The first issue of the journal, Caribbean Childhoods is now available in the UWI Bookshop. Caribbean Childhood: From Research to Action is an annual peer-reviewed publication coordinated by the Children’s Issues Coalition at UWI, Mona. Its objectives include bringing together research concerning Caribbean children and facilitating dissemination to persons working with children, policy makers and the wider community. This first volume focuses on early childhood issues. Articles include Early Childhood Malnutrition, Behaviour, Maternal-child Interactions and Mental Development by Julie Meeks Gardner and Christine Powell; and Determining Early Childhood Indicators for Jamaica: A Methodological Approach, by Maureen Samms Vaughn, Sian Williams and Janet Brown.