GATE Lending Library - Sample of Titles Available

The GATE office lending library has a wide variety of articles and books pertaining to Gifted Children. We also have many resources to order books and magazines for parents, teachers, and gifted students. Books and articles may be checked out during our regular office hours and/or before, during, or after a DAC meeting. If these times are not good for you, arrangements can be made to accommodate your needs. Please phone 730-7775 for further information. Below are some of the titles we have available.

For Parents of Gifted Students
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids - How to Understand, Live with, and stick up for Your Gifted Child. ISBN 0-915793-28-8. Sally Yahnke Walker See review	Keys to Parenting The Gifted Child - How to determine if your child is actually gifted; how to prepare  for school through college; how to deal with underachievement  symptoms, and the importance of maintaining your child's  emotional adjustment in school and among siblings and relatives. ISBN: 0-8120-1820-6. Sylvia B Rimm, Ph.D. See review
You Know Your Child is Gifted When - A Beginner's Guide to Life on the Bright Side. ISBN: 1-57542-076-7. Judy Galbraith, M.A.   See review	Playing Smart. ISBN: 0-380-81196-0. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlich
Work Left Undone - Choices and Compromises of Talented Females. ISBN 0-936386-76-2. Sally Reis	Good Friends are Hard to Find Help your child find, make and keep friends and also deal with teasing -- bullying -- meanness and stormy relationships. ISBN 0-9622036-7-x. Fred Frankel, Ph.D.   See review
Some Of My Best Friends Are Books - Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School. A guide for Parents,  teachers, Librarians, and Counselors. ISBN: 0-910707-24-3. Judith Wynn Halsted See review	How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk - National Bestseller Helping Children Deal with Their Feelings... Alternatives to Punishment... Encouraging Autonomy... Engaging Cooperation... Yes, but...What if...How about...? ISBN: 0-380-81196-0. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlich
Playing Smart - A Parent's Guide to Enriching, Offbeat  Learning Activities for Ages 4-14. "A cornucopia of fun and games that will  delight and enrich all family members." ISBN: 0-915793-22-9. Susan K. Perry	Growing Up Gifted - (fifth edition) Comprehensive overview of all aspects of giftedness from identification to special problem areas. ISBN: 0-13-569658-5. Barbara Clark See review
Magic Trees of the Mind - How to Nurture Your Child's. Intelligence, Creativity,  and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence ISBN: 0-525-94308-0. Marian Diamond, Ph.D., and Janet Hopson See review	The Challenge of Raising Your Gifted Child - Questions Parents Ask, Resources for Parents  and Students, California Laws and  Regulations, and Recommended Readings - California Association for the Gifted
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades and what you can do about it. A six-step program for parents and teachers. Best-selling childcare expert explains how  to motivate your child to succeed in school. ISBN 0-517-88687-1. Dr. Sylvia Rimm	Dreamers Discoverers and Dynamos how to help the child who is bright, bored,  and having problems in school. (formerly titled the Edison Trait). Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D
Helping the Child Who Doesn’t Fit In. Stephen Nowicki, Jr., PH.D. and Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D. Peachtree publishers, Ltd. See review	See Jane Win The Rimm Report on how 1000 girls became successful women. By Dr. Sylvia Rimm. Three Rivers Press. 1999. See review

For the Gifted Student	back to top
The Gifted Kids Survival Guide A Teen Handbook. ISBN 1-57542-003-1. Judith Galbraith, M.A. & Jim Delisle, Ph.D. See review	Fighting Invisible Tigers A Stress Management Guide for Teens ISBN 0-915793-80-6. Earl Hipp, Free Spirit Publishing. See review
Smart Girls A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness. ISBN: 0-910707-26-X. Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D - Gifted Psychology Press.   See review	Smart Boys. ISBN: 0-910707-43-X. Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D, Sanford Cohn - Gifted Psychology Press. See review
Perfectionism What's Bad About Being Too Good? ISBN: 1-57542-062-7. Miriam Adderholdt, Ph.D and Jan Goldberg. Why People become perfectionists. What it does to your mind, your body, and your relationship. See review

For Teachers and Counselors	back to top
Some Of My Best Friends Are Books - Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School. A guide for Parents,  teachers, Librarians, and Counselors. ISBN: 0-910707-24-3. Judith Wynn Halsted	When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers - How to Meet their Social and Emotional Needs. ISBN: 1-57542-107-0. Jim Delisle, Ph.D., & Judy Galbraith, M.A. - Free Spirit Publishing See review
Up From Underachievement - How Teachers, Students, and Parents Can Work Together to Promote Student Success. ISBN: 0-915793-35-0. Diane Heacox, Ed.D.	Counseling the Gifted & Talented. ISBN: 0-89108-273-5. Edited by Linda Kreger Silverman
Advocating for Gifted English Language Learners - An Activity Handbook for Professional  Development and Self-Study English and Spanish Version. California Association for the Gifted	Meeting the Challenge - A Guide for Teaching Gifted Students. California Association for the Gifted
Reaching New Horizons - Gifted and Talented Education  for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. ISBN: 0-205--31413-9. Jaime A. Castellano; Eva L. Diaz	The Differentiated Classroom - Responding to the Needs of All Learners. ISBN: 0-87120-342-1. Carol Ann Tomlinson
Managing the Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted - A Teacher's Survival Guide. ISBN: 0-375793-05-9. Connie C. Schmitz and Judy Galbraith	Meeting the Standards - A Guide to Developing Services for Gifted Students. California Association for the Gifted
Growing Up Gifted - (fifth edition) Comprehensive overview of all aspects of giftedness from identification to special problem areas. ISBN: 0-13-569658-5. Barbara Clark See review