Waverly Parent Resource Library

The parent resource library is located at the front lobby of the elementary campus.  The library has a collection of books (titles listed below) available for parents for check-out, or as suggested titles for parents to order for their own collections. 

• The Best Children’s Books of the Year: 100th Anniversary Edition, The Children’s Book Committee
• Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children (2) – Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Catherine O’Neill Grace
• The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teaching to Raise Self-Reliant Children, Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.
• The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools, Alfie Kohn
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman
• The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon, David Elkind, Ph.D.
• In Defense of Our Children: When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide, Elaine M. Garan, Ph.D.
• Kids Are Worth It:  Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline, Barbara Coloroso
• Last Child in the Woods:  Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv
• The Loving Parents’ Guide to Discipline: How to Teach Your Child to Behave Responsibly-With Kindness, Understanding, and Respect, Marilyn E. Gootman, Ed.D.
• Mindset, The New Psychology of Success: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Full Potential, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
• NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally, David Elkind, Ph.D.
• The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research, Stephen D. Krashen
• The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids, Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
• Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes, Alfie Kohn
• Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide, Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino
• The Read-Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease
• Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Mem Fox
• Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Jonathan Kozol
• The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”, Alfie Kohn
• Testing is Not Teaching: What Should Count in Education, Donald H. Graves
• The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper
• What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated? And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies, Alfie Kohn
• “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
• The Shelter of Each Other, Mary Pipher
• Just Tell Me What to Say and You’re Not the Boss of Me, Betsy Brown Braun
• Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, Karen Maezen Miller
• The Blessings of a B Minus--Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers, Wendy Mogel, M.D.
• The Organized Student--Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond, Donna Goldberg