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Bank Street Library Bibliography: 1970s: Greatest Hits

In 1970, graduate students at Bank Street College chose the books they found most useful during their time at Bank Street, and created this bibliography. The annotations are from the graduate students.We recently found it in the archives and thought it might be of interest to current students.

In addition, the Library has compiled a new list of favorite books based on the choices of graduate students during 2006. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia. Teacher. One place to learn about organic reading method and a teacher’s account of her teaching children from two cultures in one classroom.
Call #: 371.93 A829t

Bettleheim, Bruno. Love in not enough: the treatment of emotionally disturbed children.
Call #: 136.762 B565L

Cohen, Dorothy, & Stern, Virginia. Observing and recording the behavior of young children. Valuable observational tool.
Call #: 371.422 C6780

Dewey, John. Experience and education. Concise reformulation of Dewey’s thought.
Call #: 370.1 D519e

Durland, Frances Caldwell. Creative dramatics for children. More than a “how to” book on dramatics.
Call #: 371.332 D948c

Fraiberg, Selma. The magic years. Understanding and handling the problems of early childhood – an absolute must!
Call #: 136.735 F812m

Glasser, William. Reality therapy: a new approach to psychiatry.
Call #: 131.32 G549r

Herndon, James. The way it spozed to be. One beginning teacher learning how to reach and teach kids in junior high.
Call #: 370.19348 H558w

Koch, Kenneth. Wishes, lies and dreams: teaching children to write poetry by Kenneth Koch and the students of P.S. 61 in New York City.
Call #: 811.5408 K76w

Kohl, Herbert. 36 Children. Poignant account of his experiences with his public school pupils.
Call #: 371.96 K79t

Kozol, Jonathan. Death at an early age: the destruction of the hearts and minds of Negro children in the Boston Public Schools. One teacher discovers the system and tells what he could and couldn’t do about it.
Call #: 371.98 K88d

Lomax, Alan. Folk song style and culture.
Call #: 784.49 L839f

Mitchell, Lucy Sprague. Our children and our schools.
Call #: 372 M681o

Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner. Teaching as a subversive activity.
Call #: 370.973 P858t

Pratt, Caroline. I learn from children. Theory behind curriculum development at City and Country School, NYC.
Call #: 371.36 P913i

Richardson, Elwyn. In the early world: discovering art through crafts. Creativity as the basis for the whole curriculum.
Call #: 372 R522i

Wigginton, Eliot, ed. Foxfire 3 : animal care, banjos and dulcimers, hide tanning, summer and fall wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng, and still more affairs of plain living. A magazine published by high school kids about local folklore and history of their community.
Call #: 917.58123 F795t, v.3

(Please note: this is a partial list. For the complete list, come to the Library and see: BS 027.77471 B2180)

compiled 02/2006