Our Island Story: A History of Britain for Boys and Girls
By: H.E. Marshall
4.20
Format: 676 pages, Paperback
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the …
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1. Viking Tales
By: Jennie Hall , Victor R. Lambdin
4.32
Format: 632 pages, Paperback
Nights were long in Iceland winters of long ago. A whole family sat for hours around the fire in th… read more
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- classics
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- historical
2. Just So Stories
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The B… read more
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- classics
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3. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more
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- historical
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"And life is all a variorum, at the best."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
4. Our Island Story: A History of Britain for Boys and Girls
By: H.E. Marshall
4.20
Format: 676 pages, Paperback
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the … read more
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- classics
- history
- childrens
- school
- british literature
- world history
- historical
- read for school
- nonfiction
- geography
5. Joy in the Morning (Jeeves, #8)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
3.33
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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- british literature
6. Paddle-to-the-Sea
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.28
Format: 64 pages, Library Binding
A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more
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8. Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic
By: Helen L. Taylor
None
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the voca… read more
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- childrens
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9. Understood Betsy
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more
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- classics
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"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
10. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.02
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more
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- childrens
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
11. For the Children's Sake
By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more
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- nonfiction
- school
"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
12. Fifty Famous Stories Retold
By: James Baldwin
3.85
Format: 132 pages,
There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and t… read more
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13. The Burgess Bird Book for Children
By: Thornton W. Burgess , None
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Parents, teachers, and young readers all over the world have enthusiastically welcomed the Dover re… read more
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14. Tales from Shakespeare
By: Arthur Rackham , Charles Lamb , Mary Lamb
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Presents an introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays including Hamlet Othello, As You Like It, … read more
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15. 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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- history
- childrens
- school
- historical
- nonfiction
16. Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History
By: Richard M. Hannula
3.00
Format: 9 pages,
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17. 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
18. Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace 2.0 Edition
By: Sarah Mackenzie
4.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
19. Parables from Nature (Yesterday's Classics)
By: Mrs. Alfred Gatty
4.03
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Parables for children inspired by nature. This collection includes all 29 stories from the first, s… read more
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- childrens
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20. In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education
By: Karen Glass
4.69
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Charlotte Mason looked at the world and saw that it was governed by universal laws, such as the law… read more
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"One popular trend in education is to emphasize “STEM"-Karen Glass, In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education
"Faith Is Required to Act upon an Idea. Miss Mason rejected the receptacle view of the mind and embraced the analogy that the mind is a living, spiritual entity that is hungry and must be fed in order…"-Karen Glass, In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education
21. Know and Tell: The Art of Narration
By: Karen Glass
4.52
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Narration, the art of telling, has been used as a pedagogical tool since ancient times. Over one hu… read more
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