– Chris F
Books for Children
The Sheffield Preschool
Library has over 1,000 books collected on subjects from
art to zoology. In addition to classics such as Curious
George and Madeline,
the library is continually refreshed by the Sheffield
tradition of each child giving a book to the preschool
as part of the celebration of his or her
birthday.
Parenting Book Club
In
recent years, parents have selected a book to read and
discuss during some of our monthly parent meetings.
Recommended Reading
Sheffield maintains a selection of parenting books that have proven useful over the years for some families looking for more information on the dynamics of their child in a particular stage of development. Some examples are below.
Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.,
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping
your child thrive in an extroverted world.
Deborah Stipek, Ph.D.,
& Kathy Seal,
Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning.
Alice Miller,
The Drama of the Gifted Child, For Your Own Good.
Bruno Bettleheim,
A Good Enough
Parent: A Book on Child Rearing, and The Uses
of Enchantment.
Marian Diamond, Ph.D.,
& Janet Hopson,
Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child’s
Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from
Birth Through Adolescence.
Magda Gerber & Allison
Johnson,
Your Self-Confident Baby.
Bruce Taubman, M.D.,
Why Is My Baby Crying?
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.,
& Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.,
Baby Signs: How to talk with your baby before your
baby can talk.
Adele Faber & Elaine
Mazlish,
How To Talk So Kids Will Listen
& Listen So Kids Will Talk, and Siblings
Without Rivalry: How to help your children live together
so you can live too.
Mary
Sheedy Kurcinka,
Kids, Parents, & Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime.
Eleanor Reynolds,
Guiding Young Children: a problem-solving approach.
Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.,
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping
your child thrive in an extroverted world.
Deborah Stipek, Ph.D.,
& Kathy Seal,
Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning.
John Holt,
How Children Learn, and How Children Fail.
Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., &
Michael Thompson, Ph.D.,
Raising Cain: protecting the emotional life of boys.
Mary Pipher, Ph.D.,
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent
Girls.
Catherine Chemin Schneider, O.T.R.,
Sensory Secrets: How to jump-start learning in
children.
Stephen Nowicki, Jr. Ph.D., &
Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D.,
Helping the
Child Who Doesn’t Fit In.
Mary Ann Emswiler, M.A.,
M.P.S., & James P. Emswiler, M.A., M.ED.
Guiding Your Child Through Grief.
M. Scott Peck, M.D.,
The Road Less Traveled: A new
psychology of love,
traditional values and spiritual growth.
Thomas Moore,
Care of the
Soul: A guide for cultivating depth and sacredness
in everyday life.
Dalma Heyn,
Marriage Shock: The transformation of women into
wives.
Caroline Myss, Ph.D.,
Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can.
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka,
Sleepless in America.
Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.,
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee.
Barbara Coloroso,
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, from Preschool to High School — How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence.
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