6 must-read parenting books like The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori by Cristina De Stefano

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The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori

By: Cristina De Stefano

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, comprehensive biography of the pioneering educator and activist who changed the way we loo…

If you liked the parenting plot in The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori by Cristina De Stefano , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Ivanov

By: Hanna Bervoets

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Moskou, 1922: De tsaar is verdreven, de bolsjewieken hebben de macht gegrepen en de vooruitstrevend… read more

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2. Feminismo para principiantes

By: Nuria Varela

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

?Quienes eran las sufragistas? ?De donde sale el feminismo radical? ?Por que se habla de marxismo y… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Nordicana: 100 Icons of Nordic Cool & Scandi Style

By: None

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A celebration of all things Nordicana delivered in a stylish and fun package. You've watched every … read more

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4. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice

By: Rebecca Musser , M. Bridget Cook

3.97

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" o… read more

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5. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

By: Peter O. Gray

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests--oft… read more

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6. Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food

By: Gill Rapley , Tracey Murkett

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Contrary to popular belief, there is no research that supports the current mainstream view that bab… read more

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7. The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

By: Jessica Joelle Alexander , Iben Dissing Sandahl

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and what are the secrets of Danish parents fo… read more

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8. Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race

By: Debby Irving

3.29

Format: 178 pages, ebook

Waking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her someti… read more

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9. The Secret of Childhood

By: Maria Montessori

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Maria Montessori describes the child with warmth and the exactness of a scientist. She also discuss… read more

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10. Phantoms on the Bookshelves

By: James Salter , Siân Reynolds , Jacques Bonnet

3.78

Format: None pages,

This enchanting study on the art of living with books considers how our personal libraries reveal o… read more

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11. Ik kom hier nog op terug

By: Rob van Essen

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more

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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"

-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug

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12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • education
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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13. The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

By: Simone Davies

4.30

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

There is no doubt about it. Toddlers can be tricky. On one hand they can be lovely. On the other ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • education
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14. El tiempo de las moscas

By: Claudia Piñeiro

3.79

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Inés sale en libertad, después de quince años presa por haber asesinado a Charo, la amante de su ex… read more

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15. Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges

By: Léonie Bischoff

4.20

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Début des années 30. Anaïs Nin vit en banlieue parisienne et lutte contre l’angoisse de sa vie d’ép… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Misschien moet je iets lager mikken: een verhaal over armoede en kansenongelijkheid

By: Milio van de Kamp

4.26

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Een persoonlijk en rauw verhaal over de impact van kansenongelijkheid. In het huis waarin Milio … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • education
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17. Mot en de metaalvissers

By: Sanne Rooseboom

4.47

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

De week dat Mot een duikboot vond, begon redelijk normaal. Dat was niet zo gek. Er moest nog heel … read more

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18. Death Is Hard Work

By: Khaled Khalifa

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war Khaled Khalifa's Death Is H… read more

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"إن أفضل الوسائل لهزم الحرب هي التوقف عن الحديث عنها"

-Khaled Khalifa, Death Is Hard Work

"أسوء ما في الحرب تناسل الأحداث الغرائبية ,وتحول القصص المأساوية إلى حدث عادي"

-Khaled Khalifa, Death Is Hard Work

"في الحرب مرور جنازة حدث عادي لا يثير اي شئ سوى حسد الأحياء الذين تحولت حياتهم الى إنتظار مؤلم للموت"

-Khaled Khalifa, Death Is Hard Work

"اللحظة الأخيرة دوماً عاطفية، غالباً غير مناسبة للتفكير، لا مجال فيها لمحاكمات عقلانية، ويتكثّف فيها الزمن."

-Khaled Khalifa, Death Is Hard Work

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19. El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres

By: Álvaro Bilbao

4.45

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Cómo ayudar a tu hijo a desarrollar su potencial intelectual y emocional. Durante los seis prime… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • education
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20. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

By: William Stixrud

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on rais… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • education
"Society thrives on the diverse talents of its people."

-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

"The reality is that we become successful in this world by working hard at something that comes easily to us, and that engages us."

-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives

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21. Brian

By: Jeremy Cooper

3.83

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

A tender meditation on friendship and the importance of community,  Brian  is also a tangential wor… read more

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22. Socrates op sneakers

By: Elke Wiss

3.60

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Met Socrates op sneakers tackelt praktisch filosoof Elke Wiss de kunst van een goed gesprek. In een… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
Cover of Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

23. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

By: Neema Avashia

4.26

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “T… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Courage to Grow: How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down

By: Laura A. Sandefer

4.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acton The one-room schoolhouse for the twenty-first centurySeeking a 21st century education for the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • education
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25. Oever

By: Ludwig Volbeda

4.43

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Jip heeft een opdracht van school voor de teken een zelfportret. Dat zou simpel moeten zijn voor i… read more

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26. Last Circle of Love

By: Lorna Landvik

3.74

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, heartwarming story about a feisty group of women who shake, spice, and heat things up with… read more

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27. The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori

By: Cristina De Stefano

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, comprehensive biography of the pioneering educator and activist who changed the way we loo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • parenting
  • nonfiction
  • education
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28. Cómo ser Mala (temas de hoy) (Spanish Edition)

By: Mala Rodríguez

3.25

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Las memorias de la reina del rap en español, Mala Rodríguez.  Música, fiestas, crisis, drogas, via… read more

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29. Kingdom of Play: What Ball-bouncing Octopuses, Belly-flopping Monkeys, and Mud-sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself

By: David Toomey

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus , a fascinating, charming, and revelatory… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom: Preparing an Environment that Fosters Respect, Kindness & Responsibility

By: Jane Nelsen

4.66

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

Positive Discipline, developed by Jane Nelsen and based on the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Drei… read more

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  • education
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31. Vrouwen met groene vingers zijn buiten gewoon

By: Modeste Herwig

3.08

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Nadat de tuin voor eeuwen slechts een stuk grond was waar arbeiders groente op verbouwden, is het p… read more

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Nuria Varela

4.50

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

4.46

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The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies

4.30

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Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges

Léonie Bischoff

4.20

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Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too

Adele Faber , Elaine Mazlish

3.97

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Julie Lythcott-Haims

4.46

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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

Daniel J. Siegel , Tina Payne Bryson , None

4.19

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Becky Kennedy

4.55

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