Resources for Adults

  • Acuff, Daniel, and Reiher, Robert. (2005). Kidnapped: How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children. Kaplan Business.
  • DeGaetano, Gloria. (2004). Parenting Well in a Media Age. Fawnskin, CA; Personhood Press.
  • Dyson, Anne Haas. (1997). Writing Superheroes: Contemporary Childhood, Popular Culture, and Classroom Literacy. New York: Teachers College Press.
  • Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, and Eyer, Diane. (2004) Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn--and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less. New York: Rodale Books.
  • Healy, Jane. (1999). Your Child's Growing Mind : Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence. Simon & Schuster.
  • Hoffman, Eric. (2002). Changing Channels: Activities Promoting Media Smarts and Creative Problem Solving for Children. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
  • Hoffman, Eric. (2004). Magic Capes, Amazing Powers : Transforming Superhero Play in the Classroom. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
  • *Levin, D. (1998). Remote Control Childhood? Combating the Hazards of Media Culture. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.
  • *Levin, D. & Carlsson-Paige, N. (2006). The War Play Dilemma: What Every Parent and Teacher Should Know. New York: Teachers College.
  • Linn, Susan. (2005). Consuming Kids: Protecting Our Children from the Onslaught of Marketing & Advertising. New York: Anchor.
  • Paley, Vivian Gussin. (2005). A Child’s Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Paley, Vivian Gussin. (1993). You Can’t Say You Can’t Play. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Rideout, V. & Hame, E. (2006). The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and their Parents. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation.
  • Schor, J. (2004). Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture. NY: Scribner.
  • Zigler, Edward, Singer, Dorothy G., and Bishop-Josef, Sandra J. (2004). Children’s Play: The Roots of Reading. Washington, DC: Zero to Three.