This selective annotated bibliography relating to the needs of disadvantaged children lists some recent textbooks, trade books for children and young people, and professional resources for teachers in programs of compensatory education. The listing comprises three sections. Section I, Elementary and Secondary School Textbooks, has been categorized according to guidelines agreed with the American Educational Publishers Institute, adverting to; depth coverage of African nations, their history and culture, or present situation; use with the physically or mentally handicapped; programed instruction, or individualized learning; interests of American minority groups; innovation in methodology or study type; use with slow learners; and emphasis on urban life. Section II, Juvenile Literature, is also arranged substantially according to guidelines similar to the above. Section III, Professional Resources, is listed as: (1) Monographs, on the Disadvantaged, Handicaps -- Mental and Physical, Minorities and Intergroup Relations, Rural Education, and Urban Concerns; and (2) Serials and Sources, divided into Bibliographies, and Periodicals. (RJ)