Children's Lives Reading List

History of Education

Brunton, Pat & Thornton, Linda, Understanding the Reggio Approach: Reflections on the Early Childhood Experience of Reggio Emilia, London, David Fulton, 2006
Edwards, Carolyn, Forman, George & Gandini, Lella, (eds.), The Hundred Languages of Children: Reggio Emilia Approach - Advanced Reflections, Ablex Publishing Corporation, US, 1998
Froebel, Friedrich, Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel, BiblioBazaar, 2009
Harrison Woodward, William, Desiderius Erasmus: Concerning the Aim and Method of Education, University of Michigan Library, 2009
Jones, Ken, Education in Britain: 1944 to the Present, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2002
Locke, John; Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 2000
Montessori, Maria, Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook: A Short Guide to Her Ideas and Materials, Dover Publications, 2005
Montessori, Maria, The Secret of Childhood, Random House Inc., 1996
Piaget, Jean, The Child's Conception of the World, Rowman and Littlefield, 1975
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Emile, or On Education, NuVision Publications, 2007
Standing, E. M., Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work, Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998
Steiner, Rudolf, Education of the Child: And Early Lectures on Education, Steiner Books Inc., 1996
Stephens, W. B., Education in Britain, 1750-1914, Palgrave Macmillan, 1999
Wardle, David, English Popular Education 1780-1975, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1976

For Children

Ross, Mandy, Life in the Past: Victorian Schools, Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2005
Spilsbury, Louise & Spilsbury, Richard, What Was It Like in the Past? At School, Oxford, Heinemann Library, 2003

Creativity

Beetlestone, Florence, Creative Children, Imaginative Teaching, Open University Press, 1998
Bowkett, Stephen, Imagine That: A Handbook of Creative Learning Activities for the Classroom, Stafford, Network Educational Press, 1997
Craft, Anna, Creativity in Schools: Tensions and Dilemmas, London, Routledge, 2005
Craft, Anna, Creativity in the Early Years (Continuum Studies in Lifelong Learning), Continuum International Publishing Group, 2002
Cropley, Arthur, Creativity in Education and Learning: A Guide for Teachers and Educators, Routledge, 2001
Duffy, Bernadette, Supporting Creativity and Imagination in the Early Years, Open University Press, 2006
Fisher, Robert & Williams, Mary, Unlocking Creativity: A Teacher's Guide to Creativity Across the Curriculum, London, David Fulton, 2005
Jones, Russell & Wyse, Dominic, Creativity in the Primary Curriculum, London, David Fulton, 2005
Moyles, Janet, The Excellence of Play, Milton Keynes, Open University Press, 2005
Singer, Dorothy & Singer, Jerome, Make-believe: Games and Activities for Imaginative Play - A Book for Parents, Teachers and the Young Children in Their Lives, American Psychological Association, 2001
Taylor, Marjorie, Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them, New York, Oxford University Press, 2001

Holidays

Brodie, Allan, Sargent, Andrew & Winter, Gary, Seaside Holidays in the Past, English Heritage, 2005
Walton, John K., The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century, Manchester University Press, 2000

For Children

Ross, Mandy, Victorian Seaside Holidays, Heinemann Library, 2005
Ross, Stewart, Seaside Holidays, Evans Brothers Ltd., 2002
Spilsbury, Louise & Spilsbury, Richard, What Was It Like in the Past? At the Seaside, Heinemann Library, 2002

Nursery Rhymes & Lullabies

Opie, Iona, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, Oxford University Press, 1997