About Us

For the past thirty-five years, we have provided teachers and parents with high-quality products, resources, and programs for their classrooms and homes. We offer a variety of manuals and activity books for teachers working with gifted children.  We are especially proud to be the publisher of choice for Dr. Joseph Renzulli, the renowned educator who is currently the Director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.  Dr. Renzulli’s books have had a world-wide impact on how students’ gifts and talents are identified and nurtured.  His recent titles include Enrichment Clusters, The Multiple Menu Model, and, with co-editors E. Jean Gubbins, Kristin S. McMillen, Rebecca D. Eckert, and Catherine A. Little, the second edition of Systems and Models for Developing Programs for the Gifted and Talented.  The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, which he co-authored with Dr. Sally Reis, continues to be one of our best sellers with elementary and middle schools.  We also carry numerous activity books, forms, management plans, and assessment instruments that are designed to help teachers and administrators implement Dr. Renzulli’s ideas.  

We are also excited about the success of Work Left Undone: Choices and Compromises of Talented Females by Dr. Sally Reis.  We believe that this title is a must-read for anyone working or in contact with talented girls and women.  Not only does it provide insight into the struggles girls and women face as they attempt to develop their talents, but it presents ideas and resources for encouraging talent development.  

Mentors-in-Print

One of the best ways to help children overcome boredom in school and the “copying-out-of-the-encyclopedia” approach to assignments is to encourage high-end learning and first-hand inquiry.  By “high-end learning” we mean learning that helps children to develop critical and creative thinking skills, and by “first-hand inquiry” we mean that children learn by doing and investigating, not just by reading facts out of a book. We have searched through thousands of titles to find the best-of-the-best in “mentors-in-print,” books that go beyond the basics and include clear and engaging text, hands-on activities, and extension ideas to guide young explorers and investigators through a topic. We present here a bevy of exciting, hands-on, how-to books for children at all grade levels that prod youngsters to make, do, question, tinker, and delve deeper.  We hope you find these books as fun, intriguing, and engaging as we do.

We stand behind the quality and integrity of all our educational materials.  We see ourselves as partners in the effort to create a better future for all of our children.  We hope you will share our enthusiasm for the materials we offer and that you will see what a strong influence you can have in the development of children’s gifts and talents.   Please feel free to contact us with any suggestions or feedback.

Boredom Busters Brigade

Do your students and faculty plod through each week, each unit, as if just going through the motions?

Do you want both faculty and students to kick up the level of engagement, enjoyment, and enthusiasm in their teaching and learning? 

Would you like each person to feel like they have something personally invested in your school?

Our Boredom Buster Brigade will help infuse into your school program the enthusiasm and excitement that makes learning come alive. Our customized workshops focus on showing your staff exciting, research-based techniques for raising achievement, motivation and engagement in students.  Enrichment experiences, practical curriculum differentiation strategies, high-end learning resources, and student-driven investigations are all possible topics to explore with the Boredom Busters.

Complete and submit the form below to find out how the Boredom Buster Brigade can help you raise achievement and make your school a more exciting place for both students and teachers.