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Homeschool Textbooks in the Library

The Library has a collection of secular homeschool curricular resources that are available for checkout.

Reading:

  • All About Reading from All About Learning Press is a complete program that teaches phonics, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
    • Pre-Reading – Level 4 (teacher’s manuals, student books, & resources)

  • The Great Works: Instructional Guides for Literature series from Shell Education are designed to develop a love for reading. These instructional guides help teachers and students explore popular and classic children’s literature and develop comprehension and vocabulary skills. The corresponding novels can be borrowed from the Library’s collection.
    • Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
    • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
    • Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
    • Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
    • The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
    • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
    • Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
    • The Giver by Lois Lowry
    • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
    • Holes by Louis Sachar
    • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
    • The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
    • Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
    • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
    • Lord of the Flies by William Golding
    • My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier
    • Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
    • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
    • The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
    • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
    • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
    • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
    • The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
    • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Math:

  • Saxon Math Homeschool Curriculum uses an incremental spiral-approach to teach information in small amounts.
    • Levels K-3, 5/4, 6/5, 7/6, 8/7, Algebra 1, and Algebra 2 (teacher's editions)

  • Evan Moore Daily Math Practice (Level 1-6)

Spelling:

  • All About Spelling from All About Learning Press is a program that teaches encoding skills, spelling rules, and multi-sensory strategies for spelling success.
    • Level 1 – Level 7 (teacher’s manuals & student packets)

Social Studies:

  • History Quest series from Pandia Press (recommended for 1st – 4th grade) is a storytelling-based system intended for adults to read aloud to children that includes hands-on activities.
    • History Quest: Early Times (text and study guide)
    • History Quest: United States (text and study guide)
    • History Quest: Middle Times (text and study guide)

  • History Odyssey series from Pandia Press (recommended for 5th – 12th grade) is a literature-based series that incorporates history, geography, writing, and reading. Books used with this series may either be borrowed from the library or requested through interlibrary loan.
    • History Odyssey: Modern Times, Level 1 (3rd – 6th)
    • History Odyssey: Ancients, Level 2 (5th-8th)
    • History Odyssey: Middle Ages, Level 2 (6th – 9th)
    • History Odyssey: Early Modern, Level 2 (6th – 10th)
    • History Odyssey: Modern Times, Level 2 (7th – 12th)
    • The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

  • The Story of the World series by Susan Wise Bauer (Well-Trained Mind Press) is a narrative, chronological approach to world history designed for adults to read aloud to elementary-age students or for older children to read on their own.
    • The Story of the World: Ancient Times (Volume 1 – text and activity book)
    • The Story of the World: The Middle Ages (Volume 2 – text and activity book)
    • The Story of the World: Early Modern Times (Volume 3 – text and activity book)
    • The Story of the World: The Modern Age (Volume 4 – text and activity book)

Grammar:

  • The Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind series from Well-Trained Mind Press is a four-year program recommended for 5th-8th grade that teaches mastery of the rules of English grammar.
    • Core Instructor Text (Years 1-4)
    • Purple Workbook and answer key
    • The Grammar Guidebook by Susan Wise Bauer

Science:

  • The REAL Science Odyssey series is a comprehensive science curriculum recommended for grades K-10, which includes hands-on labs and activities.
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Life, Level One (K – 2nd)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Astronomy, Level One (1st – 4th)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Earth & Environment, Level One (1st – 4th)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Chemistry, Level One (2nd – 5th)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Physics, Level One (3rd – 6th)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Biology, Level Two (6th – 10th)
    • REAL Science Odyssey: Astronomy, Level Two (6th – 10th)