Welcome to our online bookstore, aisle one. This aisle has books that we have selected because they are related to childhood and/or gifted education. All of these can be ordered online from Amazon.com. Using the links here in our bookstore, you can find out more about each title and, if you wish, order it. We do benefit from the purchases you make through our bookstore, so thank you in advance. Happy reading!

Orr (environmental studies, Oberlin College) describes the problems of education from an ecological perspective, and presents principles for re-creating education. He argues that much of what is wrong with the world is the result of inadequate education that alienates us from life in the name of human domination. He discusses biophilia, the disciplinary structure of knowledge, and ecological intelligence. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.



The Geography of Childhood : Why Children Need Wild Places
Gary Paul Nabhan, Stephen A. Trimble; Paperback; $11.20

In this unique collaboration, naturalists Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble investigate how children come to care deeply about the natural world. They ask searching questions about what may happen to children denied exposure to wild places--a reality for more children today than at any time in human history. Teresa Jordan, author of "Riding the White Horse Home, hails "The Geography of Childhood" as a "passionate book, filled with the love of two fathers who know how to listen to children--their own and others--and to the earth. Every parent, every person should read it."



Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom:
Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented
Susan Winebrenner, Pamela Espeland (Editor); Paperback; $17.56

This is a very popular book among classroom teachers. It contains many practical ideas you can implement right away. This is the publication we mentioned in SPRINGHURST QUARTERLY Issue 3.



Gifted Children: Myths and Realities
Ellen Winner; Paperback; $14.80

Gifted children - children years ahead of their peers - have long inspired fascination, envy, fear, and rejection. Misconceptions about children with special abilities abound. In this fascinating book, Winner uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what these children are really like. Using vivid case studies, she paints a complex picture of the gifted child.





Growing Up Gifted:
Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School
Barbara Clark; Hardcover; $78.00

One of the leading books in the field, this edition offers the most interesting, information-packed introduction available to the characteristics of the gifted and talented children.