Real Learning: Education In The Heart Of The Home

10 best books like Real Learning: Education In The Heart Of The Home (Elizabeth Foss): The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, For the Children's Sake, Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace, Rosie's Walk, A Mothers Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul, Hattie and the Fox, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir, Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Author	Hugh Lofting
ISBN	0060775971

Doctor John Dolittle loves animals. He loves them so much that his home and office overflow with animals of every description. When Polynesia the parrot teaches him the language of the animals, Doctor Dolittle becomes a world-famous doctor, traveling even as far away as Africa to help his friends....

Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux

Author	Thérèse de Lisieux
ISBN	0935216588

I can't remember the first time I read this but I think it was in high school. Dear St. Thérèse was my Confirmation saint so I wanted to read her autobiography. I remember being blown away by her simple and yet powerful approach to sanctity. It IS the Gospel -- so gentle, humble, meek and Christian -- and...

For the Children's Sake

Author

Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would like education to be a joyous adventure and celebration of life, as well as a solid preparation for living. Sadly, most education today falls far short of this goal.

But as Susan Schaeffer Macaulay...

Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

Author

Sarah Mackenzie

In the book of Philippians we are told to be anxious over nothing, and yet we are anxious over everything. We worry that our students will be "behind," that they won't score well on the SAT, get into a good college, or read enough of the Great Books. Our souls are restless, anxiously wondering if something...

Rosie's Walk

Author	Pat Hutchins
ISBN	1416908358

I actually first heard about this book when I was watching it on “Weston Woods” which is a children’s programming company that turns classic children’s books into ten minute long cartoon shorts. “Rosie’s Walk” is a children’s book by Pat Hutchins and it is about the wacky...

A Mothers Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul

Author	Holly Pierlot
ISBN	1928832415

First reading October 2014:
This was an interesting book and is a valuable resource. I think that this book is built on solid thinking. Much of her personality is infused into it and that gives it both its character and its weaknesses. I respect that Holly has an interesting history and a complicated...

Hattie and the Fox

Author	Mem Fox
ISBN	1416903089

One of my favorite picture books to use in a chicken or farm story time. Has been very well received. 5/9/11

Tonight one of my regular toddler attendees, had a grand time repeating the animals responses to Hattie's pronouncements. One of the older kids ran to get our fox puppet for the story. 4/10/12

My...

A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog

Author	Mercer Mayer
ISBN	0803728808

There are no words so it's a cute little book that your children can read to themselves.

Ages: 3 - 7

Cleanliness: a boy is shown in only underwear for one picture as he's about to jump into the river.

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My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir

Author	Colleen Carroll Campbell
ISBN	0770436498

In this highly acclaimed and award-winning memoir, Colleen Carroll Campbell tells the story of her fifteen-year quest to understand the meaning of her life and identity in light of her Christian faith and contemporary feminism. Launched amid post-partying regrets in a Milwaukee dorm room, that...

Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice

Author	Brené Brown
ISBN	1622037812

With her previous bestsellers, Dr. Brene Brown helped us realize that vulnerability is the birthplace for trust, belonging, joy, creativity, and love. Yet a willingness to be vulnerable means accepting that life will sometimes knock us down. Where do we find the strength to get back up? In her research...

A Different Pond

Author	Bao Phi
ISBN	1479597465

A Different Pond by Bao Phi is a children's book about a family who came to America (Minnesota) from Vietnam as refugees.

The story is mainly about Bao and his father's trip to the pond to fetch dinner. During the trip, Bao learns about why his mom and dad have to work so hard for a living as everything...