. Download the PDF

Commission on Children 2006 Annual Report
This report offers an accounting of the Commission's work in policy, prevention, accountability, public information, and capacity building. Download a PDF copy

The Social State of Connecticut, 2005
This 89-page report, co-sponsored with the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund and the Tow Foundation, measures Connecticut's "social health" in 11 quality-of-life areas. Released in February 2006. Download a PDF copy | Download earlier reports

Connecticut Leads the Way with School Readiness and Early Reading Success
An overview, updated in 2005, of the 1997 school readiness legislation (Public Act 97-259), in which Connecticut made a comprehensive commitment to best practices in early learning. Download a PDF copy

Opening the Kindergarten Door: The Preschool Difference
Kindergarten teachers in Connecticut's priority school districts were surveyed to determine how many children enter kindergarten ready for school. This 10-page booklet, released in April 2004, contains the results. Download a PDF copy

Every Grownup Is a Famous Storyteller
This 18-page booklet, created by the Commission and sponsored by the state Department of Education, uses a photo exhibit to make basic points about the importance of reading to children. Introduction by Dr. Alice S. Carter of Yale University's Department of Psychology. Updated in 2002. Download a PDF copy

Brave Enough to Be Kind
Recommendations on ways to curb bullying. Authored by the Commission, the Connecticut State Board of Education, and the Governor's Prevention Partnership. Updated through November 2002, 20 pages. Download the PDF

Children Eclipsed by Natural and Unnatural Disaster:
What They are Telling Us and What We Can Do
The Commission marked the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by compiling student writing and artwork on terrorism and safety. Commission Executive Director Elaine Zimmerman provides commentary. Published in 2006, 62 pages.

Ready or Not: A Parent's Guide to School Readiness, Prenatal to Age Five

¿Listo O No?: Guía para Padres sobre la preparación escolar, de edad prenatal a cinco a años

Spanish edition of Ready or Not.

Watch Me Grow: A Parent's Guide to Quality Child Care

Mirame Crecer: Una Guía para Padres el Cuidado de Calidad de los Niños

Spanish edition of Watch Me Grow

Healthy Expectations: A Parent's and Caregiver's Guide to Child Health and Safety

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