Ruth Duskin Feldman

"Chemi, the Magician was one of my favorites. I read and reread it multiple times, and it's always stuck in my memory."
— Lynn Mruczak (USA)

One of Ruth's early hobbies was chemistry. She became interested in it at age 8, when curiosity prompted her to pull out one of her father's chemistry books from a living room shelf. So her dad, a chemistry teacher, began giving her lessons. Her younger sister, Bunny (also a Quiz Kid), watched their experiments and begged Ruth to teach her. Ruth decided to write a book about chemical magic for Bunny with their father's help and advice. Thus was born Chemi, the Magician, a children's science fiction adventure story published by Dodd, Mead, and Company in 1947, when Ruth was 13.

"...a terribly moving series of portraits of those precocious children who became premature celebrities." — Studs Terkel

"...a fascinating look at the lives of child prodigies. . . a longitudinal study of gifted children that is sincerely told."
— Deborah Earle (USA)

The Quiz Kids radio and television program was a national institution in the 1940s and 1950s. Ruth and a few other Quiz Kid "regulars" made guest appearances on the Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and Eddie Cantor shows, starred in Paramount movie shorts, and traveled all over the United States selling war bonds during World War II.

Did the Quiz Kids fulfill their youthful promise? What were the fruits — bitter and sweet — of their childhood experience? What are the lessons for gifted children today? The answers can be found in Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids? (Chicago Review Press, 1982; iUniverse, 2000).

"...a great book with a wealth of information....Should be required for every parent to read so they can understand how children learn and understand."
— Kristina Faraci (Canajoharie, NY)

This fully-revised twelfth edition (McGraw-Hill, 2011)continues to provide the extensive cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the innovative pedagogical learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made A Child's World a favorite of students and professors alike. In the warmly-written and engaging style that has become their hallmark, Diane Papalia and Ruth Feldman continue to provide a chronological view of child development. This edition includes a new feature, "Did You Know...?," introducing each chapter by highlighting interesting and enlightening findings mentioned in the chapter.

Adult Development and Aging combines current research findings with a clear and concise writing style praised by students and instructors. The 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill, 2007) provides a positive perspective on adult development and aging, enhanced by strong multicultural and diversity coverage.

Child Development: A Topical Approach (McGraw-Hill, 2003) presents pivotal research and theories in a readable, accessible style. It teams Diane Papalia's teaching expertise with Ruth Duskin Feldman's professional writing, and it introduces Dana Gross, a child development researcher and professor at St. Olaf's College in Minnesota. Applauded by reviewers for its combination of research coverage with applications and real-life examples, this text also includes Papalia's hallmark of superior coverage of cross-cultural and social policy topics and an emphasis on the history of child psychology.

"...a wonderful text that explains Human Growth and Development well....This is a text I will keep as a resource for my future clients."
— Delphine M. Herman (Bradenton, FL)

The 12th edition of this classic best-seller, now renamed Experience Human Development (McGraw-Hill, 2012), retains the extensive and integrated cross-cultural and multicultural coverage, the proven Guidepost-Checkpoint learning system, and the balance between research and real-life applications that have made this text a long time favorite of students and faculty. In the warmly-written and engaging style that is their hallmark, Papalia and Feldman once again paint a chronological portrayal of development through the lifespan.

This innovative book explains that there are two kinds of thinkers, vertical and horizontal. And when these divergent thinkers get together, it can be as if two different languages were being spoken. Communicoding (Donald I. Fine, 1989, Penguin, 1991) shows how to break down the communication wall and achieve positive goals. You'll discover which kind of thinker you are and how to deal effectively with opposite thinkers so that in any interaction you can get the results you want.