Recommended Readings
There Are No Children Here, by Alex Kotlowitz.(1992). New York: Anchor Books. This is the true story about how two brothers, Lafayette and Pharaoh, navigate and survive the “other world” of the housing projects in South Chicago. Farmington, PA: Plough Books.
The Hurried Child, by David Elkind. (2001). Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books. This book frames the experience of modern children in terms of the pressures they face and provides insights about what adults can do about it.
Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv (2008). Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. This award-winning book describes how and why exposure to nature is critical to maintaining an image of childhood that includes joyful connections with the out of doors.