"Let us Live for our Children: Kindergarten Movements in Germany and the United States, 1840-1914," History of Education Quarterly 28 (Spring, 1988): 23-48.

"Gardens of Children, Gardens of God: Kindergartens and Day-Care Centers in Nineteenth-Century Germany," Journal of Social History 19 (Spring, 1986): 433-50.

"Spiritual Motherhood: German Feminists and the Kindergarten Movement, 1840-1911," History of Education Quarterly 22 (Fall, 1982): 319-340.

"Revising Froebel: English revisionist Froebelians and the schooling of the urban poor" in Practical Visionaries: Women, Education and Social Progress 1790-1930, Hilton, M. and Hirsch, P. (Eds.)

"Rethinking Froebel's Kindergarten Metaphor: A Study of Culture and Development." Irma Woods, doctoral thesis in early childhood education from the University of Texas at Austin

"The case for kindergarten - a call for another look at Friedrich Froebel’s amazing invention" Norman Brosterman, Architectural Record, vol. 185 (March 1997), p.17 [1].

"Child’s Play" Norman Brosterman, Art in America, vol. 85 (April 1997), pp.108 [5].

"Inventing Kindergarten" Norman Brosterman, Kiyoshi Togashi (Photographer), Published by Harry N Abrams April 1997

a selection of recent books about Froebel and Kindergarten

Friedrich Froebel His Life, Times & Significance. Peter Weston [1998] ISBN 1871954940 Roehampton Institute Press.

From Roehampton Great House to Grove House to Froebel College: an illustrated history. Peter Weston [1998] ISBN 1871954940 Roehampton Institute Press.

A Child's Work Freedom and Guidance in Froebel's Educational Theory and Practice by Joachim Liebschner Hardcover - 153 pages (March 1996) ISBN: 0718828364

Foundations of progressive education : the history of the National Froebel Society by Joachim Liebschner ISBN: 0718828356

Exploring Learning : Young Children and Blockplay by Pat Gura, Tina Bruce, Paperback (March 1992) ISBN: 185396171X

Child’s Garden: The Kindergarten Movement From Froebel to Dewey Michael Steven Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983 ISBN: 0271003502

Friedrich Froebel and English education by Evelyn Mary Lawrence ISBN: 0710062745

The playmaster of Blankenburg: the story of Friedrich Froebel, 1782-1852 by Barbara Denny ISBN: 0903413523

Froebel and Education Through Self Activity by H. Bowen ISBN: 084827377X

Friedrich Froebel by Robert Bingham Downs ISBN: 0805776680

Friedrich Froebel: A Selection from His Writings by Irene M. Lilley 1967 presents aspects of his life often neglected in other studies.

Froebel's Kindergarten Principles Critically Examined by William H. Kilpatrick 1916 is a penetrating analysis.

early Froebel writings

Education of Man by Friedrich Froebel ISBN 0678007640

Mothers Songs Games and Stories Froebels Mutterund Rose Leider in English by Friedrich Froebel, Hardcover reprint edition (April 1976) Ayer Co Pub; ISBN: 0405079192

a Froebel bibliography by Dr Kevin J. Brehony

quotes from The Education of Man