Legacy Book Awards

The TAGT 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 gifted and talented students.

  

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2018 Legacy Book Award Recipients and Nominees

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Curricular Materials: Provides educators with supporting materials to use in the classroom. Resources include workbooks, lesson plans, manuals and classroom activities.

• 2018 Winner: Ancient Egypt: Gift of the Nile 

Nominees:

• Coding, Robotics, and Engineering for Young Students: A Tech Beginnings Curriculum
• Exploring Number Games: Making Sense of Numbers with Imi & Zani
• Leadership for Kids: Curriculum for Building Intentional Leadership in Gifted Learners 

Educator: Enhances an educator’s awareness and ability to work with G/T students by application of sound theory, practical strategies and/or proven methodology.

• 2018 Winner: Doing Poorly on Purpose: Strategies to Reverse Underachievement and Respect Student Dignity

Nominees:

• Boost: 12 Effective Ways to Lift Up Our Twice-Exceptional Children
• Gifted or Just Plain Smart?: Teaching the 99th Percentile Made Easier
• Grit in the Classroom: Building Perseverance for Excellence in Today's Student
• Removing the Mask Third Edition
• Teaching Gifted Children: Success Strategies for Teaching High-Ability Learners 
• Teaching Kids to Thrive
• The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners 
• Unlocking Student Talent

Parent: Increases the understanding of the unique needs of G/T children and help ensure they are met, both at home and in the classroom.

• 2018 Winner: Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing 'Never Good Enough'

Nominees:

• Parenting Kids With OCD: A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Your Child With OCD
• The Gifted Kids Workbook

Scholar: Guides graduate students or advanced educators to understand and expand upon the latest research on giftedness and G/T education.

• 2018 Winner: Introduction to Gifted Education

Nominees:

• From Giftedness to Gifted Education: Reflecting Theory in Practice
• Counseling Gifted Students
• Optimal Language Learning: The Strategies and Epiphanies of Gifted Language Learners