25 Kindle Books for Catholic Teachers

So, you got a Kindle for Christmas, and you want to do some professional reading. The following books may be just what you’re looking for:

Catholicism/Catechesis

• Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
• Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer by Fr. Thomas Dubay
• My Life with the Saints by Fr. James Martin, SJ
• The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life by Fr. James Martin, SJ
• Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas (for less than one dollar!)
• Praying the Rosary by Megan Mckenna
• The Rosary: A Path into Prayer by Liz Kelly
• The How-To Book of Catholic Devotions by Mike Aquilina
• The How-To Book of the Mass by Michael Debruiel
• The Catechist’s Toolbox: How to Thrive as a Religious Education Teacher by Joe Paprocki
• Catholic School Leadership by Theodore Wallace
• My Best Teachers Were Saints: What Every Educator Can Learn from the Heroes of the Church by Susan Swetnam

Technology/Writing/Reading

• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson
• The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks
• Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher
• The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
• Literature Circles by Harvey Daniels
• Writing Workshop by Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn  Portalupi
• Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage and Style into Writer’s Workshop by Jeff Anderson
• Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School by Matt Copeland

General Education/Productivity

• The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath
• Brain Rules by John Medina
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Just this past week, Amazon has implemented a rudimentary lending system for those with Kindles. If the publisher of a book allows, you can lend a Kindle book one time to someone else. They can have the book for no longer than 14 days, and while they have it, you cannot read your copy. It’s not a perfect lending solution, but it’s better than nothing.

I’ve noticed that Goodreads has already started a Kindle Lending group for people who want to exchange books. If you’re not a Goodreads member, I highly recommend it as a place to share with other readers. It’s free, and integrates easily with Facebook and Twitter. I would love to connect with other educators via Goodreads and compare reading lists, so please feel free to friend me.