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****Catholic Education : Homeward Bound :
A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling

by Kimberly Hahn, Mary Hasson
As the title states this is "A useful guide to Catholic home schooling!" This book is VERY good on the issue of socialization!

*****Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum :
A Guide to Catholic Home Education

by Laura M. Berquist
This is THE book to use if you want to homeschool on your own! If you are tired of the prepackaged stuff and want to venture out on your own you MUST have this book! This book is HIGHLY recommended!

N Growing in Wisdom, Age and Grace:
A Guide for Parents in the Religious Education of Their Children

by Joseph Bernardin, William H. Sadlier

N Keeping Your Kids Catholic :
It May Seem Impossible but It Can Be Done

by Bert Ghezzi
Synopsis: Sharing your faith with small children, to articles on how to love adult children who leave the Church,
here is tested pastoral wisdom for raising your kids Catholic.

N Talking to Your Children About Being Catholic
by Peter Kreeft

****Catholic Home Schooling :
A Handbook for Parents

by Mary Kay Clark
Excellent book! Almost everything you want to know about Catholic homeschooling is in this one book.

N The Complete Book of Catholic Colleges :
1999 (Princeton Review Series)

by Edward T. Custard, et al.
Synopsis: This comprehensive guide to the country's top 195 Catholic colleges and universities contains such valuable information for prospective students as tuition, student population, and courses of study. Also addressed are issues important to Catholic students: What religious classes and degrees are offered? Is mass celebrated regularly? Is there a Catholic organization on campus? and much more.

***** A Landscape With Dragons :
The Battle for Your Child's Mind
by Michael O'Brien
An eye-opening study on the effect and presence of neo-paganism found in pop culture and children's literature.
Especially noteworthy is the section on Disney's animated films, in which O'Brien calmly and rationally analyzes
and exposes certain trends in these films. This book will be particularly appreciated by parents. ~ A Reader

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Non-Catholic Items
Most of these are Christian.


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N Anyone Can Homeschool :
How to Find What Works for You

by Zan Peters Tyler, Terry Dorian

N The Basic Steps to Successful Homeschooling
by Vicki A. Brady
Synopsis: Working on the premise that home education is a wise the reader decision, author Vicki Brady provides with a practical nuts-and-bolts approach to implementing a system of home education. Because of its clear, step-by-step format, this book serves as an invaluable guide for beginner and expert alike in the field of home education.

N A Charlotte Mason Companion :
Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning

by Karen Andreola
Synopsis: This book reveals the practical day by day method of how to teach "the Charlotte Mason way".

*****The Christian Home School
by Gregg Harris
Synopsis: The Christian Home School is a classic, easy-to-read introduction that has led thousands of families into home schooling. Topics include why to home school, how to get started, answers to socialization questions, curriculum choices, and much more. The new 1995 edition includes up-to-date information and a new chapter on Delight Directed Study.

**** For the Children's Sake
by Susan S. MacAulay
Synopsis: For the Children's Sake is a book which can help every parent and teacher awaken the young minds of their children and give them a new richness, stability, and joy for living. It shows what education can be--for your child, in your home, and in your school.

N Government Nannies
by Cathy Duffy
Synopsis: Confusing stories about Goals 2000 and outcome-based education have made the front page of every newspaper in the country. It is a tangled web of "government-nanny" programs that invade the privacy of families and destroys the principle of individual responsibility. This book describes where we are heading under Goals 2000.

N Home Education Resource Guide (4th Ed)
by Cheryl Gorder, Don Home Education Resource Guide Hubbs
Synopsis: A comprehensive resource guide for the parent-educator. "If you can afford only one resource directory, this is the one to buy."--Library Journal. This title is currently OUT OF PRINT, check back often to see if it has been reprinted.

****Homeschooling for Excellence
by David Colfax, Micki Colfax
Synopsis: David and Micki Colfax provide a step-by-step manual for people who want to educate their children at home, written by two former educators who taught all three of their own sons at home--and saw them accepted at Harvard! An invaluable sourcebook for improving a child's education.

**** The How and Why of Home Schooling
by Ray Ballmann, Ray Ballman
Synopsis: This new, expanded text not only makes a persuasive case for home schooling but gives practical guidelines for successfully teaching your children at home. It is also a comprehensive resource--providing information on available curricula, support groups, and legal defense organizations, and highlighting seminars and radio programs for home educators.

N How to Write a Low-Cost/No-Cost Curriculum for Your Home-School Child
by Borg Hendrickson

*****Beautiful Girlhood
by Karen Andreola
Synopsis: The book deals primarily with the Christian character development, moral virtues and manners of pre-teen and teenage girls.
It is one of the best-selling titles in the homeschooling community.

**** Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series-6 Vols.
by Charlotte Mason
Synopsis: This is the complete works of the turn-of-the-century British educator, Charlotte Mason. The six-volume set includes over 2400 pages of the finest material ever written on education, child training and parenting. Recognized as the pioneer in home education and major school reforms, Charlotte Mason's practical methods are as revolutionary today as when they were first written.
These are hailed as some of the BEST books about homeschooling that money can buy!
A little difficult to follow at times, but VERY good anyway!

A Charlotte Mason Education:
A How to Manual

by Catherine Levison

N Family Matters :
Why Homeschooling Makes Sense

by David Guterson
rating=10: ~The best book on 'why' to home educate that I've read. ~A reader from Redmond, Washington

N The Future of Homeschooling:
A New Direction for Christian Home Education
by Michael Farris

N Home Education : Rights and Reasons
by John W. Whitehead, Alexis Irene Crow
Synopsis: This all-encompassing work examines such timely home education issues as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, privacy rights, teacher certification requirements, and compulsory attendance statutes. Readers will find practical guidelines for effective lobbying, plus the current legislative status of every home schooling program in every state.

N Home Schooling Children With Special Needs
by Sharon Hensley
Synopsis: It is estimated that 10% of American families have children with special learning needs. Sharon Hensley gives her readers a fresh perspective in facing the challenges of home schooling children with special needs. Parents will appreciate her first hand experience dealing with the frustrations and joys of raising and teaching children with special needs.

N How to Homeschool : A Practical Approach
by Gayle Graham

***How to Homeschool (Yes, You!)
by Julia Toto

N And What About College? :
How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities

by Cafi Cohen
"As a homeschool mother, I am glad this book is available for the sake of the many homeschoolers with children approaching high school graduation. " ~A reader from Michigan

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Catholicism/History

N American Catholic :
The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church

by Charles R. Morris
"This is an excellent book for anyone wanting a History of the Catholic Church in America. " ~A reader in Washington, D.C.

N Concise History of the Catholic Church
by Thomas S. Bokenkotter
From the Publisher : This critically acclaimed history covers the events and doctrines that have shaped Catholic thought and action over the past two millennia. A singularly useful reference book, updated and expanded for the student of the 1990's.

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