Books
Case for Make Believe, The: Saving Play in a Commercialized World
By: Susan Linn
A follow-up to Consuming Kids presents an argument for the value of imaginary and creative play in both human development and corporate profit, sharing case stories that challenge popular beliefs about the role of commercial...
Consuming Kids
By: Susan Linn
Written by an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Susan Linn, Consuming Kids is a call to arms to parents, educators and legislators to protect children from the siren call of all items marketed to children.
Creative Play for Your Baby: Steiner Expertise and Toy Projects for 3 Months-2 Years
By: Christopher Clouder and Janni Nicol
"Creative Play for your Baby" is the ideal book for modern parents who want their children to develop their creativity and imagination through play. This book teaches you how to let your child develop according to the Steiner...
The Disappearance of Childhood
By: Neil Postman
Argues that the intrusion of television into every home introduces children too early to adult concepts and activities and subverts their ability to think abstractly, and the very concept of childhood is being destroyed.
The Invention of Childhood
By: Hugh Cunningham
In "The Invention of Childhood", Hugh Cunningham presents a complete chronological history of childhood in Britain over the last 1000 years. Drawing extensively on primary sources, such as diaries, letters and interviews, he...
The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activitites Lead to Happier and Healthier Children
By: David Elkind
Best-selling author and distinguished childcare expert David Elkind takes on the "over-scheduled" child syndrome, providing parents with an understanding of, and appreciation for the powerful role of "play" in healthy emotional...
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
By: Richard Louv
In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation - he calls it nature-deficit -...