Parent Book Group

The Poker Hill School book group reads and discusses an interesting and current parenting book. Meetings are held at the school.  If you would like to join, or if you have any questions, contact Rebecca at [email protected] 

2017-18
​Tuesday, January 15th at PHS @ 7pm-RESCHEDULED! WE WILL MEET FEB 5th @7pm
We will be reading Small Animals by Kim Brooks.


Books read in previous years include:

• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
• The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need From Grownups by Erika Christakis
• The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey
• Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense by Ellyn Satter
• The Soul of Discipline: The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm, and Calm Guidance- From Toddlers to Teens by Kim John Payne
• Up by Patricia Ellis Herr
• Omnivores’ Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Parenting From the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel & Mary Hartzell

• Raising Cain by David Kindlon
• Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
• The Lolita Effect by M. Gigi Durham
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• The Power of Play by David Elkind
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play by Vivian Gussey Paley
• Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
• Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
• The Parents We Mean To Be by Richard Weissbourd
• Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross
• Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• The Dance Of Interaction: A Guide To Managing Children's Challenging Behaviors by Jeanine Fitzgerald
• The Mind In The Making by Ellen Galinsky
• Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood From The Culture Of Hyper-Parenting by Carl Honoré
• The Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman
• The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson