John Holt Materials At the Boston Public Library

We have recently completed the donation of Holt’s papers and recordings to the Boston Public Library, where they will be in the special collection. When these materials are cataloged by the BPL they will available to the general public for research and study.

Foreign Editions of John Holt's Books:

[PF] I will continue to update this list as I dig through the contract files. John's books have been translated in over 16 languages and new ones continue to appear. I'm glad to know that John's ideas are being spread across cultures. I've organized the translations by title, language, publisher and year of publication:

Instead of Education. Polish (Impuls, 2008)

How Children Learn (Revised edition). Brazilian (Versus Editora, 2007), Czech (Strom, 1995)

Never Too Late. Korean (Living Psychology Publishers, 2006)

How Children Fail (Revised edition). Japanese (Zoshinkai Ltd., 2003), Czech (Stehlik, 2003), Portuguese (Editorial Presenca, 2002)

Learning All the Time is translated into Hebrew (2003). The translator, Yonat Sharon, has graciously translated his afterword and notes to this new edition into English. Click here to read them.

Escape From Childhood. Turkish (Beyaz, 1999)