Edinburgh based resources
- Edinburgh libraries: Have collections in a range of languages in libraries throughout Edinburgh.
- Multi-Cultural Family Base: An Edinburgh based voluntary organisation which aims to provide flexible and personalised services to children, young people and their families.
- Birth Resource Centre in Edinburgh: This centre provides support for women and their partners before and after childbirth. It has an international group , and a Japanese Language Group
- Scottish Polish Cultural Association, Edinburgh: Website for Polish People in Edinburgh
- German Church, Edinburgh: German speaking congregation in Edinburgh and Scotland
- Greek Orthodox Church, Edinburgh
Web based resources
- "What parents want to know about bilingualism" by François Grosjean
- Ablekids. Online retailer of bilingual books, flashcards, picture dictionaries and other resources for children.
- Spanglish Baby: Raising Bilingual Kids A website based in the US which focuses particularly on Spanish-English bilinguals, but has useful information for all bilingual families.
- Bilingue Per Gioco : A website for parents with Italian bilingual children.
- Nursery World Magazine. Learning & Development: All about ... bilingualism Nursery World, 7 May 2009. You need to register with Nursery World (free) to access this article. The magazine's archive contains several articles on bilingualism.
- ESOL Scotland The national English for Speakers of Other Languages website.
- University of Hamburg's Bilingualism Advice Service for Parents Please note, the phone line is for German speakers.
- Ask a Linguist: Bilingual and multilingual children
- Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network: Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network. An American website for bilingual/bicultural families.
- Multilingual Family in the UK: A website with links to resources and a message board for multilingual families in the UK
- Multilingual Children's Association: A web guide to raising multilingual children
- National Advisory Centre on Early Language Learning: The earlier the better: is there a critical period" for language learning?" Article from the Primary Languages Direct ezine
- British Council: Learn English Central: Bilingualism by Jo Bertrand. Article about bringing up children to be bilingual
- Two Languages are Better than One: Article from The Guardian
- The Bilingual Family Newsletter Quarterly: Newsletter for multi and bilingual families
- The Right of the Deaf Child to Grow Up Bilingual: Article by François Grosjean, Professor Emeritus Université de Neuchâtel
- Interview on Bilingualism with François Grosjean
- Cognitive Advantages to Bilingualism: Article on Wikipedia
- Ask a Linguist FAQ: Bilingual and Multilingual Children: Another Perspective. Article from the Linguist List
- Bibliagora: Greek Children's Books
- Polydromo: A Greek service offering advice for bilingual families.
- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Bilingualism: Article from BBC website
- Mantra Lingua: Bilingual Resources for Children
- Multilingualism Article on Wikipedia
- Two languages' call for children: Article from the BBC news website, 21st February 2007
Books for general public
- Forthcoming: Bilingual, by Francois Grosjean, Harvard University Press, 2010
- Growing up with three languages. Birth to Eleven, by Xiao-Lei Wang, 2008, Multilingualism Matters
- A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism, by Colin Baker. 2nd Edition, 2000.
- The Bilingual Family: A Handbook for Parents, by Edith Harding and Philip Riley. Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children, by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, 2000.
- Growing Up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide, by Una Cunningham-Andersson and Staffan Andersson, 1999.
- Bilingual Children: a guide for parents and carers, by Foufou Savitzky, London Language and Literacy Unit, South Bank University, 1994.
- Raising a Bilingual Child, by Barbara Zurer Pearson, Random House 2008
