The Waverly School is a progressive school in Pasadena, California, spanning young kindergarten through high school.

Parent Resource Library

The parent resource library is located at the front lobby of the elementary campus. The library has a collection of books (titles listed below) available for parents for check-out, or as suggested titles for parents to order for their own collections.

  • The Best Children’s Books of the Year: 100th Anniversary Edition, The Children’s Book Committee
  • Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children (2) – Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Catherine O’Neill Grace
  • The Blessing Of A Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teaching to Raise Self-Reliant Children, Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.
  • The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools, Alfie Kohn
  • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman
  • The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon, David Elkind, Ph.D.
  • In Defense of Our Children: When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide, Elaine M. Garan, Ph.D.
  • Kids Are Worth It:  Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline, Barbara Coloroso
  • Last Child in the Woods:  Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard Louv
  • The Loving Parents’ Guide to Discipline: How to Teach Your Child to Behave Responsibly-With Kindness, Understanding, and Respect, Marilyn E. Gootman, Ed.D.
  • Mindset, The New Psychology of Success: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Full Potential, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
  • NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
  • The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally, David Elkind, Ph.D.
  • The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research, Stephen D. Krashen
  • The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids, Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
  • Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes, Alfie Kohn
  • Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide, Lucy Calkins with Lydia Bellino
  • The Read-Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease
  • Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Mem Fox
  • Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Jonathan Kozol
  • The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”, Alfie Kohn
  • Testing is Not Teaching: What Should Count in Education, Donald H. Graves
  • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper
  • What Does It Mean To Be Well Educated? And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies, Alfie Kohn
  • “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
  • The Shelter of Each Other, Mary Pipher
  • Just Tell Me What to Say and You’re Not the Boss of Me, Betsy Brown Braun
  • Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, Karen Maezen Miller
  • The Blessings of a B Minus–Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers, Wendy Mogel, M.D.
  • The Organized Student–Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond, Donna Goldberg