Once in a while there is a book good enough that you want all of your friends and followers to know about it. Here is an on going collection of books or articles we need to read or re-read. Most of the books I read have an CCK element or a family focus. Enjoy!
Self- Compassion by Kristin Neff
Magic Trees of the Mind: How to nurture your chld’s intelligence, creativity and healthy emotions from Birth through Adolescence by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson
When my worries get too big! A relaxation book for child who live with anxiety by Kari Dunn Buron
Double-dip feelings: stories to help children understand emotions by Barbara S. Cain
Teenage as a Second Language: A Parent’s Guide to Becoming Bilingual by Greenberg Barbara R, Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder
Kindness is Cooler, Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler Sachiko Yoshikawa
Words are not for Hurting by Elizabeth Verdick, Marieka Heinlen
The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
A Portable Identity: A woman’s guide to maintaining a sense of self while moving overseas, Revised Edition by Debra R. Bryson, Charise M. Hoge
The Global Nomad’s Guide to Univeristy Transition by Tina L. Quick
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel by Garth Stein
Third Culture Kids by David C. Pollock & Ruth Van Reken
Global Soul by Pico Iyer
Fried Eggs with Chopsticks by Polly Evans
Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global by Faith Eidse & Nina Sichel
The Expat Expert by Melissa Brayer Hess & Patricia Linderman
A Moving Landscape by Jo Parfitt
Home Keeps Moving by Heidi Sand-Hart
Female Nomad and Friends by Rita Golden Gelman
Don’t forget to read these!
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the 21st Century/Howard Gardner
The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach/Howard Gardner
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success/Carol S. Dweck
Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning /Deborah Stipek Ph.D. and Kathy Seal
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole/ B. R. Barber
An Aristocracy of Everyone: The Politics of Education and the Future of America /Benjamin R. Barber
Love is Never Enough/Aaron Beck
Developing Talent in Young People/ B. Bloom
Schools Where Everyone Belongs/ Stan Davis
The Mismeasure of Man/ Stephen Gould
How Children Fail/ John Holt
Teaching Genius/ Barbara Sand
Learned Optimism/ Martin Seligman
Is it You or is it Me? /Scott Wetzler
When my worries get too big! A relaxation book for children /Kari Dunn Buron
A Portable Identity: A woman’s guide to maintining a sense of self while loving overseas/ Bryson
Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition/ Tina Quick
Third Culture Kids/David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken
Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global/ Faith Eidse
The Expat Expert/ Melissa Brayer Hess
A Moving Landscape/ Jo Parfitt
Home Keeps Moving /Heidi Sand-Hart
Parent workbook – Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child by Julia Simens (This is not one that I have read but I have lived!)
