Some of Lisa’s favorite books for adults who live and work with children:

Links take you to Amazon so you can learn more about that book or author.

7 Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences

• by Thomas Armstrong
• ISBN: 0452281377

50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

• by Gever Tulley and Julie Spiegler
• ISBN: 0451234197

100 Ideas to Market Your Childcare Business

• by Taffy Gallagher
• ISBN: 1440180067

730 Easy Science Experiments with Everyday Materials

• by Richard E. Churchill, Louis V. Loeschnig and Muriel Mandell
• ISBN: 1579126138

A is for Ox

• by Barry Sanders
• ISBN: 0679742859

The A to Z Of What Works For Me!

• by Kathy Chase Young
• ISBN: 0976886138

The Absorbent Mind

• by Maria Montessori
• ISBN: 055736874X

Active Play! Fun Physical Activities for Young Children

• by Diane H. Craft and Craig L. Smith
• ISBN:
• To order: Send inquiries to diane.craft@cortland.edu

Activities for School-Age Child Care

• by Barbara Blakley, Rosalie Blau, Elizabeth H. Brady, Catherine Streibert, Ann Zavitkovsky and Docia Zavitkovsky
• ISBN: 0935989269

All Work and No Play…

• by Sharna Olfman, Ed.
• ISBN: 1449974333

(Almost) Everything You Need to Know About Early Childhood Education

• by Judy Fujawa
• ISBN: 0876591926

Animals in Translation

• by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
• ISBN: B002V1GZCS

Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders

• by Mary Pipher
• ISBN: 1573227846

Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children

• by Louise Dermon-Sparks and the A.B.C. Task Force
• ISBN: 093598920X

Ants in Their Pants: Teaching Children Who Must Move to Learn

• by Aerial Cross
• ISBN: 1933653876

Approaches to Early Childhood and Elementary Education

• by Frances Wardle
• ISBN: 1607416433

The Architecture of Happiness

• by Alain de Botton
• ISBN: 0307277240

Art and Creative Development for Young Children

• by Robert Schirrmacher
• ISBN: 049591312X

The Art of Awareness

• by Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
• ISBN: 1884834841

The Art of Roughhousing: Good Old Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It

• by Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen
• ISBN: 1594744874

The Art of Storytelling

• by Nancy Mellon
• ISBN: 1862043469

Aspirations Cannot Be Standardized

• by Kenneth F. Harris
• ISBN: B0006RWQLS

Babies in the Rain: Promoting Play, Exloration and Discovery with Infants and Toddlers

• by Jeff A. Johnson
• ISBN: 1933653841

 

The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception

• by Debora L. Spar
• ISBN: 1591396204

Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars and More Dynamite Devices

• by William Gurstelle
• ISBN: 1556523750

Bambini: The Italian Approach to Infant/Toddler Care

• by Lella Gandini and Carolyn P. Edwards
• ISBN: 080774008X

 

Basic Montessori Learning Activities for Under-Fives

• by David Gettman
• ISBN: 0312018649

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

• by Amy Chua
• ISBN: 1594202842

Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials

• by Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini
• ISBN: 0871923882

 

The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation’s Worst School District

• by Richard Whitmire
• ISBN: 0470905298

 

Before the Basics: Creating Conversations with Children

• by Bev Bos
• ISBN: 0931540011

Believing it All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast and Life

• by Marc Parent
• ISBN: 0316693464

Be The Pack Leader

• by Cesar Millan
• ISBN: 0307381676

The Best Schools

• by Thomas Armstrong
• ISBN: 141660457X

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 1416604723

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee

• by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.
• ISBN: B0052HKLQ4

Big Body Play

• by Frances M. Carlson
• ISBN: 9781928896715

The Block Book

• by Judy Martin
• ISBN: 092958905X

The Book of New Family Traditions

• by Meg Cox
• ISBN: 0762414421

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

• by Robert D. Putnam
• ISBN: 0743203046

Boys: Changing the Classroom, Not the Child

• by Daniel Hodgins
• ISBN: 09780923568948
• To order: Send inquiries to dkj5075@aol.com

Brain Gym

• by Paul E. Dennison and Gail Dennison
• ISBN: 0942143051

 

Brain Rules

• by John Medina
• ISBN: 0979777747

Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers

• by Alisa Quart
• ISBN: 0738208620

Build Your Own Treehouse: A Practical Guide

• by Maurice Barkley
• ISBN: 1402737777

The Bully, The Bullied and the Bystander

• by Barbara Coloroso
• ISBN: 0002006480

The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children

• by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1561708461

Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children’s Environments that Work

• by Jim Greenman
• ISBN: 0942702336

The Case Against Standardized Testing

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0325003254

The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World

• by Susan Linn
• ISBN: 1565849701

The Case for Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Childhood Education

• by Lilian G. Katz
• ISBN: 0935989315

A Celebration of Neurons: An Educator’s Guide to the Human Brain

• by Robert Sylwester
• ISBN: 0871202433

Celebrating Young Children and Their Teachers

• by Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld
• ISBN: 1933653272

Changing Kindergartens

• by Stacie G. Goffin and Dolores A. Stegelin, Ed.
• ISBN: 0935989498

Chants, Fingerplays and Stories

• by Bev Bos and Michael Leeman
• ISBN: 093179305X

 

The Child and the Machine: How Computers Put Our Children’s Education at Risk

• by Alison Armstrong and Charles Casement
• ISBN: 1589040058

Child Behavior

• by France L. Ilg, M.D. and Louise Bates Ames, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0060922761

Child Care Design Guide

• by Anita Rui Olds
• ISBN: 0070474494

A Child’s Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play

• by Vivian Gussin Paley
• ISBN: 0226644898

Childhood Lost: How American Culture is Failing Our Kids

• by Sharna Olfman
• ISBN: 0275981398

Children’s Adventures in Art: Fun and Easy Activities for 2 to 10 Year Olds and the Very Young at Heart

• by Francine Foster
• ISBN: 9780615362397
• To order: Send inquiries to francinef2001@yahoo.com

Children at Play: An American History

• by Howard P. Chudacoff
• ISBN: 0814716652

Children of 2010

• by Valora Washington and J.D. Andres, Ed.
• ISBN: 0935989927

Children of 2020:Creating a Better Tomorrow

• by Valora Washington and JD Andrews, Ed.
• ISBN: 0982080549

Children, their World, their Education

• by Robin Alexander, Ed.
• ISBN: 0415548713

Children’s Play: The Roots of Reading

• by Edward F. Zigler, Dorothy G. Singer and Sandra J. Bishop-Jones
• ISBN: 094365775X

Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children’s Learning

• by Peter H. Johnston
• ISBN: 1571103899

Cinderella Ate My Daughter

• by Peggy Orenstein
• ISBN: 0061711527

Circle Time Activities For Young Children

• by Deya Brashears and Sharon Werlin Krull
• ISBN: 0961471719

The Colors of Learning

• by Rosemary Althouse
• ISBN: 807742740

Considering Children’s Art: Why and How to Value Their Works

• by Brenda S. Engel
• ISBN: 0935989706

The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost

• by Jean Liedloff
• ISBN: 0201050714

Crazy Like a Fox

• by Dr. Ben Chavis with Carey Blakely
• ISBN: B003H4RARM

Cultural Awareness for Children

• by Judy Allen, Earldene McNeill and Velma Schmidt
• ISBN: 0201287315

The Dangerous Book for Boys

• by Gonn Iggulden and Han Iggulden
• ISBN: 0061243582

Dear Mem Fox, I Have Read All Your Books Even The Pathetic Ones

• by Mem Fox
• ISBN: 0156586762

Deschooling Our Lives

• by Matt Hern
• ISBN: 0865713421

Designs for Living and Learning

• by Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
• ISBN: 1929610297

The Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds

• by Joe L. Frost, Pei-San Brown, John A. Sutterby and Candra D. Thornton
• ISBN: 0871731649

Developmental Continuity Across Preschool and Primary Grades: Implications for Teachers

• by Nita Barbour and Carol Seefeldt
• ISBN: 0871731282

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

• by Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp
• ISBN: 093598979X

Dibs in Search of Self

• by Virginia M. Axline
• ISBN: 0345339258

Different Learners: Identifying, Preventing and Treating Your Child’s Learning Problems

• by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
• ISBN: B0048ELD8W

The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education that Every Child Deserves

• by Howard Gardner
• ISBN: 0140296247

Docia’s Stories

• by Docia Zavitkovsky
• ISBN: 0942702158

Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook

• by Maria Montessori
• ISBN: 160459554X

“Don’t Get So Upset!” Help Young Children Manage Their Feelings By Understanding Your Own

• by Tamar Jacobson, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1933653531

Don’t Move the Muffin Tins: A Hands-Off Guide to Art for the Young Child

• by Bev Bos
• ISBN: 0931540003

Dragon Mom: Confessions of a Child Development Expert

• by Janet Gonzalez-Mena
• ISBN: 1883965292

Dribble Drabble: Art Experiences for Young Children

• by Deya Brashears
• ISBN: 0961471700

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

• by John Taylor Gatto
• ISBN: 0865714487

Earth, Water, Fire and Air: Playful Explorations in the Four Elements

• by Walter Kraul
• ISBN: 0863157688

The Eentsy Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes

• by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson
• ISBN: 0688108059

Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn- and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less

• by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D., and Diane Eyer
• ISBN: 1594860688

Emergent Curriculum

• by Elizabeth Jones and John Nimmo
• ISBN: 0935989625

Emergent Curriculum in Early Childhood Settings

• by Susan Stacey
• ISBN: 1933653418

The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities

• by Kathy Charner, Maureen Murphy and Charlie Clark
• ISBN: 087659013X

Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think And What We Can Do About It

• by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0684856204

The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School

• by Neil Postman
• ISBN: 0679750312

The Epidemic: The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children

• by Robert Shaw, M.D.
• ISBN: 006001184X

The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method and the Movement

• by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
• ISBN: 0452277965

Essential Touch: Meeting the Needs of Young Children

• by Frances M. Carlson
• ISBN: 1928896405

Every Day in Every Way: A Year Round Calendar of Preschool Learning Challenges

• by Cynthia Holley and Faraday Burditt
• ISBN: 0822425076

Experience & Education

• by John Dewey
• ISBN: 0684838281

Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds – and What We Can Do About It

• by Jane M. Healy
• ISBN: 0684855399

Finding Your Smile Again: A Child Care Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress and Avoiding Burnout

• by Jeff A. Johnson
• ISBN: 1929610939

First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos

• by MaryAnn F. Kohl
• ISBN: 0876592221

First Time Circle Time

• by Cynthia Holley and Jane Walkup
• ISBN: 086653993X

Follow Me Too: A Handbook of Movement Activities for Three-to-Five Year Olds

• by Marianne Torbet and Lynne B. Schneider
• ISBN: 0201815974

Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

• by Jerry Mander
• ISBN: 0688082742

Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)

• by Lenore Skenazy
• ISBN: 0470574755

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

• by Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Youth and Families on Board on Children, Jack P. Shonkoff, Deborah A. Phillips, et al.
• ISBN: 0309069882

The Game and Play Leader’s Handbook: Facilitating Fun and Positive Interaction

• by Bill Michaelis and John M. O’Connell
• ISBN: 1892132486

Games to Play with Babies

• by Jackie Silberg
• ISBN: 0876592558

The Genius of Play: Celebrating the Spirit of Childhood

• by Sally Jenkinson
• ISBN: 1903458048

The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places

• by Gary Paul Nabhan
• ISBN: 0807085251

Globalchild: Multicultural Resources for Young Children

• by Maureen Cech
• ISBN: 0201298228

Glues, Brews and Goos

• by Diana F. Marks
• ISBN: 1563083620

Good Earth Art

• by MaryAnn F. Kohl and Cindy Gainer
• ISBN: 0935607013

The Great Outdoors: Restoring Our Children’s Right to Play Outside

• by Mary S. Rivkin
• ISBN: 0935989714

Grossology

• by Sylvia Branzei
• ISBN: 0843149140

Growing Teachers: Partnerships in Staff Development

• by Elizabeth Jones
• ISBN: 0935989544

Growing Up in Child Care: A Case for Quality Early Education

• by Ben Mardell
• ISBN: 0325004242

The Happy Child: Changing the Heart of Education

• by Steven Harrison
• ISBN: 1591810000

The Hand

• by Frank R. Wilson
• ISBN: 0679740473

Hands-On Grossology

• by Sylvia Branzei
• ISBN: 0843103051

Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind The Rhyme

• by Chris Roberts
• ISBN: 1592402178

The Hidden History of Head Start

• by Edward Zigler and Sally J. Styfco
• ISBN: 0195393767

High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don’t Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian

• by Clifford Stoll
• ISBN: 0385489757

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

• by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabor Mate, M.D.
• ISBN: 0375760288

Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child

• by Alissa Quart
• ISBN: 1594200955

How to Have Intelligent and Creative Conversations with Your Kids

• by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0385472668

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon

• by David Elkind
• ISBN: 0738204412

I Was A Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids

• by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
• ISBN: 081185650X

Images of the Young Child: Collected Essays on Development and Education

• by David Elkind
• ISBN: 0935989587

In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child’s Multiple Intelligences

• by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1585420514

Indigo Celebration: More Messages, Stories, and Insights from the Indigo Children

• by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober
• ISBN: 1561708593

The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived

• by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober
• ISBN: 1561706086

The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived

• by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober
• ISBN: 1561706086

Kids Are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline

• by Barbara Coloroso
• ISBN: 0060014318

Knowledge Under Construction: The Importance of Play in Developing Children’s Spacial and Geometric Thinking

• by Daniel Ness and Stephen J. Ferenga
• ISBN: 0742547884

Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder

• by Richard Louv
• ISBN: 156512605X

The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

• by Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
• ISBN: 0275990966

Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices For Young Children

• by Susan B. Neuman, Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp
• ISBN: 0935989870

Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teachers

• by Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
• ISBN: 1929610971

Let’s play outdoors (NAEYC publication)

• by Katherine Read Baker
• ISBN: 0912674237

Listen to the Children

• by Docia Zavitkovsky, Katherine Read Baker, Jean Reiss Berlfein and Millie Almy
• ISBN: 0935989005
• To order: Send inquiries to National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1509 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-1426

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s

• by John Elder Robison
• ISBN: 0307396185

Love is not Enough

• by Bruno Bettelheim
• ISBN: 038001405X

Magic Capes, Amazing Powers: Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom

• by Eric Hoffman
• ISBN: 1929610475

Magic Trees of the Mind

• by Marian Diamond, Ph.D. and Janet Hopson
• ISBN: 0452278309

Magical Child

• by Joseph Chilton Pearce
• ISBN: 0452267897

Making Children Mind without Losing Yours

• by Dr. Kevin Leman
• ISBN: 0800731050

A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool

• by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Laura E. Berk, and Dorothy G. Singer
• ISBN: 0195382714

Many Children Left Behind

• by Deborah Meier, Alphie Kohn, Linda Darling-Hammond, Theodore R. Sizer, George Wood, and others
• ISBN: 0807004596

Meeting the Challenge: Effective Strategies for Challenging Behaviours in Early Childhood Environments

• by Barbara Kaiser and Judy Sklar Rasminsky
• ISBN: 0968515711

A Mind At A Time

• by Mel Levine, M.D.
• ISBN: 0743202236

The Minds of Boys

• by Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens
• ISBN: 0787995282

Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk

• by David Elkind
• ISBN: 0394756347

Misreading Masculinity: Boys, Literacy and Popular Culture

• by Thomas Newkirk
• ISBN: 0325004455

The Montessori Method

• by Maria Montessori
• ISBN: 1456549413

Montessori Today

• by Paula Polk Lillard
• ISBN: 080521061X

More Dribble Drabble: Process-Oriented Art

• by Deya Brashears, Lea Brashears and Georgianne Gaines Meeker
• ISBN: 0961471727

More Infant and Toddler Experiences

• by Fran Hast and Ann Hollyfield
• ISBN: 1929610149

The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit

• by Don G. Campbell
• ISBN: 0060937203

Much More Than the ABC’s: The Early Stages of Reading and Writing

• by Judith Schickendanz
• ISBN: 0935989900

Mud, Sand, and Water

• by Dorothy M. Hill
• ISBN: 0912674520

Mudpies and Other Recipes

• by Marjorie Winslow
• ISBN: 1590173686

Mudpies to Magnets: A Preschool Science Curriculum

• by Robert A. Williams, Robert E. Rockwell and Elizabeth A. Sherwood
• ISBN: 0876591128

Mudworks: Creative Clay, Dough, and Modeling Experiences

• by MaryAnn F. Kohl
• ISBN: 0935607021

Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children

• by Judy Sierra and Robert Kaminski
• ISBN: 0897746880

The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing

• by Thomas Armstrong
• ISBN: 0871207184

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

• by Oliver Sacks
• ISBN: 1400033535

The Myth of the A.D.D. Child

• by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0452275474

Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes

• by Steve Spangler
• ISBN: 160832060X

The Nanny Diaries

• by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
• ISBN: 031237433X

A Natural History of the Senses

• by Diane Ackerman
• ISBN: 0679735666

Natural Playscapes: Creating Outdoor Play Environments for the Soul

• by Rusty Keeler
• ISBN: 0942702476

New Pioneers: The Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future

• by Jeffrey Jacob
• ISBN: 0271029897

Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind

• by Peter W.D. Wright, Esq., Pamela Darr Wright, and Suzanne Whitney Heath
• ISBN: 1892320126

No Contest: The Case Against Competition

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0395631254

No More Public School

• by H. Bennett
• ISBN: 0394707680

A Nursery School Handbook for teachers and parents

• by Marjorie M. Green and Elizabeth L. Woods, Ph.D.
• ASIN: B0007DX1TW
• To order: Send inquiries to Sierra Madre Community Nursery School Association, 701 East Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024

NurtureShock

• by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• ISBN: 0446504130

Only the Heart Knows How to Find Them: Precious Memories for a Faithless Time

• by Christopher de Vinck
• ISBN: 0140169474

Ophelia Speaks

• by Sara Shandler
• ISBN: 0060952970

The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media’s Effect on Our Children

• by James P. Steyer
• ISBN: 0743405838

The Out-of-Sync Child

• by Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA
• ISBN: 0399531653

Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies With Young Children (Early Childhood Education (Teacher’s College Pr))

• by Jane P. Perry
• ISBN: 0807741183

The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids

• by Alexandra Robbins
• ISBN: 140130902X

Parenting, Inc.

• by Pamela Paul
• ISBN: 0805089241

Peace Is Every Step

• by Thich Nhat Hanh
• ISBN: 0553351397

The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why

• by Dalton Conley
• ISBN: 0375421742

P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training)

• by Dr. Thomas Gordon
• ISBN: 9995474786

Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety

• by Judith Warner
• ISBN: 0641803273

Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way

• by Mary Catherine Bateson
• ISBN: 0060926309

Perspectives on Gender in Early Childhood

• by Tamar Jacobson, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1605540218

Play

• by Stuart Brown, MD
• ISBN: 1583333789

Play In The Lives of Children

• by Cosby S. Rogers and Janet K. Sawyers
• ISBN: 0935989099

Play = Learning

• by Dorothy Singer, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
• ISBN: 0199733821

Play Therapy

• by Virginia M. Axline
• ISBN: 0443040613

Playing: A Kid’s Curriculum Grades PreK-1: Teacher Resource

• by Sandra J. Stone
• ISBN: 1596470038 or 0673360415

Playing to Get Smart

• by Elizabeth Jones and Renatta M. Cooper
• ISBN: 0807746169

Play’s Place in Public Education for Young Children

• by Victoria Jean Dimidjian
• ISBN: 0810603640

Play Power: Games and Activities for Young Children

• by Sharon Werlin Krull and Norma Don
• ISBN: 999800537X

The Playwork Primer

• by Penny Wilson
• ISBN: 978-0-9823751-2-9
• To access, please visit http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/playwork

The Power of Observation for Birth Through Eight

• by Judy R. Jablon, Amy Laura Dombro and Margo L. Dichtelmiller
• ISBN: 1933021527

The Power of Play

• by David Elkind, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0738211109

The Power of Play: New Visions of Creativity

• edited by Carol S. Lawson
• ISBN: 0877852278

Preschool Art

• by MaryAnn Kohl
• ISBN: 0876591683

Preschool Education in America

• by Barbara Beatty
• ISBN: 0300072732

Program Full: Your Guide to Successful Childcare Marketing

• by Taffy Gallagher
• ISBN: 144019680X

Public Playground Safety Handbook

• by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• ASIN: B0053H3R5U

Punished by Rewards

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0618001816

The Queen of Education: Rules for Making Schools Work

• by LouAnne Johnson
• ISBN: 0787987689

Radical Reflections

• by Mem Fox
• ISBN: 015607947X

Raising Cain : Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

• by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0345434854

Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment

• by James Garbarino
• ISBN: 0787950424

Raising Resilient Children

• by Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0809297655

Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist Approach to Physics with Young Children

• by Rheta DeVries and Christina Sales
• ISBN: 1928896693

Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever

• by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
• ISBN: 0156035103

Ready or Not: Leadership Choices in Early Care and Education

• by Stacie G. Goffin and Valora Washington
• ISBN: 0807747939

Ready or Not: What Happens When We Treat Children As Small Adults

• by Kay S. Hymowitz
• ISBN: 1893554201

Ready to Learn: Using Play to Build Literacy Skills in Young Learners

• by Anne Burke
• ISBN: 1551382490

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

• by William Pollack, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0805061835

A Reasonable Life

• by Ferenc Maté
• ISBN: 0920256368

Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society

• by William Crain
• ISBN: 0805075135

Reflecting Children’s Lives: A Handbook for Planning Your Child-Centered Curriculum

• by Deb Curtis and Margie Carter
• ISBN: 1605540390

Remote Control Childhood?: Combating the Hazards of Media Culture (NAEYC Series)

• by Diane E. Levin
• ISBN: 0935989846

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

• by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1594481881

The Schoolhome: Rethinking Schools for Changing Families

• by Jane Roland Martin
• ISBN: 0674792661

School Recess and Playground Behavior

• by Anthony D/ Pellegrini
• ISBN: 0791421848

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0618083456

Science Arts

• by MaryAnn Kohl and Jean Potter
• ISBN: 0935607048

Science With Young Children (NAEYC)

• by Bess-Gene Holt
• ISBN: 0935989285

The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

• by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff and Patricia K. Kuhl
• ISBN: 0688177883

Scribble Art

• by MaryAnn F. Kohl
• ISBN: 0935607056

Scribble Cookies and Other Independent Creative Art Experiences for Children

• by MaryAnn F. Kohl
• ISBN: 0935607102

The Secret of Childhood

• by Maria Montessori
• ISBN: 0345305833

Secret Science: 25 Science Experiments Your Teacher Doesn’t Know About

• by Steve Spangler
• ISBN: 1933317752

Secure Relationships: Nurturing Infant-Toddler Attachment in Early Care Settings

• by Alice S. Honig
• ISBN: 1928896030

Selling Out America’s Children: How America Puts Profits Before Values – And What Parents Can Do

• by David Walsh, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0925190276

Simple Steps: Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds

• by Karen Miller
• ISBN: 0132229935

Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head

• by Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 0915556375

Social Intelligence

• by Daniel Goleman
• ISBN: 055338449X

Speaking Out: Early Childhood Advocacy (NAEYC)

• by Stacie G. Goffin and Joan Lombardi
• ISBN: 0935989196

Spoiled Rotten: Today’s Children and How to Change Them

• by Fred G. Gosman
• ISBN: 0446395099

Standardized Childhood

Standardized Childhood: The Political and Cultural Struggle over Early Education

Standardized Minds

• by Bruce Fuller
• ISBN: 0738204331

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like A Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom

• by Celia Rivenbark
• ISBN: 0060254920

Stop Medicating, Start Parenting

• by David B. Stein, Ph.D.
• ISBN: 1589791339

Swinging Pendulums: Cautionary Tales for Early Childhood Education

• by Carol Garhart Mooney
• ISBN: 1605540803

Taking Back Childhood

• by Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Ed.D.
• ISBN: 1594630437

Taming the Tornado Tube

• by Steve Spangler
• ISBN: 0964935317

Teacher

• by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
• ISBN: 0671617680

Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire

• by Rafe Esquith
• ISBN: 0670038156

Teach Your Own

• by John Holt
• ISBN: 0738206946

Teaching by Heart

• by Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld
• ISBN: 1929610122

Teaching in the Key of Life

• by Mimi Brodsky Chenfield
• ISBN: 0935989579

Teaching Preschoolers: It Looks Like This…In Pictures

• by Jeanette G. Stone
• ISBN: 0935989382

Teaching Young Children

• by Dianne Miller Nielsen
• ISBN: 1412926734

Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew

• by Ellen Notbohm
• ISBN: 1932565302

Theater Games for the Classroom

• by Viola Spolin
• ISBN: 0810140047

Theories of Attachment: An Introduction to Bowlby, Ainsworth, Gerber, Brazelton, Kennell & Klaus

• by Carol Garhart Mooney
• ISBN: 1933653388

Theories of Infant Development

• edited by Gavin Bremner and Alan Slater
• ISBN: 00631233385

There Are No Shortcuts

• by Rafe Esquith
• ISBN: 1400030838

Thinking Big, Learning Big

• by Marie Faust Evitt, Tim Dobbins and Bobbi Weesen-Baer
• ISBN: 0876590679

Together We’re Better

• by Bev Bos
• ISBN: 0931793017

To Play or Not To Play: Is It Really a Question?

• by Christine Jeandheur Ferguson and Ernest Dettore, Jr. Editors
• ISBN: 0871731703

To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher

• by William Ayers
• ISBN: 0807750638

The Tragedy of Child Care in America

• by Edward Zigler, Katherine Marsland and Heather Lord
• ISBN: 0300172117

Tumbling Over the Edge

• by Bev Bos and Jenny Chapman
• ISBN: 0931793025

Unconditional Parenting

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0743487486

Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting

• by Carl Honoré
• ISBN: 0061128813

The Underachieving School

• by John Holt
• ISBN: 1591810388

Unplugging the Plug-in Drug

• by Marie Winn
• ISBN: 0670818879

The Unscripted Classroom: Emergent Curriculum In Action

• by Susan Stacey
• ISBN: 1605540366

Up The Down Staircase

• by Bel Kaufman
• ISBN: 0060973617

Voluntary Simplicity

• by Duane Elgin
• ISBN: 0061779261

Waiting for “Superman”

• edited by Karl Weber
• ISBN: 1586489275

Weapons of Mass Instruction

• by John Taylor Grotto
• ISBN: 0865716692

The Web of Life: Weaving The Values That Sustain Us

• by Richard Louv
• ISBN: 1573241407

We’ve Got Issues

• by Judith Warner
• ISBN: 159448497X

What Happened to Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten?

• by Susan Ohanian
• ISBN: 0071383263

What to Look for in a Classroom: And Other Essays

• by Alfie Kohn
• ISBN: 0787952834

What We Know About Childcare

• by Alison Clarke-Stewart and Virginia D. Allhusen
• ISBN: 0674017498

When Teachers Reflect: Journeys Towards Effective, Inclusive Practice (NAEYC)

• by Elizabeth A. Tertell, Susan M. Klein, Janet L. Jewett, NAEYC
• ISBN: 0935989854

Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.

• by Robert Paul Smith
• ISBN: 0393339416

The Wonder of Boys

• by Michael Gurian
• ISBN: 1585425281

Wonderscience

• by Wendy Nichols and Kim Nichols
• ISBN: 0962590703

Woodworking for Young Children

• by Patsy Skeen and Anita P. Garner
• ISBN: 0912674857

Workjobs

• by Mary Baratta-Lorton
• ISBN: 555190637X

You Can’t Say You Can’t Play

• by Vivian Gussin Paley
• ISBN: 0674965906

Your Child At Play: Birth to One Year

• by Marilyn Degal
• ISBN: 1557043302

Your Child’s Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence

• by Jane Healy
• ISBN: 0767916158