A Mind at a Time
– Mel Levine, M.D.
Simon & Schuster, NY c. 2002
ISBN: 07432-0223-6

Levine’s 8 Neurodevelopmental Systems: Attention Control; Memory; Language; Spatial Ordering; Sequential Ordering; Motor; Higher Thinking; Social Thinking. This book thoroughly describes each of the above systems (and their sub-components), always with examples of real children he’s worked with. His belief is clearly that all people are born with uneven potentials in these various systems but that all people can develop areas that are weaknesses, particularly when it’s necessary for school or job performance, if they believe that there is possibility for success. He also stresses that parents should be their children’s greatest advocates and supporters in developing both their natural strengths and affinities and in developing those areas that don’t naturally work well, particularly so that the child is able to get through the demands of school without losing confidence in him/herself as a compentent human being.

Your Child’s Growing Mind – A Practical Guide to Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence
– Jane M. Healy, PhD
Doubleday, NY c. 1987, 1994

Miseducation – Preschoolers at Risk
– David Elkind
Alfred A. Knopf, NY c. 1987

The Between the Lions Book for Parents – Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn to Read
– Linda K. Rath, Ed.D. and Louise Kennedy
HarperCollins Publishers, NY c. 2004
ISBN 0-06-051028-5

A parent’s book that grew out of the research for and content of the PBS television show: Between the Lions. Provides an excellent guide, with very accessible (non-technical) information & explanations about learning to read and specific suggestions for helping the child as she progresses. Divided into chapters that are organized by age (Preschoolers, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade) with “Milestones” of typical development, “Warning Signs,” “Building Blocks-What Your ‘X-age Child’ Needs,” “Activities,” and Book Suggestions for each age in addition to the narrative, descriptive stuff. Useful info for parents also at the Between the Lions website.

Growing a Reader from Birth – Your Child’s Path From Language to Literacy
– Diane McGuinness, PhD
W.W. Norton & Company, NY c. 2004
ISBN 0-393-05802-6

Reading Rescue 1 -2 – 3 – Raise Your Child’s Reading Level 2 Grades with This Easy 3-Step Program
– Peggy M. Wilbur
Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA c. 2000

Why Our Children Can’t Read
and What We Can Do About It
– Diane McGuinness, PhD
Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, NY c. 1999

Reading Reflex – The Foolproof Phono-Graphix Method for Teaching Your Child to Read
– Carmen McGuinness and Geoffrey McGuinness
Simon & Schuster, NY c. 1998

Get Ready to Read – A Practical Guide for Teaching Young Children at Home and in School
– Toni S. Gould
Walker Publishing Company, Inc, NY c. 1991
ISBN: 0-8027-7361-3

Encouraging the Artist in Your Child – (Even If You Can’t Draw)
– Sally Warner
St. Martin’s Press, NY c. 1989
ISBN: 0-312-03331-1

Analyzing Children’s Art
– Rhoda Kellogg
Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, CA c. 1969, 1970

Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child – The Heart of Parenting
– John Gottman, PhD
Simon & Schuster, NY c. 1997

Diary of a Baby – What Your Child Sees, Feels, and Experiences
– Daniel N. Stern, MD
Basic Books, NY c. 1990, 1998

On Becoming Babywise
– Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam, M.D.
Multnomah Publishers, Inc, OR c. 1995, 1998

…Stirs up controversy, this book! I found it useful in structuring breastfeedings/activity/sleep cycles for my daughter’s first four months, (then and now, a thriving and wonderful person). I’ve subsequently read a lot about the method online, initially after being blown away at the venom expressed in amazon.com reader reviews. Most of what I’ve read has completely discredited the author and there are some serious potential health issues if the ideas are applied in an extreme way. I found these reviews and articles informative: Christianity Today, keepkidshealthy.com,
BabyCenter, and AboutEzzo, the last being “an attempt to provide a link to pretty much any content on the web that discusses Ezzo or his parenting ideas,” authored by a critic of Ezzo’s methods.