Periodically throughout the year, Donna Bernard, Superintendent of Schools, invites staff members to participate in Book Talks at her home.  Once a year she hosts a Community Book Talk so that Coventry residents may participate.  Look for information about these community talks here and in the Coventry Monthly.

The following is a list of books read at the Book Talks:

Please Stop Laughing at Me, by Jodee Blanco (Staff & Community Conversation)

Warrior Girls, by Michael Sokolove

 

The Parents We Mean to Be, by Richard Weissbourd (Community Conversation)

Parallel Play - Growing Up With Undiagnosed Asperger's, by Tim Page

Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Thomas L. Friedman

Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

 

Being the Other One, by Kate Strohm

Have a New Kid By Friday, by Dr. Kevin Leman (Community Conversation)

Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult

Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age, by Robin M. Kowalsky, Ph.D., Susan P. Limber, Ph.D., and Patricia W. Agatston, Ph.D.

 

The Children in Room E4, by Susan Eaton
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel H. Pink
Raising Cain, by Dan Kindlon & Michael Thompson (Community Conversation)
The Tao at Work, by Stanley M. Herman

 

Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv
The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman
Odd Girl Out, by Rachel Simmons (Community Conversation)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon

 

The Soul of Education, by Rachael Kessler
Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The New Brain, by Dr. Richard Restak

 

Brain Matters, by Patricia Wolfe
Crossing the Unknown Sea, by David Whyte
Walking on Fire, by Beverly Bell
Why Is Everyone So Cranky?, by C. Leslie Charles

 

Endangered Minds, by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
Choice Theory, by William Glasser, M.D.
Odd Girl Out, by Rachel Simmons
It’s Not About the Bike, by Lance Armstrong