Janice J. Beaty is a professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York. She is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant in early childhood education from her home in Cape Coral, Florida. Her textbooks include Skills for Preschool Teachers, Eighth Edition, 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, Second Edition, 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten, Second Edition with Linda Pratt, Building Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books, Safety in Preschool Programs, and Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child. She is also engaged in a literacy mentoring program with the Foster Grandparents Program in Columbia, Missouri.