Adderholdt, M., & Goldberg, J. (1999). Perfectionism: What's bad about being too good? (rev. ed.) Designed for gifted students who are prone toward perfectionism, this book explores some of the possible reasons for perfectionism and offers strategies for learning how to ease up and get perfectionism under control.

Berger, S. (2006). College planning for gifted students (3rd ed.) Provides a detailed 6-year plan that guides the gifted student through critical college and career choices based on student's knowledge of self and educational options. Revised second edition includes web-based resources.

Clark, B. (2002). Growing up gifted: Developing the potential of children at home and at school (7th ed.) This comprehensive reference includes sections on brain research, the emotional and social aspects of growing up gifted, and current educational models. The sixth edition retains proven parts of its original structure and combines it with the knowledge and best practices from a variety of sources.

2005 TAGT Legacy Book Award Winner
Davidson, Jan and Davidson, Bob, Genius Denied The Davidsons, creators of educational software and founders of a nonprofit foundation that helps educate gifted children, offer an absorbing look at how our nation is neglecting children of exceptional intelligence.

Davis, G. A., & Rimm, S. B. (2003). Education of the gifted and talented (5th ed.) A standard introductory textbook in gifted education. The most notable change for this edition is a new chapter on counseling that addresses the social, emotional, and education/career needs and problems of gifted children, and outlines specific counseling-related roles for teachers, parents, counselors, and even school administrators.

Delisle, J., & Galbraith, J. (2002). When gifted kids don't have all the answers: How to meet their social and emotional needs After a section devoted to identifying the gifted and the need for specialized education programs for this population, this work delves into the emotional dimensions of giftedness and how to understand gifted kids from the "inside out" through first-person stories, classroom-tested activities, guided discussions, and up-to-date resources.

Freeman, J. (2001). Gifted children grown up This book describes the outcomes of a longitudinal study of 210 British children that compared the recognized and the unrecognized gifted with their classmates. It describes what has happened to them and their families as they have grown up in very different circumstances, in poverty or wealth, through many types of schooling and life opportunities.

Galbraith, J. (2000). You know your child is gifted when...A beginner's guide to life on the bright side This book uses humorous cartoons and commentary on giftedness to provide parents with information on the characteristics, challenges, and joys of parenting a gifted child. Throughout the book, first-person stories from parents of children with giftedness offer reassurance and insights.

Guyer, B. P. (2002). The pretenders: Gifted people who have difficulty learning This book tells the stories of eight people with above average to highly gifted levels of intellect, who also have significant, previously unrecognized and undiagnosed, learning disabilities. Their discovery of their true abilities and gifts after years of humiliation with the educational system and the trials of daily life is detailed.

Halsted, J. W. (2002). Some of my best friends are books: Guiding gifted readers from preschool to high school (2nd ed.) Designed for parents, educators, and others concerned with the development of gifted children, this book is a guide to reading for gifted students in preschool through grade 12 and includes an annotated bibliography of almost 300 recommended books.

2004 TAGT Legacy Book Award Winner
Jackson Gilman, Barbara, Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy that Works The definitive manual on gifted advocacy, this book takes parents and teachers from documenting a child’s abilities to providing reasonable educational options year by year.

Karnes, F. A., & Marquardt, R. G. (2000). Gifted children and legal issues: An update This book attempts to report on and synthesize all new (since this book's 1991 edition) legal actions concerning the education of gifted and talented children. Examples of issues covered include advanced placement concerns, home-schooling problems, personal injury, and civil rights.

Kay, Keisa (Ed.) (2000). Uniquely gifted: Identifying and meeting the needs of twice-exceptional students The 32 readings in this collection discuss the needs of children who are both gifted and also have special needs such as a disability ("twice exceptional"). The readings are grouped into four major sections. "Family Matters: Perspectives from Family Members," "Teaching Strategies: Learning and Leadership," "Research and Theory: Discovering Possibilities," and "Administrative Options: Working Together."

Kerr, B. (1997). Smart girls: A new psychology of girls, women, and giftedness (rev.ed.) Expands previous research on why smart girls and gifted women often fail to develop their potential. It reports a 10-year and 20- year follow-up study of graduates of a special high school curriculum designed to foster leadership and success among gifted females.

Kerr, B. A., & Cohn, S. J. (2001). Smart boys: Talent, manhood, and the search for meaning This book explores issues faced by gifted boys and men and the concerns of those around them and explores the relationship of special intellectual ability to the role of males in our society.

Khatena, J. (2000). Enhancing creativity of gifted children: A guide for parents and teachers This book on enhancing the creativity of gifted children begins with stories of gifted children, each illustrating characteristics that distinguish each child's uniqueness. It goes on to delineate the role and power of parents and teachers in bringing a child's creative potential to fruition. Specific measures of creativity that may be used to identify gifted children are described, as are typical characteristics such as the ability to learn school subjects, lead others, and perform in the arts.

Neihart, M., Reis, S. M., Robinson, N. M., & Moon, S. M. (Eds.), (2001). The social and emotional development of gifted children: What do we know? This resource examines the essential topics teachers, parents, and researchers need to know about the social and emotional development of gifted children. Twenty-four papers written by experts in the field summarize decades of research in chapters on peer pressure and social acceptance, resilience, delinquency, and underachievement.

2004 TAGT Legacy Book Award Finalist
Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Limburg-Weber, Lisa, and Pfeiffer, Steven, Early Gifts: Recognizing and Nurturing Children's Talent This book offers solid advice and guidance for parents of gifted and talented children of preschool and elementary school age. The book shows parents and educators ways to identify a child's area of talent; support and nurture that talent both at home and at school; and strategies parents can use to ensure their gifted child grows to be a happy, healthy adult.

Rimm, S. B. (2001). Keys to parenting the gifted child (2nd ed.). This book provides parents with guidelines on how to determine if their children are unusually gifted and how to prepare them for school. Recommendations are provided to ensure that gifted children are sufficiently challenged in the classroom, while reducing emotional stresses to which intellectually gifted children are often prone.

Rivero, L. (2002). Creative home schooling: A resource guide. Chapters include reasons to home-school, curriculum resources, how to get started, record keeping, positive changes for the family, college planning, "big ideas" thematic approach, how gifted children learn, traditional and classical approaches, and parent interviews.

Sheffield, L. J. (2002). Extending the challenge in mathematics: Developing mathematical promise in K-8 students Combining theory and practice, Sheffield expertly guides the reader through the process of mathematical talent development from identifying students with mathematical potential, to finding and creating first-rate problems for exploration and strategies for assessment.

Smutny, J. F. (2000). Stand up for your gifted child: How to make the most of kids' strengths at school and at home. This text is designed to enable parents to become powerful advocates for their gifted children at school and at home. Chapters focus on becoming an advocate at home, advocacy at school, and community advocacy.

Smutny, J. F. (Ed.) (1997). The young gifted child: Potential and promise: An anthology. Forty-one papers on young gifted children are grouped in sections on identification, special populations, parenting, social/emotional needs, and education.

Strip, C. A., & Hirsch, G. (2000). Helping gifted children soar: A practical guide for parents and teachers. Intended for parents of gifted children, this book stresses the importance of positive relationships between parents and teachers as they work to meet children's academic, emotional, and social needs.

Walker, S. Y. (2002). The survival guide for parents of gifted kids: How to understand, live with, and stick up for your gifted child (rev. ed.). Designed for parents of gifted children, this book discusses the background and history of gifted education, characteristics that make gifted children unique, and the needs of gifted children.

2005 TAGT Legacy Book Award Winner
Webb, Ph.D., James T., Gore, M. Ed., Janet L.,  Karnes, Ph.D., Frances A.,  Grandparents' Guide to Gifted Children Grandparents can play a supremely influential role in the shaping of their grandchildren's lives and well-being. This is especially so with bright or gifted grandchildren who will need additional emotional and intellectual support.