Saint Winefride's Society

A Fellowship of Teachers and Learners

Books We Love

Great teachers are learners first. And great school leaders are teachers first—teachers of teachers. At Saint Winefride’s Society we love teaching kids to love great books, but we also love great books ourselves. Here are some of the books that have been highly influential in shaping our thinking and practice.

Philosophy of Education

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
Leisure the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
The Paideia Proposal by Mortimer J. Adler
Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian
The Idea of a University by Saint John Henry Newman
Poetic Knowledge by James S. Taylor
Beauty for Truth's Sake by Stratford Caledecott
The Death of Christian Culture by John Senior
The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior
Education at the Crossroads by Jacques Maritain
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
The Intellectual Life by A. G. Sertillanges, OP

Cultivating Joyful Order

Teach Like a Champion 3.0 by Doug Lemov
The First Days of School by Harry K. and Rosemary T. Wong
Teaching with Love and Logic by Jim and Charles Fay
Classroom Management for Art, Music, and PE Teachers by Michael Linsin

Educational Issues and Psychology

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Mindset by Carl S. Dweck
After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
The Noonday Devil by Jean-Charles Nault, OSB
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
The Schools We Need by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver
The Noonday Devil by Jean-Charles Nault, OSB
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
The Schools We Need by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

Curriculum and Lesson Planning

The Paideia Program by Mortimer J. Adler
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
The Division and Methods of the Sciences by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel

Leadership

Good to Great by Jim Collins
Drive by Daniel H. Pink
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman