Join us at the next ISACS Annual Conference: November 5–6, 2026 in Detroit!

ISACS Annual Conference INSPIRE 2025

Onsite Book Store & Book Signings

Books listed are available onsite for purchase at Golden Hour Books—in the Exhibitor Area. 

  • Credit cards are welcome.
  • Quantities are limited.
  • Titles are subject to change.
  • Golden Hour will have additional books & items for sale that are not listed here.
  • Support a local independent book seller!

Golden Hour Books

Book Signings

Book signings will take place next to the Golden Hour Books tables. Please purchase your book first before having it signed! 

Thursday, November 13

11:45 a.m. 
Emily Kircher-Morris
Edward Amend  

4:15 p.m.
John Krownapple 
Tim Bono 
Lisa Van Gemert

Friday, November 14

11:45 a.m. 
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
Jessica Minahan
Berit Gordon

2:45 p.m.  
Berit Gordon

Books Authored & Recommended by Featured Presenters

Edward Amend

Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children: A Resource for Caregivers and Advocates, with co-author Emily Kircher-Morris

Recommended by Edward: 
Gifted and Distractible, Julie F. Skolnick

Tim Bono

Happiness 101: Simple Secrets to Smart Living & Well-being

Emily Kircher-Morris

Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today's Classroom

Raising Twice-Exceptional Children: A Handbook for Parents of Neurodivergent Gifted Kids

A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children: A Resource for Caregivers & Advocates, with co-author Edward Amend

Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools: Transforming Practices so All Students Feel Accepted and Supported

Berit Gordon

The Joyful Teacher: Strategies for Becoming the Teacher Every Student Deserves

The New Teacher Handbook

Tim Fish

Recommended by Tim: 
Reset: How to Change What's Not Working, Dan Heath

John Krownapple

Teaching with Dignity: How to Cultivate Classroom Ecosystems Where People Thrive.
Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity

Jessica Minahan

The Behavior Code Companion: Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors

The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students

David Yeager

10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation―And Making Your Own Life Easier

Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

Mind, Brain, and Education Science: The New Science of Teaching

Writing, Thinking, and The Brain: How Neuroscience Can Improve Writing Instruction

Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains: How the Answers Help Students Learn and Teachers Teach

Bringing Neuroscience to Online Teaching

The Five Pillars: Redesigning Education to Suit the Brain

Neuromyths: Debunking False Ideas About the Brain

Making Classrooms Better

Recommended by Tracey: 
New Science of Teaching, Myint Swe Khine & I.M. Saleh

Lisa Van Gemert

Perfectionism: Living Gifted: Gifted Guild's Guide to Depth and Complexity

Books Recommended by Member Presenters

Alice Galbreath (F-63)

Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children, Bryan Mellonie

the Color Monster, Anna Llena

Saying Goodbye to Lulu, Corrine Demas

Always Remember, Cecelia Meng

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Judith Viorst

Something's Wrong with George, Loverly Books

Ida, Always, Caron Lewis

When a Pet Dies, Fred Rogers

Tough Boris, Mem Fox

Books of Educational Interest

The Art of Coaching Teams, Elena Aguilar & Lori Cohen

The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development, Elena Aguilar & Lori Cohen

Finding the Magic in Middle School, Chris Balme

Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic & What We Can Do About It, Jennifer Breheny Wallace

How to Know a Person, David Brooks

Belonging The Science of Creating Connection & Bridging Divides, Geoffrey L. Cohen

Integrating Educator Well-being, Growth & Evaluation: Four Foundations for Leaders, Lori Cohen & Elizabeth Denevi

Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick, Jared Cooney Horvath

10 Things Schools Get Wrong (And How We Can Get Them Right), Jared Cooney Horvath

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, Lisa Damour

Middle School Superpowers; Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times, Phyllis L. Fagell

The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt

As We Begin: Dispositions of Mind, Learning, and the Brain in Early Childhood, Tia Henteleff

Learning to Disagree, John Inazu

Confident Pluralism, John Inazu

Teach Like a Champion 3.0: 63 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College, 3rd Edition, Doug Lemov

Learning to Depolarize, Kent Lenci

Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated & Expanded, 2nd Edition, Ellen Notbohm

We Need to Build, Eboo Patel

The Whole Brain Child, Tina Payne Bryson

The Way of Play, Tina Payne Bryson

High Conflict, Amanda Ripley

Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean, Kim Scott

When Anxiety Makes You Angry: CBT Anger Management Strategies for Teens with Anxiety-Driven Anger, Kelsey Torgerson Dunn

Courageous Discomfort: How to Have Important, Brave Life-Changing Conversations about Race & Racism, Rosalind Wiseman & Shanterra McBride

Thank you to our 2025 Annual Conference Sponsors