Books Frequently Referenced in This Class:

  • When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers by Judy Galbraith, M.A. and Jim Delisle, PhD
  • Character Building Day by Day by Anne D. Mather, Louise B. Weldon
  • The Gifted Kids/Teen Survival Guide by James R Delisle and Judy Galbraith
  • The Gifted Kids Workbook by Heather Boorman
  • Living with Intensity by Michael Piechowski and Susan Daniels
  • Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
  • The Highly Sensitive Person/Parent/Child (3 books by Elaine Aaron)
  • Range by David Epstein
  • Cal Newport (all books)

Additional Books to Consider (For Parents):

  • How the Gifted Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
  • The Smart Teens Guide to Living With Intensity by L. Rivero
  • Rainforest Mind by Paula Prober
  • Bright Not Broken by Kennedy, Banks, and Grandin
  • Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children by James T. Webb and Edward R. Amend and others
  • Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of the Twice-Exceptional Student (edited by Kiesa Kay)
  • Social/Emotional Issues, Underachievement, and Counseling of Gifted and Talented Students
  • “Mellow Out,” They Say. If I Only Could by Michael M. Piechowski
  • Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher (for 1:1 reading/writing clients)

Recommended Websites/Newsletters (For Parents):

Recommended Programs/Camps/Classes:

Popular Games/Puzzles/Riddles For Students (Used on Fridays):

Citizen Science Projects:

Games/Resources/Podcasts/Interesting Websites Recommended By DYS Students:

Random Fun Online Tools:

YouTube Channels Recommended By DYS Students:

Books Recommended By DYS Students:

  • Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Strange New Worlds by Ray Jayawardhana (from Dr. Paul Sutter’s book club)
  • The Quantum Moment by Alfred Scharff Goldhaber and Robert P. Crease
  • Da Vinci’s Cat by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • What If? by Randall Munroe
  • The Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe
  • The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili
  • Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be by Charlotte Foltz Jones (Author), John O’Brien (Illustrator)
  • How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg (Author), Kevin O’Malley (Illustrator)
  • The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
  • A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
  • Front Desk by Kelly Yang
  • The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
  • Buster – Caleb Zane Huett
  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe – Carlos Hernandez
  • Lady Knight – Tamora Pierce
  • The Sun and the Star – Rick Riorden
  • Echo – Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Short – Holly Goldberg Slone
  • To Nigh Owl, From Dogfish – Holly Goldberg Stone
  • Half Upon a Time – James Riley
  • Savey – Ingrid Law
  • Keeper Of the Lost Cities – Shannon Messenger
  • Kiki Kalara Breaks a Kingdom – Sangu Mandanna
  • The Hatmakers – Tamzin Marchant
  • Anne Of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery
  • Cinder – Malissa Meyer
  • Legend – Marie Lu
  • The Ogress and the Orphans  – Kelly Barnhill
  • The Girl who Drank the Moon – Kelly Barnhill
  • Allies – Allen Graz
  • Amari and the Night Brothers – B.B. Alston
  • The War That Saved My Life – Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
  • Blended – Sharron M. Draper
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
  • A Girl Called Justice
  • The Night Diary
  • Foxcraft
  • The Secret Lake
  • When the World Turned Upside Down
  • White Fox
  • The Someday Birds
  • The Chronicles Of Chrestomanchi
  • The Science Of Breakable things
  • When You Trap A Tiger
  • A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
  • Song For A Whale
  • The Last Fallen Star
  • Unplugged
  • Savvy
  • Dragon Pearl
  • Winston Lnu vs The Whimsies
  • The Chronicles Of Narnia
  • Legend
  • Kiki Kalira Breaks A Kingdom
  • The 47 people you’ll meet in middle school
  • Spilling Ink
  • Tristan Strong
  • The Land Of Roar
  • The Unwanteds
  • The Secret of the Storm
  • Hedge Over heels
  • Keeper Of The Lost cities
  • The Lunar Chronicles
  • The Radium Girls
  • Code Girls
  • Onyeka And the Academy Of the Sun
  • Akata Witch
  • Treasure Hunters
  • Allana
  • Lady Knight
  • Malamander
  • Sugar
  • Ninth Ward
  • Ghost
  • Pizza My Heart
  • Half Upon a Time
  • Percy Jackson
  • Hero Of Olympus
  • Kane Chronicles
  • Magnus Chase
  • Trials Of Apollo
  • The Sun and the Star
  • The Thirty Nine Clues
  • Harry Potter
  • Riding Freedom
  • Becoming Naiomi Leon
  • Paint the Wind
  • The Dreamer
  • Echo
  • The Sword of the Monarchs
  • Just Pretend
  • Barkakah Beats
  • Hidden Figures
  • Short
  • The Elephant in the Room
  • To Night Owl From Dogfish
  • The Case of the Missing Moonstone
  • A Wish In the Dark
  • The Last Mapmaker
  • The Ninja Librarians
  • Enola Holms
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society
  • Roll With It
  • One Crazy Summer
  • All-of-a-Kind Family
  • Healer of the Water Monster
  • Zachary Ying
  • The One and Only Ivan
  • The One and Only Bob
  • Wishtree
  • Willodeen
  • A Wrinkle In Time
  • WondLa
  • Wildwood
  • Little Women
  • Loki’s Wolves
  • Odien’s Ravens
  • The Girl Who Drank The Moon
  • The Ogress and the Orphans
  • The Puzzling Wold Of Winston Brean
  • The Penderwixs
  • Insignificant Events In the Life Of a Cactus
  • The Wild Robot
  • The Winterborn Home
  • How To Heal a Gryphon
  • The Storm Runner
  • The Lords Of the Night
  • City Of the Plague God
  • Aru Shah
  • The Marvelers
  • The Land Of Stories
  • Artemis Fowl
  • Wish
  • The Wanderer
  • The Total Eclipse of Nester Lopez
  • Catherine Called Birdy
  • Kiranmala And the Kingdom Beyond
  • Winn-Dixie
  • The Tale of Despereaux
  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
  • The Tiger Rising
  • Flora and Ulysses
  • Blended
  • The City Of Ember
  • Enchanted Air
  • Hex Allen and the Clanksmiths
  • Ban This Book
  • The Vanderbeekers
  • Sal and Gabi Break the Universe/Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe by Rick Riordan
  • The Science of Raising Courageous Kids by Martin Brokenleg and Steve Van Bockern
  • Quarks and Dorks: A Brief, Sarcastic, Slightly Inappropriate Journey through Quantum Physics by Cole Taylor (DYS Student). Recommended for 12+.
  • The Landry News Book by Andrew Clements
  • The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
  • Humble Pi by Matt Parker
  • Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker
  • Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Book by A. F. Steadman

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