Education and children

New York: Harper & Row, (1972.) . 3rd printing. . SIGNED on the title page by both Clyde Gillespie and John W. Streff. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . A book 'about the common causes of school difficulty and failure, about ways to help in identifying them, and about some other steps that can be taken to set things right.' A Gesell Institute of Child Development title. Includes information on the tests used at the Gesell Institute, references, index. 308 pp. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1901.) . Early printing. . Near fine in dark red cloth with gilt lettering. (previous owner's name) . Essays on fathers, mothers and freshman, on college honor, and 'new-fashioned' education preceded by a poem to Harvard College. An appealing small volume. 148 pp more information

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Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997. . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket. . A study of the Urban Collaborative in Providence, Rhode Island - an independent, public middle school founded in 1989. 182 pp. more information

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NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960. . 2nd printing. . VG/VG. . more information

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New York: Random House, 1969. . Book club edition. . Near fine in very good dust jacket. . A practical descripton of freedom in its relation to growth and learning. The story of the First Street School by an author who shares the libertarian views of A.S. Neill. more information

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Chicago: Thompson & Thomas. 1899 . Revised editon with a new introduction and notes by the author. . Front hinge broken and attractive cover slightly soiled, but otherwise very good condition. . Illustrated by W.E.B. Starkweatther. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. . . VG/VG. . A classic in this area. more information

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New York: Prentice-hall, 1961. . . VG/VG. . more information

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New York: Dell, 1967. . Paperback. . Very good. . Nice older paperback of this classic (50c cover price.) Introduction by David Reisman. more information

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New York: Random House, 1965. . First printing. . Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Classic study of American adolescents, studied in the context of high school. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author and uncommon thus, more information

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New York: Random House, 1965. . First printing. . Very good, lacking the dj (a couple of notes on the front endpaper.) . Classic study of American adolescents, studied in the context of high school. more information

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Boston: Beacon, 1969. . First printing. . Very good in very good dust jacket (a rather bitter pencilled inscription on the front endpaper - from a mother to her ex-husband? - some pencilled underlining, not very extensive.) . A serious attempt to deal with the problems children may face in a divorce, written for both parents and professionals who work with children. Each chapter deals with a different aspect, and is written by someone in that field - among them are chapters giving the points of view of a minister, rabbi and priest, parents without partners, legal aspects, etc. Notes, references, bibliography. 253 pp. more information

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Boston: Ginn & Co., 1902 . First edition. . Overall very good condition in original sturdy blue-gray cloth binding with gold lettering, black design, on front cover and spine. A few penciled notations in text, the endpapers are covered with notes, most in pencil, but a few in ink. Clipping pasted to inside of front endpaper. . A book which emphasizes the importance of teaching nature studies to children; includes both methods for teaching and content - surprisingly up to date: includes statements like "copying names is a waste of time," suggestions for intergrating language and writing skills, and from the first chapter, this comment on the environment, now, unfortunately, truer than ever - "extermination of animal species is now going on, and at a rate never before equaled." Illustrated with many photographs. more information

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New York: Prentice-Hall, 1954. . 3rd printing. . VG/G. . more information

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New York: Ronald Press, 1960. . 3rd printing. . VG/G (some water damage to dj.) . more information

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Normal: Illinois State University, 1967. . First printing. . Very good in red cloth with gold gold lettering and illustration on front cover, no dust jacket as issued. . Published by the author in her last year of teaching history - 32 of those years were at Illinois State University - and INSCRIBED by her on the title page to one of her students "a member of my last class in history." 118 pages, index, photographs. more information

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New York: Henry Holt, 1994. . First edition. . Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. more information

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New York: Henry Holt, 1994. . First edition. . SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fascinating, and highly praised, story of a little boy trapped in silence and struggling to regain language. Dustjacket praise from Richard Selzer and Ivan Doig. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review , (1975.) . Revised and enlarged edition. . Near fine - a slightly oversized trade paperback. . A collection of papers originally published in 1973 -includes Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations" by Ray C. Rist, "Learning Patterns in the Disadvantaged" by Susan Stodolsky and Gerald Lesser, and "Deficit, Difference and Bi-Cultural Models of Afro-American Behavior" by Charles A Valentine, "Strategies for Failure" by Annie Stein, among other essays. Reprint series No. 5. Correspondence, reviews, notes on the contributors. 212 pp. more information

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New York: Hyperion, (2006.) . First printing. . Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) . With record numbers of students competing fiercely to get into college, schools are no longer primarily places of learning. ... In this increasingly stressful environment, kids aren't defined by their character or hunger for knowledge, but by often arbitrary scores and statistics. ...Robbins tackles hard-hitting issues such as the student and teacher cheating epidemic, over-testing, sports rage, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that some students are driven to depression and suicide because of a B." Endnotes. 435 pp. more information

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Boulder, CO: Bull Publishing Company, (2003.) . Trade paperback. . Fine condition (as new.) . Basic information on caring for a new-born baby, and during the first year, written in an easy-to-understand style, it includes color-coded chapters, friendly illustrations, and pages to record information. En espanol. 240 pp. more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket. . A child's-eye view of the grown-up world. 193 pages. more information

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