5 must-read school books like Life of Fred: Farming by Stanley F. Schmidt

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Life of Fred: Farming

By: Stanley F. Schmidt

4.42

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

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1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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2. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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3. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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4. Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey

4.24

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-s… read more

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5. A Philosophy of Education

By: Charlotte M. Mason

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

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6. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop … read more

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7. Different: The Story of an Outside-The-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him

By: Sally Clarkson , Nathan Clarkson

3.19

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nathan was different and Sally knew it. From his early childhood, Nathan was bursting with creativi… read more

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8. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

9. Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Seth

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The adventure began in a fading town. Far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket st… read more

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10. When Did You See Her Last? (All the Wrong Questions, #2)

By: Lemony Snicket

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I should have asked the question "How could someone who was missing be in two places at once?" Inst… read more

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11. Life of Fred: Australia

By: Stanley Schmidt

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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12. The Burgess Animal Book for Children

By: Thornton W. Burgess , None

4.27

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
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13. At the Back of the North Wind

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.00

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Historias Maravillosas #50 Diamante vive en el Londres victoriano junto a su familia en condicio… read more

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"How kind you are, North Wind!' 'I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it."

-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

"White hands of whiteness Wash the stars' faces, Till glitter, glitter, glit, goes their brightness Down to poor places."

-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

"The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken."

-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

"...though I cannot promise to take you home," said North Wind, as she sank nearer and nearer to the tops of the houses, "I can promise you it will be all right in the end. You will get home somehow."

-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

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14. The Little Duke

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

4.13

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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15. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline

By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation

4.72

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell

3.87

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more

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"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."

-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins

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17. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

By: Russ Ramsey

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we un… read more

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"The pattern in Scripture is that of God working through unlikely servants for the glory of his name and the spread of the gospel."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"The more we engage with beauty, the more we train our hearts to anticipate finding beauty, until eventually, everywhere we go, we're looking for it."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Many artists took their easels and paints outside and captured what they saw. Vincent wanted to capture what he felt as he tried to remember what he saw."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Vincent didn't see the world as a collection of plain, unaffected objects. He saw the unfolding drama of the human story, which to him was a heartbreaking tale."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

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18. The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids

By: Mystie Winckler

4.70

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Thirty daily readings to build up your confidence and cheerfulness as you homeschool. Homeschool… read more

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"It does not discredit our authority when we admit we are wrong and seek forgiveness. In fact, ignoring sin discredits our authority. When we repent before God and our children, we give them a categor…"

-Mystie Winckler, The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids

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19. Beneath the Swirling Sky (The Restorationists, #1)

By: Carolyn Leiloglou

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

A house full of paintings, a missing sister, and a family secret send a boy and his cousin into a w… read more

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  • childrens
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20. Life of Fred: Farming

By: Stanley F. Schmidt

4.42

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The idea behind Life of Fred is that if students have an enjoyable experience and have fun doing th… read more

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21. Laying Down the Rails

By: Sonya Shafer

4.23

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

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4.02

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4.22

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4.24

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