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Title

Author

Grade Level

Subject

Year

 

 

 

 

1 Box Rainbow Pentominoes

Cook 

 

Math Manipulatives 

 

365 TV-Free Activities

Bennett 

 

Parenting 

1991 

50 Fun Things To Do With Catalogs

Metcalf 

3-6 

Creative Thinking 

 

Academic Acceleration Of Gifted Children (missing) (The)

Southern 

 

Gifted 

1991 

Academic Acceleration Of Gifted Children (The)

Southern, W. Thomas/Jones, Eric 

Teacher/Parent 

Teaching The Gifted 

1991 

Academic Diversity In The Middle School: Results Of A National Survey Of Middle School Administrators And Teachers

Moon, et al 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

1995 

Academic Diversity in the Middle School: Results of a National Survey of Middle School Administrators and Teachers

Moon, Tomlinson, & Callahan 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1995 

Ac'cents And Ascendings

Stanish 

3-8 

Creative Thinking 

1990 

ACT Essential Review

Kaplan Education Centers 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1998 

ACT In A Flash

 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1991 

Act It Out: Logic For Young Thinkers

Cook 

1-8 

Math 

1991 

Activities From The Mathematics Teacher

Maletsky and Hirsch,ed. 

7-12 

Math 

1981 

Adapt

 

 

Simulations/Kits 

 

ADD Hyperactivity Workbook (The)

Parker 

Ages 6-10 

Underachievement/ADD/ADHD 

1998 

ADHD/Hyperactivity: A Consumer's Guide

Gordon 

Ages 6-10 

Underachievement/ADD/ADHD 

1991 

Aiming For Excellence: Gifted Program Standards (missing)

Landrum, Callahan and Shaklee, eds. 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

2001 

Algebra Domino Links

 

 

Games 

 

Ambidextrous Mind (The)

Stanish 

2-8 

Creative Thinking 

1989 

An Analysis of the Research on Ability Grouping: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Kulik, James 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1992 

An Analysis Of The Research On Ability Grouping: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives

Kulik, James 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

1992 

Analyze

Villalpando 

MS 

Creative Thinking 

1979 

Ancient Greece - Independent Learning Unit

Artman 

Gr. 4-8 

Social Studies 

1991 

Ancient Rome - Independent Learning Unit

Artman 

Gr. 4-8 

Social Studies 

1991 

Answer Is No (The)

Whitham 

 

Parenting 

1994 

AP Literature And Composition

Bevilacqua, et al 

HS 

College Planning/ACT/SAT 

2002 

Arithmetrix

Daniel 

5-8 

Math 

1980 

Asking Questions, Finding Answers

Draze 

 

Research Skills 

1979 

Assessment: Time-Saving Procedures For Busy Teachers

Kingore 

PreK-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

1999 

Autonomous Learner Model for the Gifted and Talented

Betts 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1985 

Autonomous Learner Model: Optimizing Ability

Betts/Kercher 

K-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

1999 

Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius

Armstrong 

Ages 3-12 

Parenting 

1991 

Awesome Math Problems For Creative Thinking

Gavin, et al 

Various Levels 

Math 

2000 

Balance To 12 Tiles

Cook 

1-3 

Math 

1997 

Balancing Act (The)

 

K-12 

Multiple Intelligences 

1996 

Barefoot Irreverence: A Guide To Critical Issues In Gifted Child Education

Delisle, James 

 

Social Emotional Development 

2002 

Barron's A Pocket Guide to Study Tips

Armstrong et al 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1997 

Barron's PSAT/NMSQT - 10th Edition

Brownstein et al 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1999 

Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days

Marzes 

4-8 

Language Arts 

1989 

Be A Problem Solver

Stanish and Eberle 

4-12 

Problem Solving 

1984 

Beginners Marathon

 

Elementary 

Games 

 

Being Gifted: The Gift

Warren 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1990 

Better Than Book Reports

Moen 

2-6 

Language Arts 

1992 

Book Of Where (The)

Bell 

3+ 

Social Studies 

1982 

Brain Games

Umstatter 

6-12 

Puzzle Books 

1996 

Brain Quest

 

 

Games 

 

Brain Quest

 

 

Games 

 

Brain Quest

 

 

Games 

 

Brain Teasers

LasCola,ed. 

4-8 

Creative Thinking 

1993 

Brain Teasers!

Petreshene 

K-6 

Creative Thinking 

1994 

Brick By Brick

 

Ages 8 and up 

Games 

 

Brick By Brick

 

Ages 8 and up 

Games 

 

Bright Child: An Educational Guide For Parents And Teachers Of Young Gifted Children Grades K-6

Fox/Prejean 

K-6 

Parenting 

1999 

Bringing Out the Best

Saunders 

Elementary 

Parenting 

 

Bringing Out The Giftedness In Your Child

Dunn 

 

Parenting 

1992 

Bubble Festival

Barber and Willard 

K-6 

GEMS Units 

1992 

Bubble-ology

Barber 

5-9 

GEMS Units 

1986 

Bucket Of Dice

 

 

Math Manipulatives 

 

Bucket Of Leap Frog Counters

 

 

Math Manipulatives 

 

Building Thinking Skills: Book 1 (2 copies)

Black 

5- 6 

Logic 

1985 

Building Thinking Skills: Book 2 Lesson Plans

Black 

5-6 

Logic 

1985 

Building Thinking Skills: Book 2 Teacher Manual

Black 

5-6 

Logic 

1985 

Building Thinking Skills: Book 3

Black 

5-6 

Logic 

1985 

Building Thinking Skills: Book 3 Teacher Manual

Black 

5-6 

Logic 

1985 

Call it Courage

Jasmine 

Gr. 3-8 

Language Arts 

1997 

Can You Count in Greek?

Leimbach & Leimbach 

Gr. 5-8 

Social Studies 

1990 

Can You Find It?

McCutcheon 

8-12 

Research Skills 

1991 

Case of Red Herrings (A) - Solving Mysteries through Critical Questioning - book A1

Camilli 

 

Problem Solving 

1992 

Castle

Macaulay 

All ages 

Social Studies 

`1977 

Center For Autonomous Learning (The)

Goertz/Betts 

Elem./MS 

Teaching The Gifted 

1994 

Challenging Projects For Creative Minds

Schlemmer 

6 and up 

Creative Thinking 

1999 

Challenging Projects For Creative Minds

Schlemmer 

1-5 

Creative Thinking 

1999 

Challenging The Gifted In The Regular Classroom (missing)

Tomlinson 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1994 

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Porta-Center

 

Intermediate 

Language Arts 

 

Children Of Fast-Track Parents

Brooks 

 

Parenting 

1989 

China Then and Now - Independent Learning Unit

Finney & Kindle 

Gr. 4-8 

Social Studies 

1988 

Coincidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Creativity (The)

Cramond, Bonnie 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1995 

Coincidence Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Creativity (The)

Cramond, Bonnie 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

1995 

College Comes Sooner Than You Think

Featherstone and Reilly 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1990 

College Planning For Gifted Students, 2nd Edition (missing)

Berger 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1998 

Color It On The Hundred Chart

Cook 

1-4 

Math 

1993 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 1

Brummett/Charles 

Math 

1989 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 2

Charles/Brummett 

Math 

1989 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 3

Brummett/Charles 

Math 

1989 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 4

 

Math 

 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 5

Brummett/Charles 

Math 

1989 

Connections Linking Manipulatives To Mathematics - Grade 6

Charles/Brummett 

Math 

1989 

Constructing Ideas About Fractions

Brodin, Julie 

Intermediate 

Math 

 

Constructing Responses to Open-Ended Questions - Advanced Level

Crowell & Kolba 

5-8 

Problem Solving 

2002 

Constructing Responses to Open-ended Questions - Beginning Level

Crowell & Kolba 

Elem. 

Problem Solving 

2002 

Constructing Responses to Open-Ended Questions - Intermediate Level

Crowell & Kolba 

Interm. 

Problem Solving 

2002 

Continuo

 

Ages 5-105 

Games 

 

Convection - A Current Event

Gould 

6-9 

GEMS Units 

1988 

Cooperative Learning and The Academically Talented Student

Robinson, Ann 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1991 

Cooperative Learnings Thinking And Problem Solving

Sonnenberg and Windsor 

2-4 

Problem Solving 

1991 

Counseling Gifted African America Students: Promoting Achievement, Identify, And Social And Emotional Well-Being

Ford, Donna 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

1995 

Counseling Gifted African American Students: Promoting Achievement, Identity, and Social and Emotional Well-Being

Ford, Donna 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1995 

CPS For Kids

Eberle and Stanish 

4-12 

Problem Solving 

1985 

Crack The Code Book A

Cook 

3-6 

Math 

1982 

Cracking The ACT 2000-01 Edition

Martz et al 

7-12 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

2000 

Creating More Creative People II

Crabbe and Betts 

Teachers 

Creative Thinking 

1988 

Creating The Thoughtful Classroom

Vdall 

3-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

1991 

Creative Problem Solving For Teens

Elwell and Treffinger 

6-12 

Problem Solving 

1993 

Creative Whack Pack

VonOech 

 

Games 

 

Creepy Crawlies

Sterling, M.E. 

Primary 

Science/Language Arts 

1990 

Crime Busters

 

 

Games 

 

Crime Lab 101

Gardner 

MS 

Puzzle Books 

1992 

Crime Lab Chemistry

Barber 

4-8 

GEMS Units 

1985 

Cubits

 

Ages 8 and up 

Games 

 

Curriculum Compacintg: A Guide for Teachers

Reis, Burns and Renzulli 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

 

Curriculum Compacting: A Guide For Teachers

Reis, Burns, Renault 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

 

Dare To Differentiate: Content - Based Enrichment Strategies For Upper Elementary And Middle School Science

Milles/Holt 

4-8 

Science 

2000 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 2

Spandel 

Gr. 2 

Language Arts 

2003 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 2 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 2 

Language Arts 

2003 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 3

Spandel 

Gr. 3 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 3 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 3 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 4

Spandel 

Gr. 4 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 4 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 4 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 5

Spandel 

Gr. 5 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 5 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 5 

Language Arts 

2001 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 6

Spandel 

Gr. 6 

Language Arts 

1999 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 6 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 6 

Language Arts 

1999 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 6 Teacher's Guide

Spandel 

Gr. 7 

Language Arts 

1999 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 7

Spandel 

Gr. 7 

Language Arts 

1999 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 8

Spandel 

Gr. 8 

Language Arts 

1999 

Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing Grade 8

Spandel 

Gr. 8 

Language Arts 

1999 

Design Yourself

Hanks, Bellison and Edwards 

HS-Adult 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1977 

Designing Effective Units for Intermediate Grades

Sumara/Curry 

5-8 

Teaching The Gifted 

1993 

Designing Effective Units for Primary and Intermediate and Middle School Grades

Sumara/Curry 

K-8 

Teaching The Gifted 

1994 

Developing Units For Primary Students

Samara/Curry 

Primary 

Teaching The Gifted 

1994 

Diary Of A Young Girl Porta-Center (The)

 

Intermediate 

Language Arts 

 

Differentiated Classroom (The)

Tomlinson 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1999 

Differentiating Instruction In The Regular Classroom

Heacox, D. 

3-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

2002 

Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic, and Effective

Kingore, Bertie 

Teacher 

Teaching the Gifted 

2004 

Difficult Child (The)

Turecki 

 

Parenting 

1985 

Discovering The Naturalist Intelligence

Glock 

1-6 

Multiple Intelligences 

1999 

Division Book (The)

Daniel 

3-6 

Math 

1980 

Do Double Tiles

Cook 

1-3 

Math 

1988 

Do Talk It Over

Cook 

2-6 

Math 

1988 

Doing Children's Museums

Cleaver 

 

Parenting 

1988 

Doorways To Learning

Majoy 

K-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

1993 

Dr. Funster's Creative Thinking Puzzlers Book A1

Doolittle 

Gr. 3-5 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Creative Thinking Puzzlers Book B1

Doolittle 

Gr. 6-8 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Creative Thinking Puzzlers Book C1

Doolittle 

Gr. 7-12+ 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level A Book 1

 

upper elem 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level A Book 2

 

upper elem MS 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level B Book 1

 

upper elem MS 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level B Book 2

 

upper elem MS 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level C Book 1

 

upper elem MS 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Think a Minutes Level C Book 2

 

upper elem MS 

Creative Thinking 

2002 

Dr. Funster's Visual Mind Benders Book A1

Bronniche 

Gr. 4-6 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Visual Mind Benders Book B1

Bronniche 

Gr. 7-9 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Visual Mind Benders Book C1

Bronniche 

Gr. 10-12+ 

Creative Thinking 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Word Benders Book A1

Parks & Black 

Gr. 3-4 

Language Arts 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Word Benders Book B1

Parks & Black 

Gr. 5-6 

Language Arts 

2003 

Dr. Funster's Word Benders Book C1

Parks & Black 

Gr. 7-12+ 

Language Arts 

2003 

Drama Of The Gifted Child (The)

Miller 

 

Social Emotional Development 

1981 

Duo

 

Ages 7-Adult 

Games 

 

Eagle Eyes

Gehret 

Ages 6-10 

Underachievement/ADD/ADHD 

1991 

Early Activators

 

MS and HS 

Simulations/Kits 

 

Earth, Moon And Stars

Sneider 

5-9 

GEMS Units 

1986 

Educating Able Learners

Cox 

 

Gifted 

1985 

Education Of The Gifted

Smutny 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1990 

Effective Questions to Strengthen Thinking

Brown 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1989 

Effects Of Group Composition On Gifted And Non-Gifted Elementary Students In Cooperative Learning Groups (The)

Kenny, et al 

Teacher/Parent 

Research on Gifted 

1995 

Effects of Group Composition on Gifted and Non-Gifted Elementary Students in Cooperative Learning Groups (The)

Kenny, Archambault, and Hallmark 

Teacher/Parent 

Research in Gifted Ed 

1995 

Endangered Species

Cross and Cross 

Intermediate 

Science 

1994 

Ending The Homework Hassle

Rosemond 

 

Parenting 

1990 

Enhancing Professional Practice

Danielson 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1996 

Enhancing Self-Esteem

Frey 

 

Social Emotional Development 

1989 

Equate

 

Ages 8 and up 

Games 

 

Essential Mathematics For Gifted Students: Preparation For Algebra

Sganga 

4-8 

Math 

2002 

Excellence In Educating the Gifted

Feldhusen 

 

Gifted 

1989 

Faces Of Gifted (The)

Johnson 

 

Gifted 

1989 

Fantasy and Fairy Tales - Independent Learning Units

Finney & Kindle 

Gr. 4-8 

Language Arts 

1985 

Favorite Problems

Seymour 

5-7 

Math 

1982 

Fighting Invisible Tigers

Hipp 

Teens 

Social Emotional Development 

1985 

Fire In The Forest

 

 

Simulations/Kits 

 

Five Senses

Hale, Janet 

Primary 

Science/Language Arts 

1990 

Focus On The World Of Work

Carroll 

Preschool-2 

Social Studies 

1993 

Forum

 

MS and up 

Simulations/Kits 

 

Frames Of Mind

Gardner 

 

Multiple Intelligences 

1983 

Frantic Frogs And Other Frankly Fractured Folktales For Readers Theater

Fredericks, A. 

4-8 

Language Arts 

1993 

Frog Math

Kopp 

K-3 

GEMS Units 

1992 

From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Robbins 

Gr. 3-8 

Language Arts 

1994 

Gebra Named Al (A)

Isdell 

HS 

Math 

1993 

GEO Art

 

 

Games 

 

Gifted Children And Legal Issues In Education

Karres 

 

Parenting 

1991 

Gifted Children And The Law

Karres 

 

Parenting 

1991 

Gifted Kids Survival Guide (The)

Galbraith 

Ages 0-10 

Social Emotional Development 

1984 

Gifted Kids Survival Guide II (The)(one copy is missing)

Delisle/Galbraith 

Ages 11-18 

Social Emotional Development 

1987 

Gifted Program Handbook (The)

Sorenson 

K-12 

Teaching The Gifted 

1988 

Gifted Students In Regular Classrooms

Parke 

 

Gifted 

1989 

Global Pursuit

 

 

Games 

 

Good Apple And Math Fun

Aten 

3-7 

Math 

1990 

Good Apple Guide To Learning Centers (The)

Borba 

Elementary 

Teaching The Gifted 

1978 

Good Apple Math Book (The)

Grimm 

Elementary 

Math 

1975 

Great Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Sloane and MacHale 

MS and HS 

Puzzle Books 

1994 

Greece - Ancient Civilizations

Pofahl 

Gr. 3-6 

Social Studies 

1993 

Groundworks: Algebraic Thinking Set Of Books

Freenes/Findell 

1-2 

Math 

1999 

Group Solutions, Too

Goodman and Kopp 

K-4 

GEMS Units 

1997 

Growing Up Gifted

Clark 

 

Gifted 

1997 

Guidebook For Implementing The Trifocal Underachievement Program For Schools

Rimm, et al 

Ages 6-10 

Underachievement/ADD/ADHD 

1989 

Guiding The Gifted Child

Webb 

 

Gifted 

1982 

Guiding The Social And Emotional Development Of Gifted Youth

Delisle 

 

Social Emotional Development 

1992 

Hands-On Equations

 

5-12 

Math 

 

Height-O-Meters

Sneider 

6-10 

GEMS Units 

1988 

Help! For Parents Of Gifted And Talented Children

Carlson 

2-8 

Parenting 

1984 

Help! In Managing Your Classroom

Eberle 

 

Teaching The Gifted 

1984 

How To Become An Expert

Gibbons 

5-8 

Research Skills 

1991 

How To Create A Picture Of Your Ideal Job Or Next Career

Bolles 

HS-Adult 

College Planning/SAT/ACT 

1991 

How To Hook Your Kids On Books

O'Connor 

Baby ++ 

Language Arts 

1995 

How to Parent So Children Will Learn

Rimm, Dr. Sylvia 

Parents 

Parenting (SAGE) 

1991 

How to Respond Counterintu