Books worth Owning

[lulalu]

My birthday is coming up so I want some books. 

Anyways, what homeschool or how to books do you find worth owning? 

Knowing and Telling is on my list. 

[lulalu]

Ordered The Writing Revolution! Can't wait. Thanks. 

[Emily ZL]

I think the Abolition of Man by CS Lewis is timely and phenomenal.

[serendipitous journey]

My shortlist for homeschool reference/how-to.  I don't always see eye-to-eye with any of these authors, but they are all worth spending time with:

• SWB's books on education are a treat for me. 
  • If you don't have the newest TWTM there's always that (I now have all four editions 🙂 ) plus
  • "Rethinking School" &
  • "The Well-Educated Mind" (my least favorite of SWB's books and still a great resource).  
• Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren:  "How to Read a Book"
• Michael Dirda: these are easy to drop into, read a section, and have spent some time thinking about marvelous books.
  • "Classics for Pleasure"
  • "Bound to Please"
• Years ago I got my hands on a used copy of William Boyd's "The History of Western Education" and was glad to have it & to read it. 

 

 

[Quarter Note]

This one hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'm very glad that I own a copy, rather than checking it out from the library all the time:

How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare, by Ken Ludwig.

[serendipitous journey]

21 hours ago, Quarter Note said:

This one hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'm very glad that I own a copy, rather than checking it out from the library all the time:

How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare, by Ken Ludwig.

Oh, yes!  This is excellent.