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And the Skylark Sings with Me

10 best books like And the Skylark Sings with Me (David H. Albert): The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Spark, Twelve Years a Slave, Stone Soup, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Farmer Boy, By the Shores of Silver Lake, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, The Day of the Duchess

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
AuthorKim Michele Richardson
ISBN1492671525
In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across...
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
AuthorRichard Louv
ISBN1565125223
"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in—and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the...
Spark
AuthorSarah Beth Durst
When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country’s idyllic weather comes at a steep—and secret—cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth.

Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs...
Twelve Years a Slave
AuthorSolomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black...
Stone Soup
AuthorAnn McGovern
ISBN0590416022
One of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes says "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond." With this in mind I have recently decided to purchase some of my favorite childhood books, and read through them. This classic...
On the Banks of Plum Creek
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0060885408
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. They settle into a house made of sod on the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds them a sturdier house, with real glass windows and a hinged door....
Farmer Boy
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0060885386
Are you hungry yet?

Much of Laura's childhood was spent in near-starvation. While they always had something to eat, it was never enough for the family to be satisfied.

Thus when Laura wrote about Almanzo (her future husband)'s childhood, she focused on the most idyllic parts and what...
By the Shores of Silver Lake
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0060885416
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first...
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
AuthorJohn Taylor Gatto
Before reading this book I really thought I was 100% sure about my reasons to homeschool. Boy, was I wrong. I guess I was only half way there because now that I have finished this book, I realize that I never really saw the harms of the public school system 100%.

Our children are being limited every...
The Day of the Duchess
AuthorSarah MacLean
ISBN0062379461
The one woman he will never forget…
Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find...
If Beale Street Could Talk
AuthorJames Baldwin
ISBN0307275930
In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have...
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
AuthorPeter O. Gray
ISBN0465025994
Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests—often against their will. We call this imprisonment schooling, yet wonder why kids become bored and misbehave. Even outside of school children today seldom play and explore without adult supervision,...
Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense
AuthorDavid Guterson
ISBN0156300001
The author of this book (most famously known for his novel Snow Falling on Cedars) was a high school English teacher in Washington state. He and his wife homeschooled their three children, which gives the author a unique perspective on the differences between formal school (in this case, public school)...
Finders-Seekers
AuthorGayle Greeno
ISBN0886775507
Their technological resources destroyed, a colonizing expedition from Earth has been stranded on the world of Methuen for over two hundred years. Their continued survival is largely due to the organization of healers known as the Eumedicos and to the Seekers Veritas, a unique group composed of pairs...
The Shadow of Saganami
AuthorDavid Weber
ISBN0743488520
The Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! And this elite group hand-picked and trained by Honor Harrington herself is going to be needed immediately, as their first assignment turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected. What was supposed to be a quiet outpost, far from the blazing conflict...
The Rogue Is Back in Town
AuthorAnna Bennett
ISBN1250100941
Hide your daughters and your maiden aunts…Lord Samuel Travis is back.
―The London Hearsay, special society edition

Equal parts scoundrel and seducer, he’s returned to London determined to mend the rift with his older brother. All Sam must do is take possession of a tumbledown...
Angus and the Ducks
AuthorMarjorie Flack
ISBN0374403856
When Angus, a very curious young terrier, sees that the door is open one day, he decides to go exploring. Little does he know what neighbors await him!

Farrar, Straus and Giroux is proud to reintroduce Angus and the Ducks, along with its companion books, Angus and the Cat and Angus Lost. These...
Formation of Character
AuthorCharlotte M. Mason
ISBN0842313591
Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects...
Free to Believe: The Battle Over Religious Liberty in America
AuthorLuke Goodrich
ISBN0525652906
A leading religious freedom attorney, the veteran of several Supreme Court battles, helps people of faith understand religious liberty in our rapidly changing culture--why it matters, how it is threatened, and how to respond with confidence and grace.

Many Americans feel like their religious...
Dukes Are Forever
AuthorAnna Harrington
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE

Battlefields and barrooms hold much more interest for Edward Westover, Duke of Swarthmore, than a little girl's fondness for dolls and lace. When he takes possession of his enemy's estate, everything that villain held dear—including his daughter—belongs to Edward....
How I Married a Marquess
AuthorAnna Harrington
ISBN1455534072
A SHOCKING DECEPTION . . .
Josephine Carlisle, adopted daughter of a baron, is officially on the shelf. But the silly, marriage-minded misses in the ton can have their frilly dresses and their seasons in London, for all she cares. Josie has her freedom and her family . . . until an encounter with a dark,...
If the Duke Demands
AuthorAnna Harrington
ISBN1455597252
A LESSON IN SEDUCTION . . .

Miranda Hodgkins has only ever wanted one thing: to marry Robert Carlisle. And she simply can't wait a moment longer. During the Carlisle family masquerade ball, Miranda boldly sneaks into his bedchamber with seduction on her mind. Soon she's swept into rock-hard...
Along Came a Rogue
AuthorAnna Harrington
ISBN1455534056
THE WICKEDEST SECRET...
Major Nathaniel Grey is free to bed whomever he wants, whenever he chooses, and that's exactly how he likes it. His only loyalties are to country and the two friends he served with—brothers he'd do anything for. So when one of them is gravely injured and asking for his little...
When the Scoundrel Sins
AuthorAnna Harrington
ISBN1455597287
A MOST INDECENT PROPOSAL

Annabelle Green needs a husband-and quickly. To inherit the only home she's ever known, she must be married by her twenty-fifth birthday. But finding a suitor has been next to impossible after a reckless rogue named Quinton Carlisle seduced her into a scandalous midnight...
The Ungrateful Governess
AuthorMary Balogh
ISBN0451157273
3.5 stars.


Enjoyable but there was one off page incident that marred the romance, in my opinion: the H got roaring drunk, went to a party and might have had black out sex with a widow. The weird thing is that he had never been attracted to the widow, he couldn't remember if he had sex with her because...
Wedding Night with the Earl
AuthorAmelia Grey
ISBN1250042224
A stubborn nobleman and a willful young woman are at the heart of bestselling author Amelia Grey’s newest love story.

HE THINKS LOVE IS MUCH ADO.
Adam Greyhawke is through with marriage. After losing his wife at a young age, he’s more interested in carousing and gambling at the Heirs’...
The Earl Claims a Bride
AuthorAmelia Grey
ISBN1250042216
CAN A HASTILY ARRANGED MATCH
Harrison Thornwick is the Heirs' Club's newest member. His carefree days as a reckless rogue carousing around London are suddenly behind him after the tragic death of his brother leaves him in charge of the family estate. What's more, the Prince himself has offered...
I Dared the Duke
AuthorAnna Bennett
ISBN1250100925
DARE TO FALL IN LOVE

Alexander Savage, the Duke of Blackshire, is known throughout the ton for three things: the burn scars on his neck, his ornery disposition, and the trail of broken hearts behind him. None of which would concern Miss Elizabeth Lacey in the least—if she weren’t living...
My Brown-Eyed Earl
AuthorAnna Bennett
ISBN1250100909
NEVER SEND A DEBUTANTE

William Ryder, Earl of Castleton, is at the end of his noble rope. Not only has he broken ties with his longtime mistress, his mother has publicly announced her wish for him to marry a suitable young lady―if only to help him raise the twins left in his care. Hiring a governess...
Kangaroo Too
AuthorCurtis C. Chen
ISBN1250081890
Set in the same world as Waypoint Kangaroo, Curtis C. Chen's Kangaroo Too is bursting with adrenaline and intrigue in this unique outer space adventure.

On the way home from his latest mission, secret agent Kangaroo’s spacecraft is wrecked by a rogue mining robot. The agency tracks the bot...
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