For Parents

Kindergarten

A Teacher, Her Students, and a Year of Learning

Julie Diamond

Now in paperback: In the tradition of Tracy Kidder's Among Schoolchildren, a beautifully written book that captures the wonder of the kindergarten year—essential reading for parents and teachers alike

The Use of Explosive Ideas in Education

Culture, Class, and Evolution

Theodore Brameld

Using three "explosive ideas" of the past century--culture, class, and evolution, Brameld brings both philosophy and the liberal arts to bear upon the myriad activities of classrooms, playgrounds, and administrative offices.

Fuller's Earth

A Day with Buckminster Fuller and the Kids

Richard J. Brenneman

Perhaps the most lovable and personal portrait ever produced of visionary Buckminster Fuller--the man who has been called "the planet's friendly genius."

The Herb Kohl Reader

Awakening the Heart of Teaching

Herbert Kohl

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL – The best writing from a lifetime in the trenches and at the typewriter, from the renowned and much-beloved National Book Award-winning educator

Coming of Age in the 21st Century

Growing Up in America Today

Edited by Mary Frosch

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling multicultural collection of stories about growing up in America—with new selections for a new century

Classroom Conversations

A Collection of Classics for Parents and Teachers

Edited by Alexandra Miletta and Maureen Miletta

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL An outstanding collection of classic readings on teaching and learning from Dewey to Delpit—the age-old ritual of the parent-teacher conference will never be the same again

Made in America

Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools

Laurie Olsen

PAPERBACK with a new introduction by author Laurie Olsen, this timely reissue probes the challenges facing teachers and immigrant students in our public schools

Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher

Jim Haskins

Being with Children

A High-Spirited Personal Account of Teaching Writing, Theater, and Videotape

Phillip Lopate

The Case for Make Believe

Saving Play in a Commercialized World

Susan Linn

NOW IN PAPERBACK From the bestselling author of Consuming Kids, a clarion call for rescuing creative play from the grips of commercialism

Fires in the Middle School Bathroom

Advice for Teachers from Middle Schoolers

Kathleen Cushman, Laura Rogers

The highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling Fires in the Bathroom - Filled with practical, honest advice from middle school students to their teachers

Coming of Age Around the World

A Multicultural Anthology

Edited by Faith Adiele and Mary Frosch

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Twenty-four stories by renowned international authors chronicle the modern struggle for identity among young people around the globe

All Alone in the World

Children of the Incarcerated

Nell Bernstein

NOW IN PAPERBACK An award-winning journalist’s “heart wrenching”(The San Antonio Observer) look at children with parents in prison—a Newsweek “book of the week” and an East Bay Express bestseller

The Public School and the Private Vision

A Search for America in Education and Literature

Maxine Greene

Celebrated education reformer Herbert Kohl introduces a series of classics in progressive education to a new generation

How Kindergarten Came to America

Friedrich Froebel’s Radical Vision of Early Childhood Education

Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow

Celebrated education reformer Herbert Kohl introduces a series of classics in progressive education to a new generation

Beyond the Bake Sale

The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships

Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson, Don Davies

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A practical, hands-on primer on helping schools and families work better together to improve children's education

The New Press Education Reader

Leading Educators Speak Out

Edited by Ellen Gordon Reeves

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL An outstanding collection of the best writing from America’s foremost voices in progressive education

Other People’s Children

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

Lisa Delpit

An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom

She Would Not Be Moved

How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Herbert Kohl

NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning educator's brilliant and timely meditation on the misleading ways in which we teach the story of Rosa Parks

Teachers Have It Easy

The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers

Daniel Moulthrop, Nínive Calegari, Dave Eggers

NOW IN PAPERBACK The bestselling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers—and improving our classrooms along the way

Say It Plain

A Century of Great African American Speeches

Edited by Catherine Ellis and Stephen Drury Smith

NOW IN PAPERBACK An affordable text-only edition of a century of public speeches by the nation's greatest African American orators

Consuming Kids

The Hostile Takeover of Childhood

Susan Linn

Islam Explained

Tahar Ben Jelloun

NOW IN PAPERBACK A uniquely accessible introduction to Islam, by the celebrated author of Racism Explained to My Daughter

Fires in the Bathroom

Advice for Teachers from High School Students

Kathleen Cushman

NOW IN PAPERBACK The acclaimed book of practical advice from students to their teachers

Math and Science Across Cultures

Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium

Maurice Bazin, Modesto Tamez, The Exploratorium Teacher Institute

Innovative, hands-on math and science activities of many cultures, from one of the world’s foremost science museums

Remembering Jim Crow

African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South

Edited by William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, and Robert Korstad

NOW IN PAPERBACK The sequel to Remembering Slavery, a groundbreaking collection of interviews about the segregation-era South

Growing Up Poor

A Literary Anthology

Edited by Robert Coles and Randy Testa

A searingly candid look at growing up "without", edited by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of the Children of Crisis series.

Zero Tolerance

Resisting the Drive for Punishment in Our Schools

Edited by William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and Rick Ayers

A clear-eyed collection that takes aim at the replacement of teaching with punishment in America’s schools                              

The Native American Look Book

Art and Activities for Kids from The Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum

42 Up

"Give Me the Child Until He Is Seven and I Will Show You the Man"

Edited by Bennett L. Singer

CityWorks

Exploring Your Community: A workbook

Adria Steinberg, David Stephen

An innovative way for young people to understand their communities

Epidemic!

The World of Infectious Disease

Edited by Rob DeSalle


Racism Explained to My Daughter

Tahar Ben Jelloun

NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning book of advice about racism from bestselling author to his daughter, introduced by BILL COSBY

Families and Freedom

A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era

Edited by Ira Berlin and Leslie S. Rowland

A sequel to the award-winning Free At Last that includes moving letters from freed slaves to their families

Black Heritage Sites

The North, Volume 1

Nancy C. Curtis

Black Heritage Sites

The South, Volume 2

Nancy C. Curtis

The Mask of Motherhood

How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn't

Susan Maushart

Erma Bombeck meets Naomi Wolf--a funny, articulate, right-on-the-money look at being a new mother in the 90's.

The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers

Edited by Daphne Muse

A comprehensive guide to multicultural children's literature, featuring more than 1,000 critical book reviews, and essays.

"A Totally Alien Life-Form"

Teenagers

Sydney Lewis

Teens nationawide speak their minds with extraordinary frankness to the "legitimate heir to Studs Terkel" (Chicago Tribune).

Ellis Island and the Peopling of America

The Official Guide

Virginia Yans-McLaughlin

A primary source reader and resource guide to Ellis Island and issues of immigration.

Asian Art Portfolio

Masterpieces from the Asia Society

Asia Society

The World Out There

Becoming Part of the Lesbian and Gay Community

Michael Thomas Ford

An information-packed guide for gay and lesbian young people in the 1990s.

Should We Burn Babar?

Essays on Children’s Literature and the Power of Stories

Herbert Kohl

PAPERBACK A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume

The Art of Ancient Egypt

Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum

The WPA Guide to New York City

Federal Writers Project

One of the ten best books ever published about New York. 
— The New York Times, February 5, 1995

Art of the American Indian Frontier

A Portfolio

David W. Penney, Detroit Institute of Arts

Coming of Age in America

A Multicultural Anthology

Edited by Mary Frosch

PAPERBACK The acne and ecstasy of adolescence, a multicultural collection of short stories and fiction excerpts that Library Journal calls “wonderfully diverse from the standard fare,” in a beautiful new edition

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

James W. Loewen

A completely revised hardcover edition of James W. Loewen’s classic retelling of American history, based on six new textbooks and containing an all-new chapter on the recent past

May It Please the Court

Live Recordings and Transcripts of Landmark Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955

Edited by Peter Irons and Stephanie Guitton

PAPERBACK/CDS A new edition of the bestselling book-and-audio set of supreme court oral arguments—now available on MP3 audio CDs*

Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian

A Literary Anthology

Edited by Bennett L. Singer

An award-winning collection of over fifty gay and lesbian coming-of-age stories. 

All About You

An Adventure of Self-Discovery

Aylette Jenness

A Piece of My Heart/Pedacito de mi corazón

The Art of Carmen Lomas Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza

Paintings by a leading Chicana artist.

African Art Portfolio

An Illustrated Introduction: Masterpieces from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries

Carol Thompson

Ven a mi casa

una busqueda de tesoro multicultural

Aylette Jenness

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