Considering success:
GRIT: THE POWER OF PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE
Angela Duckworth
OUTLIERS: THE STORY OF SUCCESS
Malcolm Gladwell
HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: GRIT, CURIOSITY, AND THE HIDDEN POWER OF CHARACTER
Paul Tough
BRAIN STAGES: HOW TO RAISE SMART, CONFIDENT KIDS AND HAVE FUN DOING IT
Patricia Wilkinson & Jacqueline Frischknecht
THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD WORKBOOK: PRACTICAL EXERCISES, WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITIES TO NURTURE DEVELOPING MINDS
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
THE INVISIBLE TOOLBOX: THE POWER OF READING TO YOUR CHILD FROM BIRTH TO ADOLESCENCE
Kim Jocelyn Dickson
Considering the education we wish to achieve:
CREATIVITY, INC. OVERCOMING THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF TRUE INSPIRATION
Ed Catmull
THE INNOVATORS: HOW A GROUP OF HACKERS, GENIUSES, AND GEEKS CREATED THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Walter Isaacson
SQUARE PEG: MY STORY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR RAISING INNOVATORS, VISIONARIES, AND OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKERS
L. Todd Rose
CREATING INNOVATORS: THE MAKING OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
Tony Wagner
LEARNING BY HEART: AN UNCONVENTIONAL EDUCATION
Tony Wagner
Must read for all adults:
THE COLLAPSE OF PARENTING: HOW WE HURT OUR KIDS WHEN WE TREAT THEM LIKE GROWN-UPS
Leonard Sax
THE PRIMAL TEEN: WHAT THE NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT THE TEENAGE BRAIN TELL US ABOUT OUR KIDS
Barbara Strauch
RAISING EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT TEENAGERS: PARENTING WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, AND LIMITS
Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias Psy.D, Brian S. Friedlander Ph.D.
EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT PARENTING: HOW TO RAISE A SELF-DISCIPLINED, RESPONSIBLE, SOCIALLY SKILLED CHILD
Maurice J. Elias Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias Psy.D, Brian S. Friedlander Ph.D.
THE PARENT'S LITTLE BOOK OF LISTS: DOS AND DON'TS OF EFFECTIVE PARENTING
Jane Bluestein Ph.D
BUT I'M ALMOST 13! : RAISING A RESPONSIBLE ADOLESCENT
Kenneth R. Ginsburg, Martha M. Jablow
Brain research connected to teaching and learning:
MAGIC TREES OF THE MIND: HOW TO NURTURE YOUR CHILD'S INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY, AND HEALTHY EMOTIONS FROM BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
Marian Diamond, Janet Hopson
FRAMES OF MIND: THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Howard E Gardner
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: THE THEORY IN PRACTICE
Howard Gardner
FIVE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE
Howard Gardner
HOW THE BRAIN LEARNS
David A. Sousa
Reading about gifted minds:
SWITCHED ON: A MEMOIR OF BRAIN CHANGE AND EMOTIONAL AWAKENING
John Elder Robison
CRADLES OF EMINENCE: CHILDHOODS OF MORE THAN 700 FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN
Victor Goetzel
UNCOMMON GENIUS: HOW GREAT IDEAS ARE BORN
Denise Shekerjian
GIFTED GROWNUPS: THE MIXED BLESSINGS OF EXTRAORDINARY POTENTIAL
Marylou Kelly Streznewski
HOW THE GIFTED BRAIN LEARNS
David A. Sousa
Resources for gifted children and their parents:
Note: Anything from Free Spirit Press is parent and child-friendly.
CRADLES OF EMINENCE: PERFECTIONISM: WHAT’S BAD ABOUT BEING TOO GOOD?
Miriam Adderholdt, Ph.D. and Jan Goldberg
YOU’RE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK: A KID’S GUIDE TO MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
THE GIFTED KIDS SURVIVAL GUIDE
Judy Galbraith
WHEN GIFTED KIDS DON’T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS: HOW TO MEET THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS
Judy Galbraith, M.A., Jim Delisle Ph.D.
THE PRICE OF PRIVILEGE: HOW PARENTAL PRESSURE AND MATERIAL ADVANTAGE ARE CREATING A GENERATION OF DISCONNECTED AND UNHAPPY KIDS
Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED CHILDREN: WHAT DO WE KNOW?
Maureen Neihart, Psy.D., Sally M. Reis, Ph.D.,Nancy M. Robinson, Ph.D.,Sidney M. Moon, Ph.D.
STAND UP FOR YOUR GIFTED CHILD: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF KIDS' STRENGTHS AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME
Joan Franklin Smutny
CONCEPTIONS OF GIFTEDNESS: SECOND EDITION
Robert J. Sternberg Ph.D., Janet E. Davidson