Here are a few titles to support Suzuki Method learning, and are also wonderfully insightful reads from a philosophical, parenting, or simply human perspective.
NURTURED BY LOVE: The Classic Approach to Talent Education
*(this book is a requisite reading for any family considering or beginning Suzuki instrument lessons of any kind)
By Shinichi Suzuki
Summy-Birchard Inc
ABILITY DEVELOPMENT FROM AGE ZERO
By Shinichi Suzuki
Summy-Birchard Inc
WHERE LOVE IS DEEP: The Writings of Shin’Ichi Suzuki
Translated by Kyoko Selden
Worwix Industries
TO LEARN WITH LOVE
By William and Constance Starr
Summy-Birchard Inc
HELPING PARENTS PRACTICE Ideas for Making It Easier
By Edmund Sprunger
Yes Publishing
STUDYING SUZUKI PIANO: MORE THAN MUSIC (A Handbook for Teachers, Parents and Students)
By Carole L. Bigler, Valery Lloyd-Watts
Alfred Music Publishing
HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
By Paul Tough
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
THE TALENT CODE
By Daniel Coyle
Bantam Books
HOW WE LEARN: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
By Benedict Carey
Random House
YOUR CHILD’S GROWING MIND: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
By Jane Healy
Harmony
MINDSET: How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential
By Carol Dweck
Ballantine Books
WELCOME TO YOUR CHILD’S BRAIN: How the Mind Grows from Conception to College
Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D and Sam Wang, Ph.D
Bloomsbury USA
KID COOPERATION: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging, & Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate
By Elizabeth Pantley
New Harbinger Publications
HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN & LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK
By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlich
Scribner Publishing
PEACEFUL PARENT, HAPPY KIDS
By Laura Markham
TarcherPerigee Publishing
RAISING A SECURE CHILD
by Kent Hoffman
The Guilford Press