National Reading Month Is for Adults Too

Books are not just for kids in school or college students cramming for finals. Reading can be educational and enjoyable for all ages.

Brian R. Oliphan, head of school at The Children's School, put together this list of suggested reading earlier this month:

• A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink
• The Global Achievement Gap, Tony Wagner
• 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times, Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel
• Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization, Yong Zhao
• Go Put Your Strengths to Work, Marcus Buckingham
• Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative, Sir Ken Robinson
• The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Sir Ken Robinson
• Doing School: How We are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students, Denise Clark Pope
• Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn, Larry Rosen
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck