I have assembled a collection of books which focus on issues pertinent to raising gifted children. I encourage you to educate yourselves about gifted children and their needs because you are your child's greatest advocate. The books marked with a check are good for initial reading material about gifted children. The books marked with a circle focus on underachievement. If you send a note with your child, I will be happy to send a book home in a brown envelope. My only request is that you return the book within 2 weeks so that someone else may check it out. Enjoy!

ACCELERATED LEARNING Colin Rose

BRAIN GAMES Richard B. Fisher

BRIGHT MINDS, POOR GRADES Michael D. Whitley, Ph.D.

BRINGING OUT THE BEST (A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children) Jacqulyn Saunders

BUILD YOUR BRAIN POWER Arthur and Ruth Winter

THE COURAGE TO CREATE Rollo May

CONNECTING THE GIFTED COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE (Selected Proceedings from the 12th World Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Inc.)

COPING FOR CAPABLE KIDS (Strategies for Parents, Teachers and Students)

Dr. LeoNora M. Cohen and Dr. Erica Frydenberg

CRADLES OF EMINENCE Victor Goertzel and Mildred G. Goertzel

COUNSELING THE GIFTED AND TALENTED Linda Kreger Silverman

DREAMERS, DISCOVERERS & DYNAMOS Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D.

THE ENCOURAGEMENT BOOK Don Dinkmeyer and Lewis E. Losoncy

EXTRAORDINARY MINDS Howard Gardner

THE FACES OF GIFTED Nancy L. Johnson

FAILING AT FAIRNESS (How America's Schools Cheat Girls) Myra and David Sadker

GIFTED CHILDREN (Myths and Realities) Ellen Winner

GIFTED GROWNUPS (The Mixed Blessings of Extraordianary Potential) Marylou Strenznewski

GROWING UP GIFTED Barbara Clark

GUIDING THE GIFTED CHILD James T. Webb, Elizabeth Meckstroth, Stephanie Tolan

GUIDING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF GIFTED YOUTH James R. Delisle

HELP! FOR PARENTS OF G/T CHILDREN Nancy Carlson and Jane Riley

HOW TO RAISE A CHILD WITH A HIGH EQ (A Parents' Guide to Emotional Intelligence)

Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D.

THE HURRIED CHILD David Elkind

LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENTS Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D. and Suzanne M. Bean, Ph.D.

LEADING MINDS (An Anatomy of Leadership) Howard Gardner

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MIND Tony Buzan

MOTIVATING UNDERACHIEVERS (172 Strategies for Success) Carolyn Coil

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Howard Gardner

ON BEING GIFTED Sponsored by American Association for Gifted Children

PARENTING SKILLS FOR THE 90S: YOUR GIFTED CHILD (video) Nancy L. Johnson

PARENTS' GUIDE TO RAISING A GIFTED CHILD James Alvino

RASING BOYS Steve Biddulph

RAISING BRIGHTER CHILDREN (A Program for Busy Parents) Sidney Ledson

RAISING YOUR SPIRITED CHILD Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

REAL BOYS (Rescuing our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood) William Pollack, Ph. D.

SEE JANE WIN (The Rimm Report on How 1,000 Girls Became Successful Women) Dr. Sylvia Rimm

SIX THINKING HATS Edward De Bono

SMART GIRLS, GIFTED WOMEN Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D.

SMART GIRLS (Revised Edition) Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D.

SMARTEN UP! Roger Yepsen

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE BOOKS (Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-school to High School) Judith Wynn Halsted

SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR PARENTS OF GIFTED KIDS Sally Walker

TALENTED CHILDREN AND ADULTS (Their Development and Education) Jane Piirto

UNDERACHIEVEMENT SYNDROME Sylvia B. Rimm, Ph.D.

UNDERSTANDING THOSE WHO CREATE Jane Piirto Ph.D.

UP FROM UNDERACHIEVEMENT Diane Heacox

USE BOTH SIDES OF YOUR BRAIN Tony Buzan

WAY BEYOND THE IQ J. P. Guildord

WHY BRIGHT KIDS GET POOR GRADES Dr. Silvia Rimm

A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD: HOW YOU CAN BE MORE CREATIVE Roger von Oech

WORK LEFT UNDONE (Choices and Compromises of Talented Females) Sally Morgan Reis

WORKING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Daniel Goleman

WORTH THE RISK ( True stories about risk takers and how you can be one,too) Arlene Erlbach

BECOMING AN ACHIEVER (A Student Guide - Steps to Success) Carolyn Coil

THE BOOK OF THINK Marilyn Burns

BRAIN POWER Pat Sharp

GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D. and Susanne M. Bean, Ph.D.

GIFTED KIDS SPEAK OUT James R. Delisle

KID STORIES - BIOGRAPHIES OF 20 YOUNG PEOPLE YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW James R. Delisle

THE GIFTED KIDS SURVIVAL GUIDE (10 and under) Judy Galbraith

THE GIFTED KIDS SURVIVAL GUIDE (11-18) Judy Galbraith

PERFECTIONISM Miriam Adderholdt-Elliot, Ph.D.