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Bank Street Library Bibliography: Greatest Hits of 2006

In 1970, Bank Street graduate students chose the books they found most useful during their time at Bank Street and the Library created this bibliography based on their choices. So, the Library decided to create a new list, based on the selections of the graduate students of 2006. Here are the results. Annotations below were written by graduate students who submitted the titles. Thank you to all the students who participated!

Bettelheim, Bruno. Uses of enchantment.
Call number: 398.45 B565u

Campbell, Patricia Shehan. Songs in their heads: music and meaning in children’s lives.
Call number: 372.87 C191s

Charney, Ruth. Teaching children to care. (3 votes)
Call number: 372.11024 C483t

Cohen, Dorothy. The learning child.
It’s wonderful—easy to read, contains lots of useful information on the stages of child development, and, although it was written 30(?) years ago, it still feels relevant and contemporary.
Call number: 372. 01 C678L

Curtain, Helena. Languages and children: making the match.
Call number: 372.65 C978L2

Derman-Sparks, Louise. Anti-bias curriculum: tools for empowering young children.
Call number: 372.13 D435a

Dewey, John. Experience and education. (2 votes)
Call number: 370.1 D519e

Duckworth, Eleanor. The having of wonderful ideas.
Call number: 371.102 D836h2

Faber, Adele, and Elaine Mazlish. How to talk so kids can learn.
Call number: 371.1023 H847t

Falk, John and Lynn Dierking. Learning from museums.
Call number: 069.134 F191L

Gilligan, Carol. In a different voice.
Call number: 305.42 G481i

Greene, Maxine. Variations on a blue guitar.
Call number: 791.071 G811v

Hirsch, E. S. The block book. (2 votes)
An invaluable resource for understanding what children learn with unit blocks and how to use them in the classroom.
Call number: 372.13 B651

Hodgdon, Linda. Solving behavior problems in autism: improving communication strategies.
Call number: 618.928982 H688s

Hodgdon, Linda. Visual strategies for improving communication: practical supports for school and home.
Both Hodgdon books are incredibly useful for anyone studying or working with kids on the autistic spectrum, special needs kids, or any kids in an early childhood classroom setting. (Though these visual strategies can also be used with people on the autistic spectrum in later childhood/adolescence as well.) Practical with lots of specific tips for creating visual tools.
Call number: 371.9 H688v

hooks, bel. Teaching to transgress.
Call number: 370.115 H784t

Jackson, Philip. John Dewey and the lessons of art.
Call number: 700.1 J14j

Keene, Ellin Oliver and Susan Zimmermann. Mosaic of thought.
Call number: 372.47 K26m

Kotlowitz, Alex. There are no children here: the story of two boys growing up in the other America.
Call number: 305.230977311 K87t

Kotter, John. Leading change.
Call number: 658.406 K871

Kozol, Jonathan. Savage inequalities.
Call number: 371.967 K88s

Labinowicz, Ed. The Piaget primer.
Call number: 370.152 L119p

Levine, Mel. A mind at a time. (2 votes)
Call number: 370.1523 L665m

Miller, Debbie. Reading with meaning.
Call number: 372.4 M647r

Mitchell, Lucy Sprague. Young geographers.
This book really connects geography to the classroom. It roots geography as the backbone for social studies. The message is very consistent with the teachings of Bank Street.
Call number: 372.891 M681y4

Paley, Vivian. You can’t say you can’t play.
Call number: 372.11023 P158y

Rosenblatt, Louise. Literature as exploration.
The author captures the connection between a reader and the text like no other. I have been able to reach and teach many students on the beauty and necessity of reading by using her work and her philosophy. What I have been most grateful for is that her book transcends language: I have used it for ESL, SSL, and native track Spanish.
Call number: 375.8 R813Li5

Schuman, Jo Miles. Art from many hands.
Call number: 745 S392a

Smith, Nancy. Experience and art: teaching children to paint.
Call number: 372.52 S655e2

Taberski, Sharon. On solid ground. (3 votes)
Great info on how to run reader’s workshop and reading conferences in the classroom.
Call number: 372.416 T113o

Tabors, Patton. One child, two languages.
Specifically for teachers who have English language learners in their classrooms, the book gives a nice balance of theory, research, and practive. Tabors explains the stages of second-language acquisition and describes actual behaviors that a teacher may witness when a child passes through these stages. The book contains truly practical information for all teachers of multicultural classrooms.
Call number: 372.65 T114o

Weis, Lois and Michelle Fine. Beyond silenced voices: class, race, and gender in United States schools.
Call number: 371.82 B573s

Wood, Chip. Yardsticks.
Call number: 305.231 W874c

compiled 04/2006