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Looking for some great professional development books to dive into this summer?  Check out 20 of the must-have education/teaching books below.  Is your favorite not listed?  Leave a comment below and let us know which ones you would recommend!

1.   The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong
2.   Literacy Work Stations by Debbie Diller
3.   Classrooms that Work:  They Can All Read and Write by Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington
4.   Teach Like a Champion:  49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College by Doug Lemov
5.   What Great Teachers Do Differently:  14 Things That Matter Most by Todd Whitaker
6.   The Differentiated Classroom:  Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson
7.   Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching by Robyn Renee Jackson
8.   Punished by Rewards:  The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
9.   The Mind of Boys:  Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life by Michael Gurian
10.   Teaching Outside the Box:  How to Grab Your Students by Their Brains by LouAnne Johnson
11.   The First-Year Teacher’s Survival Guide by Julia Thompson
12.   Teaching with Love and Logic:  Taking Control of the Classroom by Jim Fay and David Funk
13.   Learn Me Good by John Pearson
14.   Teaching As Leadership:  The Highly Effective Teacher’s Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap by Steven Farr, Wendy Kopp, and Jason Kamras
15.   The Daily Five by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
16.   Reluctant Disciplinarian:  Advice on Classroom Management from a Softy Who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher by Gary Rubinstein
17.   The Organized Teacher:  A Hands-On Guide to Setting Up and Running a Terrific Classroom by Steve Springer and Brandy Alexander
18.   Ask the Teacher:  A Practitioner’s Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom (2nd Edition) by Mark Ryan
19.   The CAFE Book:  Engaging All Students in Daily Literary Assessment and Instruction by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
20.   Making Words by Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall