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Books for parents, teachers and caregivers

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·         10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child's Soul by Mimi Doe, Marsha F. Walch

·         365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities by Steve and Ruth Bennett

·         A Short Course in Kindness by Margot Silk Forrest

·         A Spiritual Approach to Parenting: Secrets of Raising the 21st Century Child by Marilyn C. Barrick

·         Above All Be Kind; Raising Humane Kids in Challenging Times by Zoe Weil

·         Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman chapters 11 and 12

·         Buddha Never Raised Kids and Jesus Didn’t Drive Carpool; Seven Principles for Parenting with Soul         by Vickie Falcone

·         Busy but Balanced: Practical and Inspirational Ways to Create a Calmer, Closer Family by Mimi Doe

·         Curriculum of Love: Cultivating the Spiritual Nature of Children by Morgan Simone Daleo

·         Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Myla & John Kabat-Zinn

·         How Much is Enough; Everything You Need to Know to Steer Clear of Overindulgence and Raise Likeable, Responsible and Respectful Children by Jean Illsely Clarke, Connie Dawson, and David Bredehoft

·         I Came From Joy: Spiritual Affirmations and Activities for Children by Lorna Ann Knox

·         Magical Parent, Magical Child: The Art of Joyful Parenting by Michael Mendizza & Joseph Chilton Pearce

·         Mothering with Soul by Joan Salter

·         Nurturing Spirituality in Children: Simple Hands-On Activities by Peggy Jenkins

·         Nurturing Your Teenager's Soul: A Practical Approach To Raising A Kind, Honorable, Compassionate Teen by Mimi Doe

·         Parenting With Spirit: 30 Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Spirit and Enrich your Family LIfe by Jane Bartlett

·         Peaceful Parents, Peaceful Kids, Practical Ways to Create a Calm and Happy Home, by Naomi Drew

·         Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by David Kindlon & Michael Thompson, PhD

·         Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

·         The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey

·         Spiritual Parenting by Hugh and Gayle Prather

·         Spiritual Parenting by David Carroll  

·         Starbright--Meditations for Children by Maureen Garth

·         The Book of New Family Traditions by Meg Cox

·         The Joyful Child: A Sourcebook of Activities and Ideas for Releasing Children's Natural Joy  by Peggy Davison Jenkins

·         The Meaning of Flowers: Folklore, Fairylore, Superstitions, Remedies by Cicely Mary Barker & Frederick Warne

·         The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart by Jan Hunt

·         The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life by Thomas Moore

·         The Secret Spiritual World of Children by Tobin Hart PhD

·         The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting  by Laurence Steinberg

·         The Tibetan Art of Parenting by Ann Hubbell Maiden

·         The Wonder of Boys by Michael Gurian

·         Under the Chinaberry Tree: Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting by Chinaberry Books

·         What Kids Really Want That Money Can’t Buy by Betsy Taylor

·         Walking the World in Wonder: A Children’s Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman

·         Zen Parenting by Judith Costello & Jurgen Haver

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Academic Research

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·        Being 13: What they really think TIME Magazine, August 8, 2005

·         Bonding and Attachment of Australian Aboriginal Children by Wiley InterScience,  Child Abuse Review vol. 12, 292-304 (2003)

·         Evolutions End, by Joseph Chilton Pearce

·         Fathers and Infants: Knowledge and Involvement in Relation to Psychosocial Functioning and Religion by Lori A. Roggman, Brad Benson & Lisa Boyce Utah State University  

·         From Information to Transformation: Education for the Evolution of Consciousness.
Tobin Hart PhD (Peter Lang Publishers, 2001)

·         Is It Good for Children? by Ron Kurtz

·         Lifestyle Parenting: Soul Child by Joy Duckett Cain,  Essence Magazine March 2002

·         Mindful Parenting: A group approach to enhancing reflective capacity in parents and infants by Diane Reynolds, Journal of Child Psychotherapy vol. 29, no. 3, 2003  

·         Spiritual Initiation and the Breakthrough of Consciousness: The Bond of Power by Joseph Chilton Pearce

·         Spiritual Parenting by Tobin Hart from Psychotherapy Networker May/June 2004

·        Spirituality in America Newsweek Magazine, Summer Double Issue, 2005

·         The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit by Joseph Chilton Pearce

·         The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) by Jean Liedloff

·         The Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce

·         The Role of the Child in Adult Development by James J. Dillon from Journal of Adult Development vol. 9, No. 4, (October 2002)

·         The Secret Spiritual World of Children by Tobin Hart PhD

·         The Spiritual Child by James J. Dillon from Encounter, Education for Meaning and Social Justice vol. 13, Number 4 (Winter 2000)

·         The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim

·         Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the Horizon of Consciousness Tobin Hart, Peter L. Nelson, and Kaisa Puhakka

·         Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience  by William Braud, Rosemarie Anderson

 

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Books for Children

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·         A Child’s Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson

·         A Life Like Mine; How Children Live Around the World by Dorling Kinderly Books

·         American Girl Library series

·         The Barefoot Book of Heroic Children by Rebecca Hazell

·         Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja

·         Earth, Fire, Water, Air by Mary Hoffman

·         Fairy Fun: A Child’s Fairyland of Enchanting Projects and Magical Games by Marla Schram Schwartz

·         Giving Thanks by Jonathan London

·         Good Night by Jim Weiss

·         Grandad’s Prayers for the Earth by Douglas Wood

·         Grateful by John Bucchino

·         Guess How Much I Love You? By Sammy McBratney

·         Homeplace by Anne Shelby

·         How Kind! by Mary Murphy

·         If You Were My Baby by Fran Hodgkins

·         Juniper by Monica Furlong

·         Love is…by Wendy Anderson Halperin

·         Martha by Gennady Spirin

·         Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

·         Moorchild by Eloise McGraw

·         Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood

·         Old Turtle by Douglas Wood

·         On the Day You Were Born by Debra Fraser

·         Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

·         Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field

·         Queenie Peavy by Robert Burch

·         Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary

·         Skellig by David Almond

·         Skinny by Robert Burch

·         Simeon’s Gift by Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton

·         Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli

·         Sweet Dreams by Jim Weiss

·         Tell Me One Thing Dad by Tom Pow

·         The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett

·         The Children’s Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett

·         The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm  (Unabridged version) Translated by Jack Zipes

·         The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter

·         The Guide to Good Manners for Kids by Peggy Post and Cindy Post Senning, Ed.D.

·         The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

·         The House Above the Trees by Ethel Cool Elliot

·         The Kids Guide to Working Out Conflicts: How to Keep Cool, Stay Safe and Get Along by Naomi Drew

·         The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards

·         The Little People; Stories of Fairies, Pixies and Other Small Folk by Neil Philip

·         The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

·         The Meaning of Flowers: Folklore, Fairylore, Superstitions, Remedies by Cicely Mary Barker & Frederick Warne

·         The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall

·         The Runaway Bunny by Mary Wise Brown

·         The Velveteen Rabbit by

·         Through the Mickle Wood by Valiska Gregory

·         Turn! Turn! Turn! by Wendy Anderson Halperin

·         Tyler, Wilkin & Skee by Robert Burch

·         Unwitting Wisdom; An Anthology of Aesop’s Fables retold and illustrated by Helen Ward

·         Walking the World in Wonder: A Children’s Herbal by Ellen Evert Hopman

·         What is God?