If you're new to homeschooling, or just want some great reading on the topic, we have compiled this list of books to use as a springboard for ideas for you. It will grow as we work on it. Books that are listed in red are in our PGHEA Member Library.

CANADIAN AUTHORS

• The Home Schooling Toolbox, Maxine McClellan
• Onto the Yellow School Bus And Through the Gates of Hell, Mary Hood

GENERAL HOMESCHOOLING ISSUES

• The Christian Home School, Gregg Harris
• The Right Choice: Homeschooling, Christopher J. Clicka
• Encouragement Along the Way, Bobbie Howard
• Homeschooling: A Parents Guide to Teaching Children, Samuel Blumenfeld
• How to Tutor, Samuel Blumenfeld
• Hothouse Transplants, Matt Duffy
• Schoolproof, Mary Pride
• Homeschooling from Scratch, Mary Potter Kenyon
• Christian Home Educator's Curriculum Manuals, Cathy Duffy
• Home Educating with Confidence, Cathy Duffy
• The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling, Debra Bell
• Let Us Highly Resolve, David and Shirley Quine
• Bringing out the Best in Your Children, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias & Carol Funk
• The Way They Learn, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
• Gaining Confidence to Teach, Debbie Strayer
• A Home Start in Reading, Ruth Beechick
• A Strong Start in Language, Ruth Beechick
• An Easy Start in Arithmetic, Ruth Beechick
• You CAN Teach Your Child Successfully, Ruth Beechick
• A-Z Guide to Educational Field Trips, Gregg Harris
• Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave, Dave Breese
• Let the Authors Speak: A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Setting, Carolyn Hatcher
• How to Write a Low Cost/No Cost Curriculum for Your Home-school Child, Borg Hendrickson
• Homeschool Your Child For Free: More Than 1,200 Smart, Effective and Practical Resources for Home Education on the Internet and Beyond, Lauramaery Gold,Joan M. Zielinski
• Homeschooling for Excellence, David & Micki Colfax
• Home Schooling from Scratch:Simple Living - Super Learning, Mary Kenyon
• The Future of Home Schooling: A New Direction for Value-based Home Education, Michael Farris
• The How & Why of Home Schooling, Ray E. Ballman
• Beyond Survival:A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling, Diana Waring
• A Mom Just Like You: The Home Schooling Mother, Vickie Farris
• A Sacred Foundation: The Importance of Strength in the Home Schooling Marriage, Michael Farris and Reed Elam
• Survivor's Guide to Home Schooling, Luanne Shackelford & Susan White

UNIT STUDIES

• Success with Unit Studies, Valerie Bendt
• How to Write Your Own Unit Studies, Valerie Bendt
• The Unit Study Idea Book, Valerie Bendt
• How to Homeschool: A Practical Approach, Gayle Graham

HOMESCHOOLING SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

• Learning in Spite of Labels, Joyce Herzog
• Choosing and Using Curriculum for your Special Child
• Homeschooling Children with Special Needs, Sharon C. Hensley

THE MOORE BOOKS (Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore)

• The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook
• Better Late Than Early
• Home Style Teaching
• Home Grown Kids
• Home Built Discipline
• Home Spun Schools

CLASSICAL EDUCATION

• The Well-Trained Mind, Susan Bauer and Jessie Wise Bauer
• Educating the Whole Hearted Child, Clay and Sally Clarkson

CHARLOTTE MASON METHODS

• For the Children's Sake, Susan Shaeffer-Macaulay
• Charlotte Mason's Original Home Schooling Series
• Charlotte Mason Companion, Karen Andreola

LANGUAGE ARTS

• The Whole Language/OBE Fraud, Samuel Blumenfeld
• Honey For The Child's Heart, Gladys Hunt
• Read for Your Life (older children), Gladys Hunt
• Books Children Love, Elizabeth Wilson
• Great Books of the Christian Tradition, Terry Glaspey
• The New Read Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease

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