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Recommended Books for Parents
Books by Dr. Maria Montessori
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Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook
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Montessori Method
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The Absorbent Mind
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Secret of Childhood
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Education and Peace
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The Child in the Family
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The Discovery of the Child
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Education of the New World
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To Educate the Human Potential
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From Childhood to Adolescences
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What You Should Know About Your Child
Books by Paula Polk Lillard
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Montessori Today
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Montessori from the Start
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Montessori in the Classroom
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Montessori: A Modern Approach
Other recommended books
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At Home with Montessori by Patricia Oriti
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Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work by E. M. Standing
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Montessori Insights for Parents of Young Children by Aline D. Wolf
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Teaching Montessori at Home by Elizabeth Hainstock
Booklist for Children
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Our Peaceful Classroom by Alice D. Wolf
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The Peace Rose by Alicia Jewell
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Books by Cheri J. Meiners (Learning How to Get Along)
Introduction to Montessori and the Montessori Foundation
Trevor Eissler "Montessori Madness!"
Famous Montessori educated people include: Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, author, chef, TV cooking show personality Julia Child, video game pioneer Will Wright, co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web-hosting company Jimmy Wales, 1983 Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Amazon founder and CEO founder Jeff Bezos.