Prepared as a resource for the Child Development Associate Program (CDA), this annotated bibliography includes publications covering the issues of CDA training, early childhood education, basic CDA competencies, and bilingual/bicultural education. The major part of the bibliography deals with the following 6 basic competencies: (1) setting up and maintaining a safe and healthy learning environment, (2) advancing physical and intellectual competence, (3) building positive self-concept and individual strength, (4) organizing and sustaining the positive functioning of children and adults in a group learning environment, (5) bringing about optimal coordination of home and center child rearing practices and expectations, and (6) carrying out supplementary responsibilities related to the children's programs. A brief description of the ERIC system and information on how to order ERIC documents complete the bibliography. (MP)