Recommended+Readings

**A Reading List:**
...and more!
 * For Children
 * Advocacy
 * Assessment
 * Literacy
 * Fund-raising

Please add others to the list, in one or more categories, you feel would be worthy of being on our Arts "Bookshelf!"

** The Bookshelf **

** Dog-Eared **

 * __ A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future __ – Daniel H. Pink
 * __ Asking __ – Jerold Panas
 * __ Blink __ – Malcolm Gladwell
 * __ Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning __ – AEP; ed. Edward B. Fiske
 * __ for Understanding __ – Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
 * __ Critical Evidence: How the ARTS Benefit Student Achievement __ – Sandra S. Ruppert
 * __ Deeper Learning __ – Eric Jensen and LeAnn Nickelsen
 * __ The Element __ – Ken Robinson
 * __ The Fred Factor __ – Mark Sanborn
 * __ The Fundraising Habits of Supremely Successful Boards __ – Jerold Panas
 * __ Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts __ – Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras, and Arthur Brooks
 * __ Mega Gifts __ – Jerold Panas
 * __ Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative __ – Ken Robinson
 * __ Readicide __ – Kelly Gallagher
 * __ Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People __ – Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein
 * __ Strategies for Differentiating Instruction __ – Julia L. Roberts and Tracy F. Inman
 * __ Teaching with Poverty in Mind __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ The World is Flat __ – Thomas L. Friedman

Good Reads

 * __ Completing the Puzzle: The Brain-Compatible Approach to Leaning __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching __ – Robyn R. Jackson
 * __ Teaching with the Brain in Mind __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ The Rise of the Creative Class __ – Richard Florida
 * __ Third Space: When Learning Matters __ – AEP, Lauren M. Stevenson and Richard J. Deasy

Teacher Resources

 * __ The Art and Science of Teaching __ – Robert J. Marzano
 * __ Assessing Differentiated Student Products __ – Julia L. Roberts and Tracy F. Inman
 * __ Different Brains, Different Learners __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts __ – Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth H. Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras, and Arthur Brooks
 * __ Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids __ – Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe
 * __ Learning with the Body in Mind __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students’ Cultural __
 * __ Multiple Intelligences __ – Thomas Armstrong
 * __ Slide:ology __ – Nancy Duarte
 * __ Strengths __ – Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull
 * __ Start with the Arts __ – VSA Arts
 * __ Teaching Reading in the Content Areas __ – Rachel Billmeyer and Mary Lee Barton
 * __ Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge __ – The National Arts Education Consortium
 * __ Understanding by Design __ – Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
 * __ A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can be More Creative __ – Roger von Oech
 * __ What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action __ – Robert J. Marzano

Arts and Literacy/Integration–Children’s Books

 * __ Art Auction Mystery: Find the Fakes, Save the Sale __ – Anna Nilson
 * __ Barn Dance! __ – Pat Hutchins
 * __ The Bat Boy & His Violin __ – Gavin Curtis
 * __ Chicken Joy on Redbean Road __ – Jacqueline Briggs Martin
 * __ Dear Mr. Blueberry __ – Simon James
 * __ Duke Ellington __ – Andrea Davis Pinkney
 * __ Follow the Drinking Gourd __ – Jeanette Winter
 * __ Gobble It Up! A Fun Song about Eating __ – Jim Arnosky
 * __ Grandpa’s Music: A Story about Alzheimer’s __ – Alison Acheson
 * __ I pledge allegiance __ – Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
 * __ I’ve Painted Everything! __ – Scott Magoon
 * __ Life Doesn’t Frighten Me __ – Maya Angelou
 * __ Lift Every Voice and Sing __ – James Weldon Johnson
 * __ Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales __ – John Scieszka and Lane Smith
 * __ Summertime __ – // Dubose Heyward ,// // George Gershwin ,// // Ira Gershwin ,// // Dorothy Heyward //
 * __ Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales __ – Kristin G. Congdon

Arts and Literacy–Teacher Resources

 * __ The Arts as Meaning Makers – Integrating Literature and the Arts Throughout the Classroom __ – Claudia E. Cornett
 * __ The Book Whisperer __ – Donalyn Miller
 * __ Arts Integration Frameworks, Research & Practice: A Literature Review __ – Gail Burnaford
 * __ I Never Saw Another Butterfly __ – ed. Hana Volavková
 * __ Multiple Forms of Literacy: Teaching Literacy and the Arts __ – Carolyn L. Piazza
 * __ Readicide __ – Kelly Gallagher
 * __ Teaching Reading in the Content Areas __ – Rachel Billmeyer and Mary Lee Barton

Assessment

 * __ Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom __ – Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart
 * __ Assessing Differentiated Student Products __ – Julia L. Roberts and Tracy F. Inman
 * __ Assessing Student Outcomes __ – Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jay McTighe
 * __ Checking for Understanding __ – Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
 * __ Transformative Assessment __ – W. James Popham

Dance

 * __ Barn Dance! __ – Pat Hutchins
 * __ Chicken Joy on Redbean Road __ – Jacqueline Briggs Martin
 * __ Learning with the Body in Mind __ – Eric Jensen

Music

 * __ The Bat Boy & His Violin __ – Gavin Curtis
 * __ Duke Ellington __ – Andrea Davis Pinkney
 * __ Exploring Careers in Music __ – MENC; compiled by Paul Bjorneberg
 * __ Follow the Drinking Gourd __ – Jeanette Winter
 * __ Gobble It Up! A Fun Song about Eating __ – Jim Arnosky
 * __ Lift Every Voice and Sing __ – James Weldon Johnson
 * __ Music with the Brain in Mind __ – Eric Jensen
 * __ Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain __ – Oliver Sacks
 * __ Summertime __ – // Dubose Heyward ,// // George Gershwin ,// // Ira Gershwin ,//// Dorothy Heyward //
 * __ Vision 2020: The Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education __ – MENC; ed. Clifford K. Madsen
 * __ The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marion Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights __ - Russell Freedman
 * __ The Worst Band in the Universe __ – Graeme Base

Post-Secondary and Community Arts Programs

 * __ Acts of Achievement: The Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education __ – ed. Stephen Marcus, Jane L. Polin, and Barbara Rich, Ed.D.
 * __ Art Works!: Prevention Programs for Youth & Communities __ – NEA; Paula Randall
 * __ Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination __ – Susan J. Bodilly and Catherine H. Augustine
 * __ Transforming Arts Teaching: The Role of Higher Education __ – ed. Jane L. Polin and Barbara Rich, Ed.D.

Theatre

 * __ Basic Drama Projects __ – Fran Averett Tanner, Ph.D.

Visual Art

 * __ Art Auction Mystery __ – Anna Nilsen
 * __ I Never Saw Another Butterfly __ – ed. Hana Volavková
 * __ I Spy Colors in Art __ – Lucy Micklethwait
 * __ I’ve Painted Everything! __ – Scott Magoon
 * __ Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw __ – Kaethe Zemach
 * __ Purplicious __ – Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
 * __ Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales __ – Kristin G. Congdon
 * __ Zoom __ – Istvan Banyai