Books: New in Print

Thinking About Children , by D.W. Winnicott (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Jacob Way, Reading, Mass. 01867; 328 pp., $25 cloth) . This selection of the late pediatrician and psychiatrist's writing covers more than 40 years of his career and includes articles discussing case histories and theoretical advances. It also covers autism, adoption, early infant development, psychosomatic problems, and family relationships.

Keeping Kids Reading: How To Raise Avid Readers in the Video Age , by Mary Leonhardt (Crown Publishers Inc., 201 E. 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10022; 250 pp., $23 cloth) . How do you foster a love of books in children who are surrounded by the distractions of an electronic age? The writer offers research-based strategies to set children on a "reading path."

Encyclopedia of African-American Education , ed. by Faustine C. Jones-Wilson, et al. (Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Conn. 06881; 544 pp., $95 cloth) . The entries in this reference provide a comprehensive overview of significant issues, policies, historical events, laws, individuals, and theories in African-American education dating from Colonial...