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Resources

The Baha'i Devotions Site
This site offers devotional, Baha'i Feast and Holy Day programs, and additional links and resources. The site is sponsored by the Baha'is of Dallas, Texas.

Baha'i Distribution Service (BDS)
Good source for materials for study circles, children’s classes and devotional gatherings. The e-commerce site of the Baha'i Distribution Service (BDS) provides a comprehensive catalog of Baha'i sacred literature as well as Baha'i books on history, social teachings, Baha'i-inspired music, videos, calendars, and other materials. Includes more than 2000 titles representing the efforts of hundreds of publishers around the world. BDS is the primary distributor for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i of the United States and its agencies; the Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United States; and Baha'i World Centre Publications. Those who would like to rush an order are asked to call 1-800-999-9019 or 847-425-7950.

Baha'i Education Resources
A Web site presented by Linda Qualls, an individual who is sharing some of her work, including a 24-page paper on “Building a Strong Identity in Baha'i Children”...etc.

Baha'i Prayers
The Baha'i Prayers web site was created as a celebration of the beauty of the Baha'i scriptures. This site presents a wide range of Baha'i prayers in English, and has a substantial list of resources for Baha'i prayers in other languages. Sponsored by the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Shoreline, Washington.

Baha'i Research.com
A web and Windows PC software tool to search the writings of the Baha'i Faith and most other world religions. Comes in 20 languages and is also available as a USB stick version and I-Phone app.

Baha'i Services for the Blind
A Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States that provides literature of the Baha'i Faith, including Ruhi materials, in various mediums which can be used by those individuals whose physical or mental challenges prevent them from using normal print. To this end the Service for the Blind produces materials in Braille, large print and recordings on cassette tape.

Brilliant Star Index
A Subject Index of issues of The Brilliant Star for more than a decade can be found here making it much easier for parents and teachers to search through their archives of past issues as they plan their classes. Index Search from 1991-2007.

Children’s Baha'i Education Service, UK
A Web site of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom that is designed to help teachers and parents who are involved with Baha'i education of children, junior youth and youth.

Children's Sabbath Lesson Plans
A Web site with current Children's Sabbath's Lessons Plans and additional resources and information on the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths, including a description of the Children's Sabbaths, frequently asked questions, 10 examples of how faith communities have celebrated, and a promotional flyer.

Core Curriculum
A comprehensive and flexible curriculum developed into a nine-year Scope and Sequence, containing 172 distinct topics. These topics are distributed through three levels of learning, beginning with introductory topics and progressing to more advanced topics over the course of study.

Growing Up Global: Raising Children To Be At Home In The World
This book has been named a “Best New Parenting Book” by Scholastic magazine; a “Top Education Book of the Decade” by Jacksonville (FL) Education Examiner, and has been very well received around the country, particularly in Chicago. Dr. Jane Goodall states in a local lifestyle magazine that, "This insightful and ambitious book… is a spot-on primer for raising open-minded, globally conscious kids”, and Huffington Post blogger, Fortune 50 executive, and author Perry Yeatman suggests, “If you only read one book about child rearing this year, make it Growing Up Global.”

Interfaith Explorer—Free Searchable Software 
This free software from Baha'i Research.com, can be downloaded, is comprehensive, and offered in several languages. New books and documents are added regularly.

Ocean—Free Software Library of the World’s Religious Literature
Ocean is a free collection of the World's Religious literature managed by a unique book-centered research engine. It contains over 1000 books of 10 world religions in English as well as collections in six other languages (French, Spanish, German, Russian, Dutch, and Portuguese).

Ruhi Resources
Provides resources related to the Ruhi Books, which provide an organized presentation of the Baha'i Faith and its beliefs in a group-study setting.

The Baha'i Study Center — Audio/Visual Materials
We believe this site provides materials that could be useful to classroom teachers. It is one of the premier sources of audio-visual materials, published on the net in MP3 format that are easily downloadable for all sorts of individual and group use. It offers a variety of materials specifically oriented to those who are not Baha'is who seek to learn more about the Baha'i Faith. These materials are at different levels and are in the process of being encoded as “beginning through advanced.” There are also illustrated text materials for introductory study of the Baha'i Faith, and for review by more seasoned Baha'is.

The eGems Library 
A searchable listing of books designed to serve the needs of teachers and parents engaged in the spiritual education of children. These books are classified by reading difficulty and maturity level, and currently available in a library or bookstore. You can search for books and suggest books.

The Life of Baha'u'llah
A photographic narrative about the life of the founder of the Baha'i Faith.

United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) Resources
Link to resources for children, youth and teachers. Children: Country overviews, real life stories and statistics from more than 180 countries around the world. Youth: Be in the know, join the discussions, and make a difference, about issues that affect you.
Teachers: Provides opportunities to explore ideas, discuss issues and take action, including assistance in professional development. Information about Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Unity Works Store
An online store offering low-cost, easy-to-use materials designed to serve the Bahá'í community and support the 2006-2011 Five Year Plan. We have enjoyed developing these materials and hope they will assist your efforts to share the Bahá'í teachings with others.

Virtual Planet
This site promotes "virtues planet parties" and a selection of virtues merchandise available for online purchase.

Organizations
Baha'i Services for the Blind
A Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States that provides literature of the Baha'i Faith, including Ruhi materials, in various mediums which can be used by those individuals whose physical or mental challenges prevent them from using normal print. To this end the Service for the Blind produces materials in Braille, large print and recordings on cassette tape.

Desert Rose Baha'i Institute
Desert Rose Baha'i Institute is a Center of Learning promoting educational, spiritual, artistic, intellectual and agricultural endeavors on a developing campus which provides to all participants, an atmosphere of peace, comfort and rejuvenation. In addition to DRBI sponsored programs, the facilities are available for rental.

Marriage Transformation Project
The Marriage Transformation Project strives to educate and empower people to create happy, lasting, spiritually-based marriages. As a social and economic development project, we believe marriage education, which is learning in action through reading, practicing skills, and participating in educational workshops is an important and vital step to having a lasting marriage. We are encouraging relationship and marriage education become part of the culture of every family and community around the world. Many of our resources are interfaith.

The Virtues Project 
The Mission of The Virtues Project is to provide empowering strategies that inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life through programs of excellence and simplicity which support people of all ages to cultivate their virtues — the gifts of character.

United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)
Statistics, Health, Development, Child Protection and other focus areas in regard to the well-being of children.

Unity Works
Offers diversity training for educators, business leaders, government and community groups.

Wilmette Institute
As an online learning center and agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States, the Wilmette Institute offers quality on-line courses on the Bahá’í Faith. It aims to engage a broad and diverse community of learners in an in-depth study of the Bahá’í Faith. 


Magazines/Publications
Baha'i Parent
This bimonthly electronic newsletter distributed from the island of Grenada is dedicated to raising families with strong spiritual values. It seeks to provide a framework to develop a solid foundation for parenting and is based on the understanding that the well-being of society depends on the integrity of the family unit. It focuses on spiritual discipline, moral education, the elimination of all forms of prejudice and the need for service to the world of humanity. (Formerly titled “Parenting in the New World Order”.)

Brilliant Star Magazine 
Brilliant Star is an award-winning magazine published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and designed for children ages 8-12. It invites children of all backgrounds and faiths to explore their roles as world citizens. We emphasize concepts such as: the appreciation of cultural and racial diversity; peace among all religions and nations; the equality of women and men; the elimination of prejudices and poverty; and the sustainable development and protection of our fragile planet.


Publishers
Badi Publishing Corp
Badí Publishing Corporation strives to provide quality Bahá'í products at affordable prices to Bahá'ís around the world. Its vision to become a successful publishing house extends beyond Bahá'í planners and calendars and includes a wide range of publications including Bahá'í Writings, poetry and children's materials. Our current product offering includes planners and calendars, books and bookmarks, photographs, jewelry and other specialty items. 

George Ronald Publishing 
This publishing house, located in the United Kingdom, was founded by David Hofman in 1943 in order to make available a wider range of literature on Baha'i subjects. At the moment it is not possible to order books on line but the Web site provides addresses of distributors who have Web sites and are happy to take on-line orders. It also offers instructions how to order directly.

Palabra Publications
Palabra Publications is an organization dedicated to the production and dissemination of teaching, deepening, and training institute course materials at low costs. These materials strive to address the spiritual education needs of diverse peoples with a variety of books.