Recommended Reading (specific to string students and parents)

Suzuki Method and Philosophy

 Nurtured by Love - Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
 Ability Development from Age Zero - Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
 Man and Talent: Search into the Unknown - Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
 The Suzuki Approach - Louise Behrend
 To Learn With Love: For Suzuki Parents - William & Constance Starr
 The Suzuki Violinist - William Starr
 New Pre-Twinkle Book - Merrill and Brandt
 A Suzuki Parent’s Diary: Or How I Survived My 1st 10,000 Twinkles - C. Morris
 Teaching from the Balance Point, Edward Kreitman
 The Suzuki Violinist, William Starr
 Suzuki Violin Method in American Music Education, John Kendall

Other Important Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, and Technique

 A Comparison of Violin Playing Techniques: Kato Havas, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki - Marianne
Murray Perkins
 Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching - Ivan Galamian
 Basics: Guide to Exercises and Technique - Simon Fischer
 The Dounis Principles of Violin Playing - Leland Valborg
 Six Lessons with Yehudi Menuhin - Yehudi Menuhin
 The Violin and Viola - Yehudi Menuhin
 Art of Bowing - Robert Gerle
 The Art of Violin Playing, Books 1 and 2 - Carl Flesch
 The Simplicity of Playing the Violin - Herber Whone
 Teaching Stringed Instruments in Classes - Elizabeth Green
 The Artist’s Technique for Violin Playing - C.D. Dounis

Practicing
 The Art of Practicing the Violin - Robert Gerle
 The Art of Practicing - Madeline Bruser
 Helping Parents Practice - Edmund Sprunger
 How to Get Your Child To Practice Without Resorting to Violence - C. Richards

Performance and Health

 You Are Your Instrument: The Definitive Musician’s Guide to Practice and Performance - Julie Lyonn
Lieberman
 The Performer Prepares - Robert Caldwell
 The Confident Performer - Dr. David Roland
 Performance Success: Performing your Best Under Pressure - Don Greene
 Stage Fright, A New Approach to Violin Playing - Kato Havas
 Audition Success - Don Greene
 What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body: The Practical Application of Body Mapping to Making
Music - Barbara Conable
 The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain - Barbara Paull and Christine Harrison
 What Every Violinist Needs to Know About the Body - Jennifer Johnson
 Mental Practice and Imagery for Musicians - Malva Freymuth
 Healthy Practice for Musicians - Elizabeth Andrews

Inspirations/Other
 The Art of Interpretation, Pablo Casals
 Teaching Genius: Dorothy Delay and the Making of a Musician, Barbara Lourie Sand