Recommended Reading 

Categories:

Suzuki Method Violin Texts & CDs (used in lessons eventually). See below.
Essential Suzuki Books to Own
Other Books About the Suzuki Method
Child Development
Children's Books (about the Violin or Music)
General Music Education Books
Violin Books
Violin DVDs

(my favorites are marked with an ¤)


Suzuki Method Violin Texts & CDs (used in lessons eventually)

Books & CDs are sold together, or you can purchase them separately. You MUST listen to the CD everyday. It is a requirement of the Suzuki Method.
The Suzuki Association began revising these books in 2007 (and have completed the first four books so far). The old edition has several different performers, but the new revised editions are all performed by Bill Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Volume 1, Suzuki Violin School

Volume 2, Suzuki Violin School

Volume 3, Suzuki Violin School

Volume 4, Suzuki Violin School
  • Book
  • CD Performer: David Nadien ¤
  • CD Performer: David Cerone

Volume 5, Suzuki Violin School
  • Book
  • CD Performer: Koji Toyoda

Volume 6, Suzuki Violin School
  • Book
  • CD Performer: Koji Toyoda

Volume 7, Suzuki Violin School
  • Book
  • CD Performer: Koji Toyoda

Volume 8, Suzuki Violin School
  • Book
  • CD Performer: Koji Toyoda

Volume 9 and Volume 10 are Mozart Concertos-- I do teach these pieces, but I do not use the Suzuki Method books. It is better to purchase the International, Schirmer or Henle editions.


Essential Suzuki Books to Own:  ***

Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education by Shinichi Suzuki ¤

Ability Development from Age Zero by Shinichi Suzuki ¤

To Learn With Love: A Companion for Suzuki Parents by Constance Starr and William Starr ¤

Teaching From the Balance Point: A Guide for Suzuki Parents, Teachers and Students by Edward Kreitman ¤


Other Books about the Suzuki Method©:


They're Rarely Too Young...and Never Too Old "To Twinkle": Teaching Insights Into the World of Beginning Suzuki Violin by Kay Collier Slone ¤

Suzuki Parent's Diary: Or How I Survived My First 10,000 Twinkles by Carroll Morris ¤

The Suzuki Violinist : A Guide for Teachers and Parents by William Starr ¤

Nurtured by Love (Spanish Edition) by Dr. Shinichi Suzuki

So You Want to Be a Suzuki Parent by the Suzuki Association of America ¤

Games and Motivation for the Suzuki Violin Student by Diane Wagstaff

Everything Depends on How We Raise Them by Shigeki Tanaka

What the Students Taught the Teachers by Frona Colquhoun

Happy Listening Guide by Amy Barlowe 

Shinichi Suzuki: His Speeches and Essays by Shinichi Suzuki

Between parent and teacher: A plan for nurturing Suzuki students at home by Susan Kempter

Man and Talent: Search for the Unknown by Shinichi Suzuki

Young Children's Talent Education & Its Methodby Shinichi Suzuki

Shinichi Suzuki: The Man and His Philosophy by Evelyn Hermann

The Genius of Simplicity by Linda Wickes

 The Suzuki Approach by Louise Behrend

Suzuki Violin Method in American Music Education : Suzuki Method Symposium by John D. Kendall

Listen and play: Based on the violin teaching of Shinichi Suzuki by John D. Kendall

The String Book by James and Jacque Mauer

Ear Training and Violin Playing: A Suzuki Method Symposiumby Bruno Steinschaden

The Vehicle of Music: Reflections on a Life with Shinichi Suzuki and the Talent Education Movement by Masaaki Honda

Diamond in the Sky: A Suzuki Biography by Jerlene Canon

Suzuki Changed My Life by Masaaki Honda

Suzuki Twinkles: An Intimate Portrait by Alfred Garson

In Search of the Japanese Spirit in Talent Education by Susan C. Bauman

Is Suzuki Education Working in America? by Ray Landers

Sensibility and Education by Haruko Kataoka

Sharpen Your Tools, Volume 1 by Jennifer Burton

Expanding Horizons: The Suzuki-Trained Violinist Grows Up by Mark Bjork

Dalcroze Eurythmics and the Suzuki Method by Joy Yelin

Child Development Books

Children: The Challenge : The Classic Work on Improving Parent-Child Relations-- Intelligent, Humane & Eminently Practical by Richard Dreikurs ¤

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and E. Mazlish ¤

Your Child's Self Esteem by Dorothy Briggs

The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music by Don Campbell

Children's Books (about the Violin or Classical Music)

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss and Marjorie Priceman ¤

Mole Music by David McPhail ¤

Meet the Orchestra by Anne Hayes, Karmen Thompson

The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont ¤

The Magic Violin by Mayra Calvani

Irving the Frog and his Violin by Michelle Zwirn

The Chinese Violin by Madeleine Thien

The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis

I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello by Barbara Garriel ¤

Fiddlin' Sam by Marianna Dengler

Ah, Music by Aliki

Music Is by Lloyd Moss

Mozart Finds a Melody by Stephen Costanza

The Heroic Symphony by Anna Harwell Celenza

Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music! by Robert Levine

The Story of the Incredible Orchestra: An Introduction to Musical Instruments and the Symphony Orchestra by Bruce Koscielniak

Carnival of the Animals: Classical Music for Kids Music by Saint-Saens, Book by Barrie Turner, Sue Williams
 

General Music Education Books

Playing the String Game by Phyllis Young

Helping Parents Practice: Ideas for Making It Easier by Edmund Sprunger ¤

How to Get Your Child to Practice. . .Without Resorting to Violence by Cynthia V. Richards¤

I Love to Practice by P. Steiner & Y. Hall

Help! My Kid is Taking Music Lessons by Anthony Glise

Your Musical Child: Inspiring Kids to Play and Sing for Keeps by Jessica Baron Turner

Parent's Guide to String Instrument Study: Helpful Information for Families With Children Studying Orchestral String Instruments by Lorraine Fink

The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green [for older students, professionals]

Violin Books

Basics by Simon Fischer ¤

Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching by Ivan Galamian ¤

Art of Violin Playing: Book One by Carl Flesch

How Muscles Learn: Teaching Violin With The Body In Mind by Susan Kempter

Violin Playing As I Teach It by Leopold Auer

Art of Practicing the Violin: With Useful Hints for All String Players by Robert Gerle

The Rough Guide to Violin Tipbook by Rough Guides

Violin DVDs

From Mao to Mozart - Isaac Stern in China ¤

Heifetz in Performance

The Art of Violin ¤

Henryk Szeryng Plays Brahms Violin Concerto, Bartok & Ravel

The Art of Henryk Szeryng

Bach Violin Concerto in A minor & Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 / David Oistrakh

Mozart Violin Concerto / Brahms Violin Concerto etc. / Nathan Milstein