Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning
10 best books like Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (Douglas Wilson): 100 Cupboards, Boys of Blur, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph, The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education, Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, The Drowned Vault, The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Woman, The Lost Tools of Learning, The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0375838813 |
Twelve-year-old Henry York is going to sleep one night when he hears a bump on the attic wall above his head. It's an unfamiliar house—Henry is staying with his aunt, uncle, and three cousins—so he tries to ignore it. But the next night he wakes up with bits of plaster in his hair. Two knobs have broken...
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0449816737 |
Fans of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee and Louis Sachar's Holes will enjoy this story about a boy and the ancient secrets that hide deep in the heart of the Florida everglades near a place called Muck City.
When Charlie moves to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world....
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph
| Author | Sheldon Vanauken |
| ISBN | 0060688246 |
A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers” about the author’s marriage and search for faith.
Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his...
In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught in school. Today, many children graduate without this essential knowledge. Most curricula today follow a haphazard sampling of topics...
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...
| Author | Anthony M. Esolen |
| ISBN | 1935191888 |
I tend to enjoy most books I read (easily entertained, I guess), but don't let my low book standards detract from my statement that this is one of the best books I've ever read. While it appears to be a book on child-raising (and sort of is), I'd recommend it to anyone, parent or not. The author is clearly brilliant,...
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0375864407 |
Fans of both Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones will be captivated by the lost civilizations, ancient secrets, and buried treasure found in the second book of the Ashtown Burials series, action-packed adventure by N. D. Wilson, the author of Leepike Ridge and the 100 Cupboards trilogy.
It's...
Imagine where the Church would be today if the men in it were respected as they ought to be by their wives. What power would God unleash through godly men who were respected in their homes? Wives, instead of focusing on your husband's problems and shortcomings, look at what you are supposed to be doing yourself....
Since this paper is known to have had great influence on the emergence of the classical schooling movement, I could not help but include it in my article Learning How to Think: A Reading List for Parents Considering Classical Education.”. I first read it about the time I decided to send my child to a classical...
| Author | Mortimer J. Adler |
| ISBN | 0684841886 |
"Our country faces many insistently urgent problems, on the solution of which its prosperity and even its survival depend--the threat of nuclear war, the shrinking of essential resources and supplies of energy, the pollution or spoliation of the environment, the spiraling of inflation accompanied...
| Author | John Milton Gregory |
| ISBN | 0801064961 |
The Seven Laws of Teaching wonderfully summarizes timeless basic principles of teaching and learning. There is a great deal of wisdom and food for thought in this slim volume and I’d commend it to any teacher. At first, the laws seemed simple, but Gregory takes the observable, fundamental elements...
| Author | Rebekah Merkle |
| ISBN | 1591282098 |
Grades aren't the point, so drill to win.
Rebekah Merkle knows which high school classes you like and which you roll your eyes at, which books you enjoy and which you kinda skim. That's because she went through this whole thing called classical education, too.
Classical Me, Classical...
Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0849920094 |
A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life.
In this astoundingly unique book, bestselling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live we must recognize that we are dying. Every second we create more of our past—more decisions, more breathing, more love...
Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0849920078 |
Product Description A visual, poetic exploration of the narrative nature of the world and the personality of the Poet behind it all. When Nate Wilson looks at the world around him, he asks "What is this place? Why is this place? Who approved it? Am I supposed to take it seriously?" What could such an outlandish,...
You Who? Why You Matter and How to Deal With It
| Author | Rachel Jankovic |
| ISBN | 1947644475 |
If "Who am I?" is the question you're asking, Rachel Jankovic doesn't want you to "find yourself" or "follow your heart." Those lies are nothing to the confidence, freedom, and clarity of course that come with knowing what is actually essential about you. And the answer to that question is at once less...
The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family
Really good book which doesn't quite fit the genre, at least not as you probably anticipate. There's a very compelling comparison of Abraham and Aeneas in the first half, and the second half gives a good explanation of "household" (oikonomia) and a very interesting reading of Ephesians with that perspective....
| Author | N.D. Wilson |
| ISBN | 0375864415 |
Fans of both Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones will be captivated by the lost civilizations, ancient secrets, and buried treasure found in the third book of the Ashtown Burials series, an action-packed adventure by the author of 100 Cupboards.
Cyrus and Antigone Smith have thwarted Dr. Phoenix’s...
Henry York never dreamed his time in Kansas would open a door to adventure, much less a hundred doors. But a visit to his aunt and uncle's farm took an amazing turn when cupboard doors, hidden behind Henry's bedroom wall, revealed themselves to be portals to other worlds. Now, with his time at the farm drawing...
