Review
"I laughed, I cried, I reflected. Nothing can prepare you for this exquisite and groundbreaking book. Annemarie Roeper takes us on a universal journey of self-discovery, and you crave more of her wisdom and insights... If every gifted educator and parent read this book, the lives of gifted children would be happier, healthier, and more whole." --Jim Delisle, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Education, Kent State University
"This is a book of wisdom garnered over decades of work with gifted children. It is also a call for radical change in our understanding of education and a passionate plea to discover and honor both the essence of the individual child and the interconnectedness of us all. A must read from one of our most gifted elders!" --Stephanie S. Tolan, M.A., Newbery Honor winning author and co-author of Guiding the Gifted Child
"This is the most beautiful book about gifted children. Each sentence speaks volumes of truth about their emotions that we don't even suspect are there. From the inspired allegory of the Self in Dialogue to the concept of Legitimacy, this little book calls to us to be read and reread so that we may absorb its profound perspective on children's emotional and spiritual reality... Annemarie Roeper then does a remarkable fast forward to Growing Old Gifted, a new topic to us all." --Michael M. Piechowski, Ph.D., Author of Mellow Out, They Say. If I Only Could. Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright
"This is a book of wisdom garnered over decades of work with gifted children. It is also a call for radical change in our understanding of education and a passionate plea to discover and honor both the essence of the individual child and the interconnectedness of us all. A must read from one of our most gifted elders!" --Stephanie S. Tolan, M.A., Newbery Honor winning author and co-author of Guiding the Gifted Child
"This is the most beautiful book about gifted children. Each sentence speaks volumes of truth about their emotions that we don't even suspect are there. From the inspired allegory of the Self in Dialogue to the concept of Legitimacy, this little book calls to us to be read and reread so that we may absorb its profound perspective on children's emotional and spiritual reality... Annemarie Roeper then does a remarkable fast forward to Growing Old Gifted, a new topic to us all." --Michael M. Piechowski, Ph.D., Author of Mellow Out, They Say. If I Only Could. Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright
About the Author
Annemarie Roeper, Ed.D. is an educational consultant with more than 50 years experience, specializing in the educational needs of gifted and creative children. In 1941, Annemarie and her husband, George Roeper, founded the Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, one of the nation's oldest and best known private schools for gifted children. Dr. Roeper also holds an Honorary Doctorate in Education from Eastern Michigan University. She is an editor of the Roeper Review, a national journal on gifted child education and is the author of the books, Educating Children for Life: The Modern Learning Community (1990), and My Life Experiences with Children: Selected Writings and Speeches (reprinted 2004). She has also published hundreds of articles on giftedness and has received numerous awards and honors for her work including the 1999 National Association for Gifted Children President's Award, an honor rarely bestowed.
