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Books We Recommend
There are many books about children. Below are the ones we especially like.
Please contact us if there are other books you think we should include.
Also check The Learning Letter for our latest book review and the Learning Letter Archive for past reviews.
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(DAIC does not endorse nor derive any benefit from the sale of the following books)

On Boys:

Garbarino, James (2000), Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them

Gurian, Michael (1997), Wonder of Boys: What Parents , Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys Into Exceptional Men

Kindlon, Don & Thompson, Michael (2000) Raising Cain

Pollack S. William (1999), Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood

On Girls:

Gurian, Michael (2002), The Wonder of Girls: Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters

Pipher, Mary (1995), Reviving Ophelia:Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Shandler, Sara (1999), Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls write about Their Search for Self

General Interest:

Mangrum, Charles T., II (2000), Colleges with Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders

Shaywitz, Sally (2003), Overcoming Dyslexia, A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level (reviewed in
The Learning Letter, Vol 1, #1)

Goleman, Daniel (1995), Emotional Intelligence, Why it can matter more than IQ

Gardner, Howard (1993), Multiple Intelligences, The Theory in Practice

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