bleeglaser Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 These I have or have ordered: Websters 1828 Dictionary (ordered and shipping soon!) Kingfisher History Encyclopedia(white cover) (just received and love it!) Bible (have had since age 8) These I was thinking about for future: Kingfisher History Encyclopedia(red cover) Thesaurus Other Kingfisher Encyclopedias for various topics- animals, human body, geography?, nature, science, dinosaurs?, space? Annotated Mona Lisa Oxford History of Western Music What do you have in the core of your library that is a great supplement or reference to your home schooling? I feel like I'm missing out on some gems. Feel free to give your two cents about any I have listed above too. I would love to hear your perspective. And I have the updated WTM ordered too and I know there are great references in there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) I adore reference books :-) Here are some of my favorites: World Book New Book of Knowledge The Columbia Encyclopedia The Human Rights Encyclopedia The Encyclopedia of Country Living Strong's Expanded and Exhaustive Corcordance Operation World Journeys Through Bookland Through the Eyes of a Child Thorndike Barnhart Dictionary Edited August 28, 2011 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I like reference books too! I actually set up a reference "shelf" this year so the kids have easy access to these books as needed. I really like it--the books are getting used more because they're in a central place. I have these: Scriptures (actually everyone has their own set) Red Kingfisher White Kingfisher (I prefer this over the Red) DK History of the World DK History: The Definitive Guide (love this!) Usborne Encyclopedia of World Geography Usborne Encylopedia of Science (internet-linked) Encyclopedia of Nature (req. for ES Biology this year) Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia Handbook of Nature Study Roget's Thesaurus Nat'l Geographic Atlas of the World (the giant-size one, but my son will pore over it for hours, it's a favorite) I need a good dictionary. I got one as a gift when I graduated from college, but it's gone missing since one of our moves. I also have an art history book somewhere (Janson? maybe) and quite a collection of music history books from college that I've hung on to, several Norton anthologies of literature, and a complete works of Shakespeare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Red KHE World Book Encyclopedia set we got free from our library's annual book giveaway Webster's American Family Dictionary (college dictionary but sanitized so I feel okay letting my kids use this without supervision) American Heritage Student Thesaurus DK Children's Illustrated Dictionary (for primary grades) Barnes & Noble Children's World Atlas Reader's Digest Atlas of America Math on Call Warriner's Sister Wendy's Story of Painting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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