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20 books every teacher should own:

1. How We Think ~ John Dewey

2. Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition ~ Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

3. Choice Words ~ Peter H. Johnston

4. Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirit of Educators ~ Jack Canfield

5. The Exceptional Teacher's Handbook ~ Carla Shelton and Alice Pellinque

6. First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools & Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day ~ Julia Thompson

7. First Year Letters ~ Julie Danneberg

8. Five Minds For the Future ~ Howard Gardner

9. The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach ~ Howard Gardner

10. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom ~ James W. Stigler and James Hiebert

11. The Race between Education and Technology ~ Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz

12. Reluctant Disciplinarian: Advice on Classroom Management From a Softy who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher ~ Gary Rubinstein and Larry Nolte

13. Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher ~ Judy Willis

14. Six Types Of Teachers: Recruiting, Retaining, And Mentoring The Best ~ Douglas J. Fiore, Todd Whitaker

15. The Chicago Handbook for Teachers, by Alan Brinnkley et al

16. Letters to a New Teacher: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Year Ahead by Jim Burke and Joy Krajicek

17. The Miseducation of the Negro ~ Carter G. Woodson

18. I Think, I Am!: Teaching Kids the Power of Affirmations ~ Louise Hay, Kristina Tracy, and Manuela Schwarz

19. Ambition to Meaning: Finding Your Life's Purposes, expanded version ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

20. Who Moved My Cheese? ~ Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard