JT's Current Reading List
Here is my current (08/2019) booklist: What are you reading these days? I'd love to hear from you: josh.thompson@tamuc.edu
Author |
Date |
Title |
Dewey |
Cat |
|
Baron |
1990 |
Pigeon Birds and Rhyming Words: The Role of Parents in Language Learning |
cl |
||
Boisvert |
2018 |
The New Collar Workforce: An Insider’s Guide to Making Impactful Changes to Manufacturing and Training |
t |
||
Boyle |
2018 |
Gravesend: A Novel |
z |
||
Brooks |
2019 |
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life |
ld |
||
Brown |
2012 |
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead |
ld |
||
Dalai Lama, Tutu, & Abrams |
2016 |
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World |
ld |
||
DeViney, Harris, Duncan, Roddy, & Rosenberry |
2010 |
Inspiring Spaces for Young Children |
ece |
||
DeViney, Harris, Duncan, Roddy, & Rosenberry |
2010 |
Rating Observation Scale for Inspiring Environments ROSIE |
|||
Evans |
2018 |
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again |
ld |
||
Goffin |
2019 |
Ready or Not: Early Care and Education’s Leadership Choices – 12 Years Later |
ece |
||
Golinkoff & Hirsh-Pasek |
2000 |
How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life |
cl |
||
Golinkoff & Hirsh-Pasek |
2016 |
Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children |
ece |
||
Gopnik |
2017 |
The Gardner and the Carpenter: What The New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children |
ece |
||
Gopnik, Meltzoff, & Kuhl |
1999 |
The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind |
cl |
||
Gray |
2013 |
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life |
t |
||
Grieshaber & Cannella |
2001 |
Embracing Identities in Early Childhood Education: Diversity and Possibilities |
ece |
||
Hall |
2019 |
Strong Fathers as Strong Teachers |
ece |
||
Hirsh-Pasek, et al |
2007 |
Celebrate the Scribble: Appreciating Children’s Art |
ece |
||
Hirsh-Pasek, Golinkoff, Berk & Singer |
2008 |
A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool: Presenting the Evidence |
ece |
||
Jeffers |
2011 |
Stuck |
z |
||
Kirp |
2019 |
The College Dropout Scandal |
ld |
||
Kondo |
2011 |
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing |
t |
||
Lansbury |
2014 |
Elevating Childcare: A Guide to Respectful Parenting |
ece |
||
Mellonie |
2009 |
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children |
ece |
||
Montessori |
1909 |
The Montessori Method |
ece |
||
Montessori |
1916 |
Spontaneous Activity |
ece |
||
Montessori |
1943 |
Creative Development in the Child, vol. 1 & 2 |
ece |
||
Newport |
2016 |
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World |
ld |
||
Owens |
2019 |
Where the Crawdads Sing |
z |
||
Palmer |
2018 |
On the Brink of Everything |
ld |
||
Polacio |
2012 |
Wonder |
t |
||
Resnick |
2018 |
Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play |
ece |
||
Singer, Golinkoff, et al |
2006 |
Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children’s Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth |
ece |
||
Smith, Frey, et al |
2017 |
Building Equity: Policies and Practices to Empower All Learners |
ld |
||
Spires |
2014 |
The Most Magnificent Thing |
z |
||
Suskind |
2015 |
Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain |
cl |
||
Taylor |
1951 |
All-of-a-Kind Family |
z |
||
Thomas |
2018 |
The Hate U Give |
z |
||
Wright |
2012 |
The Rent Collector |
z |
Key
cl = Child Language Studies & Research
d = devotional
ece = Early Childhood Education
ld = leadership development
t = teaching
z = easy reading go to sleep