Legacy Book Awards

TAGT is proud to announce the 2011 Legacy Book™ Awardees (see below). View the press release here (PDF).

The Legacy Book™ Awards honor outstanding books published in the United States that have long-term potential for positively influencing the lives of gifted individuals and contribute to the understanding, well-being, education, and success of students with gifts and/or talents.

Purchasing books through Amazon or Prufrock Press via the links below will result in a small donation to TAGT.

Educator

  • 2011 Awardee | Making All Kids Smarter: Strategies That Help All Students Reach Their Highest Potential | Buy This Title | by John DeLandtsheer | Corwin Press | 01/01/2011
  • Ready-to-Use Differentiation Strategies | Buy This Title | by Laurie E. Westphal | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Removing the Mask: How to Identify and Develop Giftedness in Students from Poverty | Buy This Title | by Paul D.Slocumb, Ed. D., Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. | Aha! Process, Inc. | 01/01/2011
  • Tiered Learning Stations in Minutes! | Buy This Title | by Bertie Kingore | Professional Associates Publishing | 01/01/2011
  • Twice-Exceptional Gifted Children: Understanding, Teaching, and Counseling Gifted Students | Buy This Title | by Beverly A. Trail | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Curriculum Development Kit for Gifted and Advanced Learners | Buy This Title | by Sandra N. Kaplan, Ed.D., Michael W. Cannon | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Dig It!: An Earth and Space Science Unit for High-Ability Learners in Grade 3 | Buy This Title | by The College of William and Mary's Center for Gifted Education | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Language Smarts, Level C | Buy This Title | by Judy Wilson Goddard, Patricia Gray (Editor) | The Critical Thinking Co | 01/01/2011
  • Take It To Your Seat Vocabulary Centers, Grades 3-4 | Buy This Title | by Sandy Johnson, Camile Liscinsky | Evan-Moor Educational Publishers | 01/01/2011
  • James Madison Critical Thinking Course Guide | Buy This Title | by William O'Meara, Daniel Flage | The Critical Thinking Co. | 01/01/2011

Parent

  • 2011 Awardee | Parenting Gifted Children: The Authoritative Guide from the National Association for Gifted Children | Buy This Title | by Jennifer L. Jolly Ph.D. (Editor), Donald J. Treffinger Ph.D. (Editor), Tracy F. Inman (Editor), Joan Franklin Smutny (Editor)Ph.D. | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Leadership for Students: A Guide for Young Leaders, Second Edition | Buy This Title | by Frances A. Karnes, Ph.D., Suzanne M. Bean, Ph.D. | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • 101 Success Stories for Gifted Kids: The Ultimate Handbook | Buy This Title | by Christine Fonseca | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Bright, Talented and Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners | Buy This Title | by Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D. | Great Potential Press | 01/01/2011
  • Language Smarts™ Level D | Buy This Title | by Kathy Erickson, Stephanie Stephens | The Critical Thinking Co. | 01/01/2011

Scholar

  • 2011 Awardee | Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students | Buy This Title | by Thomas P. Hébert | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students | Buy This Title | by Donna Y. Ford | Prufrock Press | 01/01/2011
  • Strangers in Black: A Young Boy's Struggle to Survive in Khmer Rouge Cambodia | Buy This Title | by Jill Max | Royal Fireworks Press | 01/01/2011
The Legacy Book™ awards are administered by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT). The winning books are selected by a nationwide panel of reviewers for their excellent long-term potential for improving the lives of gifted youth, categorized by audience.