Gifted Books

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Books About Giftedness:

Do you have a favorite book that is not on our list?  Please email it to GECObookclub@ArvaMont.com

Recommended by a parent:

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In by Stephen Nowicki & Marshall Duke

Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud & John Townsend

The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience by Martin Seligman

The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman.  Provides parents with a guide on what to do with their children to develop their EI.

 

Recommended by, Andy Mahoney, nationally recognized councilor of gifted children and their families:

 

The Myth of Laziness, Mel Levine

 

Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning Deficits,      Deirdre V. Lovecky

 

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, Jack Canfield (let older kids read it--they may not do it right away, but they will start to absorb it.)

Other Recommended Reading:

Bringing Out The Best: A Resource Guide For Parents of Young Gifted Children
by Jacqulyn Saunders & Pamela Espeland
Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. 1991

Coloring Outside the Lines (learn more)
by Roger Schank
Harper Collins

Crossover Children: A Sourcebook for Helping Children Who are Gifted and Learning Disabled
by Marlene Birely
Council for Exceptional Children 1995

Enjoy Your Gifted Child
by Carol Addison Takacs
Syracuse University Press 1986

Freeing Our Families From Perfectionism
by Thomas S. Greenspon
Free Spirit Press 2005

Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds
by Jan and Bob Davidson with Laura Vanderkam
Simon & Schuster 2004

Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
by Ellen Winner
Basic Books 1997

Gifted Is Not a Dirty Word: Thoughts About Being Bright in an Average World
by Nancy Stone
Technicom 1989

Gifted Kids Speak Out
by James Delisle
Free Spirit Publishing 1987

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide For Ages 10 & Under
by Judy Galbraith
Free Spirit Publishing 1996

The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook
by James Delisle and Judy Galbraith
Free Spirit Pub. 1996

Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
by Barbara Clark
Prentice Hall 1997

Guiding Gifted Readers
by Judith Wynn Halsted
Ohio Psychology Pub. 1988

Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source For Parents and Teachers
by James T. Webb and Elizabeth A. Meckstroth
Gifted Psychology Press 1994

Helping Gifted Children SOAR: A Practical Guide For Parents and Teachers
by Carol A. Strip, Ph.D with Gretchen Hirsch
Gifted Psychology Press, Inc. 2000

Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child
by Sylvia Rimm
Barrons's Educational Series 1994

Losing our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind
by Deborah Ruf, Ph.D.
Great Potential Press 2005

'Mellow Out' They Say.  If Only I Could.  Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright.  (Learn more)
by Michael Piechowski, Ph.D.
Yunasa Books, 2006

The Optimistic Child
by Martin Seligman, Ph. D
Harper Perennial 1995

Parent Education Parents as Partners
by Dorothy Knopper
Open Space Communications 1997

Parent's Guide to Raising a Gifted Child
by James Alvino
Ballantine Books 1996

Parent's Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education  (Learn more)

by David Palmer

Parent Guide Books

 

Playing Smart: Family Guide to Enriching, Offbeat Learning Activities for Ages 4-14

By Susan K. Perry, Ph.D.

Free Spirit Publishing

Raisin' Brains:  Surviving My Smart Family
by Karen L. J. Isaacson

Re-Forming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child
by Karen B. Rogers, Ph.D
Great Potential Press, Inc. 2002

Reaching the Gifted Underachiever: How to Make the Most of Kids’ Strengths at School and at Home
by Patricia L. Suplee
New York Teachers College Press, 1990  

Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning
by Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D. and Sanford J. Cohn, Ph.D.
Great Potential Press, Inc. 2001

Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness
by Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D.
Great Potential Press, Inc.

Smart Kids with School Problems
by Priscilla Vail
E. P. Dutton 1987

Some Of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School
by Judith Wynn Halsted
Great Potential Press, Inc. 2002

Stand Up For Your Gifted Child
by Joan Franklin Smutny
Free Spirit Pub. 2001

The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With and Stick Up For Your Gifted Child
by Sally Walker
Free Spirit Pub. 1991

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom
by Susan Winebrenner
Free Spirit Pub. 2001

The Underachievement Syndrome
by Sylvia Rimm
Apple Pub. Co. 1990

Upside Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner
by Linda Silverman
DeLeon Pub 2002

When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs
by Jim Delisle and Judy Galbraith
Free Spirit Pub. 2002

Where Have All The Smart Women Gone?
by Alice Rowe, Ph.D
Smart People Books 2001

Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and What You Can Do About It
by Sylvia B Rimm
Crown Publishing 1995

You Know Your Child Is Gifted When...: A Beginner's Guide to Life On The Bright Side
by Judy Galbraith, M.A.
Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. 2000

Your Gifted Child: How to Recognize and Develop the Special Talents in your Child from Birth to Age Seven
by Jan Franklin Smutny, Ph.D.
Ballantine Books 1991


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