How Children Acquire "Academic" Skills Without Formal Instruction
By: Peter Gray
4.57
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
Children who grow up in a literate and numerate environment do not need to be taught how to read or…
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1. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
By: John Taylor Gatto
4.15
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
A highly praised bestseller for over a decade, Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public educ… read more
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"… nothing important can ever really be boring."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"As redes operacionais tornam as pessoas solitárias."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"I assign a type of extended schooling called “homework,"-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"Networks like schools are not communities, just as school training is not education."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
2. James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
By: James Herriot , Ruth Brown , Peter Barrett
4.08
Format: 31 pages, Hardcover
James Herriot's Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian's delightful tales f… read more
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3. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
By: Peter O. Gray
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests--oft… read more
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4. Why Can't We Just Play?: What I Did When I Realized My Kids Were Way Too Busy
By: None
4.12
Format: 652 pages, Paperback
Facing summer with her two boys, ages ten and seven, Pam Lobley was sifting through signups for swi… read more
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5. Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life
By: Pam Laricchia
4.42
Format: None pages, ebook
Thinking about homeschooling? Curious about unschooling? Walk with me as I share the five paradigm-… read more
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6. There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids
By: Linda Åkeson McGurk
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"A perfect antidote to the hyper-vigilant, extra-electrified, standardized-tested, house-arrested, … read more
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7. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World
By: Ben Hewitt
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, th… read more
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8. The Lifegiving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming
By: Sally Clarkson , Sarah Clarkson
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
How to make home your family's favorite place to be . . . all year long. Does your home sometimes f… read more
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9. Loving Our Kids on Purpose: Making a Heart-To-Heart Connection
By: Danny Silk
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
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10. Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
By: John Taylor Gatto
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
"Gatto draws on thirty years in the classroom and many years of research as a school reformer. He p… read more
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11. Free to Live: Create a Thriving Unschooling Home
By: Pam Laricchia
3.85
Format: 238 pages, ebook
What does unschooling look like day-to-day? Want to help it take root and blossom in your family? T… read more
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12. M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood
By: Abbie Halberstadt
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully ri… read more
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13. The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education
By: Ainsley Arment
4.32
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practic… read more
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14. Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
By: Michaeleen Doucleff
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother, she examines the studies behind modern parenting gui… read more
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15. The Open-Air Life: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv and Embrace Nature Every Day
By: Linda Åkeson McGurk
3.90
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
A complete guide to Friluftsliv, the Nordic secret to unplugging and connecting more deeply with na… read more
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16. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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17. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
By: Ginny Yurich
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more
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18. Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World
By: Sissy Goff
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
If you have a daughter, it would be surprising if she doesn't struggle with anxiety and worry--eith… read more
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19. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more
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20. The Librarian Spy
By: Madeline Martin
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A moving novel inspired by the true history of America’s library spies of World War II.Ava thought … read more
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"I don't think I take compliments very well, Ava admitted sheepishly. "Most women don't. We always think we're not good enough." She lifted her shoulder, and the resignation behind it told Ava that ev…"-Madeline Martin, The Librarian Spy
21. Aggressively Happy: A Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness of Life
By: Joy Marie Clarkson
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This old world can be exhausting, despairing, and cynical. But you don't have to be. Instead, yo… read more
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22. The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life
By: Durenda Wilson
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Giving your child a quality education experience for a life of happiness and purpose is possible--a… read more
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23. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature
By: Steven Rinella
3.89
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The indispensable case for parenting tough, curious, and competent kids who feel at home in the out… read more
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24. Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning
By: Sally Clarkson
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
As a parent, you want to send your children into the world with healthy minds and vibrant faith. Yo… read more
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"God entrusted our children into our hands as one of the best works for which we answer to Him. He gave us the stewardship of shaping, investing in, and inspiring for His glory these little human bein…"-Sally Clarkson, Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning
25. The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
By: Ainsley Arment
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in [this] grass-roots community." —… read more
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"The magic of this life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional, ordinary decisions of our days."-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood. But what if childhood was the preparation? What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"If anything can be said of our homes, may it be that they are safe places for our children. Places where they can be encouraged in their gifts and comforted in their struggles. Places where they can …"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
26. The Whole and Healthy Family: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit
By: Jodi Mockabee
4.07
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
All parents want their children to thrive, but what does that actually look like? And what does it … read more
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27. Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning
By: Naomi Fisher
4.33
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
Children are born full of curiosity, eager to participate in the world. They learn as they live, wi… read more
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28. Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?
By: Blake Boles
4.28
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
For some kids, school offers a positive and engaging experience. For others, it's a boring, stressf… read more
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29. Homeschool Gone WILD: Inspired Learning Through Living
By: Karla Marie Williams
4.18
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
How much further would many of us be if we were given the chance as children to follow our interest… read more
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30. How Children Acquire "Academic" Skills Without Formal Instruction
By: Peter Gray
4.57
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
Children who grow up in a literate and numerate environment do not need to be taught how to read or… read more
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31. Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)
By: Elizabeth Helen
4.44
Format: 670 pages, Kindle Edition
War has come to the Enchanted Vale. Not only am I mates to three of the four High Princes, but I’m … read more
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"I will love you across the ages."-Elizabeth Helen, Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)
"Her body is a temple, and we are devout worshipers."-Elizabeth Helen, Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)
"If you asked for the stars, I'd pluck them from the sky."-Elizabeth Helen, Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)
"Love is an endless sea, and in its depths, I find your strength."-Elizabeth Helen, Broken by Daylight (Beasts of the Briar, #4)
