The number of books about home education has grown to fill several shelves. Below are listed some of the best. Please note that NJHA does not endorse any of these books or authors – some of these books contradict others. As with anything else offered to homeschoolers, if it doesn’t work for you, move on to the next.
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Practical Advice
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson (Editor). (1998) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761513779
Homeschooling Handbook: From Preschool to High School: A Parent’s Guide by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator). (1999) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761517278
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith. (1998) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761512764
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver. (2001) J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471349607
The Relaxed Home School: A Family Production by Mary Hood. (1994) Ambleside Educational Press. ISBN: 0963974009
The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-free Approach to Homeschooling by Raymond and Dorothy Moore. (1994) T. Nelson Publishers. Large print ed., 300 pages. ISBN: 0785281754
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson. (2001) Prima Publishing; ISBN: 0761527885
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer (1999) 764 pages, W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393047520
The Homeschool Reader edited by Mark and Helen Hegener. Home Education Press. (1997) ASIN: 0945097077
Homeschooling: Take A Deep Breath – You Can Do This! by Terrie Lynn Bittner. (2005) Mapletree Publishing Company. ISBN: 0972807152
Catholic Homeschool Companion edited by Maureen Wittmann, Rachel MacKson. Sophia Institute Press. (2006) ISBN: 1933184167
Early Years
Home Learning Year by Year by Rebecca Rupp. (2000) Three Rivers Pr. ISBN: 0609805851
Trust the Children: a Manual and Activity Guide for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning by Anna Kealoha. Berkeley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, (1995) ASIN: 0890877483
Homeschooling The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child by Linda Dobson, Jamie Miller (Editor). Paperback, 224 pages. (1999) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761520287
Strong Start in Language: Grades K-3 ISBN: 0940319020
Easy Start in Arithmetic: Grades K-3 ISBN: 0940319012
Home Start in Reading ISBN: 0940319004
by Ruth Beechick (1988) Arrow Press
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson. Paperback, 360 pages. (2001) Prima Publishing; ISBN: 0761527885
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith. Paperback, 240 pages. (April 1998) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761512764
Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp (2000) Paperback, 224 pages. Three Rivers Press; ISBN: 0609805851
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson (Editor). Paperback, 384 pages. (1998) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761513779
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer (1999) 764 pages, W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393047520
Homeschooling Handbook: From Preschool to High School: A Parent’s Guide by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator). Paperback, 320 pages. (1999) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761517278
Living is Learning Curriculum Guides by Nancy Plent Each guide covers two or more grade levels. Order from Unschoolers Network, 2 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 938-2473
Middle Years
Basic Skills for Homeschooling: Language Arts and Math for the Middle School Years by Lee Wherry Brainerd, Jessika Sobanski, Ricki Winegardner (2002) LearningExpress. ISBN: 1576853950
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully : Grades 4 to 8 by Ruth Beechick. (1992) Pollock Pines, CA : Arrow Press. Arrow Pr; ISBN: 0940319047
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson (Editor). (1998) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761513779
Homeschooling Handbook: From Preschool to High School: A Parent’s Guide by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator). (1999) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761517278
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver. 224 pages. (2001) J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471349607
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson. (2001) Prima Publishing; ISBN: 0761527885
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith. (1998) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761512764
Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp. (2000) Three Rivers Pr. ISBN: 0609805851
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer (1999) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393047520
Living is Learning Curriculum Guides by Nancy Plent Each guide covers two or more grade levels. Order from Unschoolers Network, 2 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 938-2473
Teens
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (1998) by Grace Llewellyn. Lowry House Pub; revised edition, ISBN: 0962959170
Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don’t Go To School by Grace Llewellyn. (1993) Lowry House Pub; ISBN: 0962959138
And What About College?: How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities by Cafi Cohen, Patrick Farenga (Editor). (2000) Holt Associates. ISBN: 0913677116
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson (Editor). (1998) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761513779
Homeschooling Handbook: From Preschool to High School: A Parent’s Guide by Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper (Illustrator). (1999) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761517278
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver. (2001) J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471349607
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson. (2001) Prima Publishing; ISBN: 0761527885
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith. (1998) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761512764
Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp. (2000) Three Rivers Pr. ISBN: 0609805851
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer (1999) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393047520
Living is Learning Curriculum Guides by Nancy Plent Each guide covers two or more grade levels. Order from Unschoolers Network, 2 Smith Street, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 938-2473
Special Needs
Home Educating our Autistic Spectrum Children: Paths are Made by Walking by Kitt Cowlishaw and Terri Dowty. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN: 1843100371
Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome: Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget by Lise Pyles. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN: 1843107619
Homeschooling the Child with ADD (or Other Special Needs): Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences by Lenore C. Hayes. Prima Lifestyles. ISBN: 0761535691
Home Schooling Children With Special Needs by Sharon Hensley. Noble Publishing Associates. ISBN: 1568570104
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition by Carol Stock Kranowitz, Lucy Jane Miller. Perigee Trade. (2006) ISBN: 0399531653
Our Stories
Real-Life Homeschooling: The Stories of 21 Families Who Make it Work by Rhonda Barfield (2002) Fireside (Simon & Schuster). ISBN: 0-7434-4229-6
Allison’s Story : a Book about Homeschooling Jon Lurie ; photographs by Rebecca Dallinger. (1996)Minneapolis : Lerner Publications. ISBN: 0822525798
I am a Home Schooler Julie Voetberg ; hand-tinted photographs by Taasha Owens. (1995) Morton, Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co. ISBN: 0807534420
And the Skylark Sings with Me – Adventures in Homeschooling and Community-Based Education by David H. Albert. (1999) Consortium Book Sales & Dist. ISBN: 0865714010
Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don’t Go To School by Grace Llewellyn. (1993) Paperback. Lowry House Pub; ISBN: 0962959138
I Learn Better By Teaching Myself and, Still Teaching Ourselves by Agnes Leistico (1997) Combined edition, 304 pages. Holt Associates; ISBN: 0913677124
Homeschooling for Excellence by David and Micki Colfax (1988) Paperback. Warner Books; ISBN: 0446389862
Freedom Challenge: African American Homeschoolers edited and with an introduction by Grace Llewellyn. (1996) Lowry House. ISBN: 0962959111
Better Than School and Child’s Work by Nancy Wallace. Larson Pub; ASIN: 0943914051
Resources
The Home School Source Book by Donn Reed, Jean Reed (2001) Paperback, 480 pages. Brook Farm Books; 3rd edition; ISBN: 0919761283
The Complete Home Learning Source Book: The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology by Rebecca Rupp. (1998) Three Rivers Pr. ISBN: 0609801090
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom by Mary Griffith. (1998) Prima Publishing. ISBN: 0761512764
Homeschool Your Child for Free: More Than 1,200 Smart, Effective, and Practical Resources for Home Education on the Internet and Beyond by LauraMaery Gold and Joan M. Zielinski (2000) Prima Publishing; ISBN: 0761525130
Homeschooling on a Shoestring: A Jam-Packed Guide by Melissa L. Morgan & Judith Waite Allee (1999) Harold Shaw Pub; ISBN: 087788546X
Home Schooling from Scratch: Simple Living – Super Learning by Mary Potter Kenyon and Lishi Laurance (Illustrator) (1996) Gazelle Publications; ISBN: 0930192354
History & Philosophy
The Homeschooling Book of Answers: The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson (Editor). (1998) Prima Publications. ISBN: 0761513779
Taking Charge Thru Homeschooling: Personal and Political Empowerment Larry & Susan Kaseman (1991) Koshkonong Press; ISBN: 0962836508
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver. (2001) J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0471349607
The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self by Linda Dobson (1997) Holt Associates; ISBN: 0913677140
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer (1999) W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393047520
The Homeschool Reader edited by Mark and Helen Hegener. Home Education Press. (1997) ASIN: 0945097077
Schooling at Home : Parents, Kids, and Learning / [revised excerpts from] Mothering Magazine edited by Anne Pedersen and Peggy O’Mara. 1st ed. Santa Fe, N.M. : J. Muir Publications ; Distributed to the book trade by W.W. Norton, 1990.
Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education by John Caldwell Holt (1981, 1997) Holt Associates; 3rd Rep edition; ASIN: 0907637094
Growing Without Schooling: A Record of a Grassroots Movement [ a compilation of the first 12 issues of GWS magazine ] by John Holt, Susannah Sheffer (1997) Holt Associates; ISBN: 0913677108
Learning All The Time by John Holt (reprint 1990) Perseus Publishing; ISBN: 0201550911
NJHA does not endorse any of these books or authors. We offer this information as a service.
