In our continuing tradition of re-publishing living science books we have added The First Book of Sound by David C. Knight. This is intended for Form II (grades 4-6) and explains the principles of sound and the science of acoustics. The book is full of illustrations that are dated to the 1950s but continue to be relevant… Read More Newest Living Library Press Release
The Tower by the Sea by Meindert DeJong I have written before about one of my all-time favorite children’s authors, Meindert DeJong, and try to pick up one of his titles now and then. Though The Wheel On the School and The House of Sixty Fathers are among my most beloved books, I am never disappointed in… Read More Summer Goody: The Tower by the Sea
The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge. My favorite modern women’s author unfolded a pageant of characters as usual, this time in the historical setting of the British civil war. In typical Goudge fashion, her insight into the nature of man’s heart and how that produces the decisions and actions of the diverse characters is perceptive… Read More What I Read in March
The fuller life gets, or the older I get, the faster the years fly by, so incredibly I close the 2017 chapter so shortly after having lived 2016. Here are the books I completed in November and December. I am sorry I didn’t post November’s sooner but let the holiday season take precedent over publishing my… Read More End of Year Wrap-Up
Summer is a wonderful rest from the school year routine. For me, it has become my most intense season as I help moms plan their coming school year, so I beg your understanding for neglecting to post blogs often here. These are the most recent books I have finished. School Education by Charlotte Mason. I am… Read More Summer Reading
Truthfully, I was reading in 12 books last month, and that’s pretty average for me, but these are the only ones that I finished in May. I try to read in two or three of them every day, but every day read different books. For a couple of years, I have been trying to read… Read More Books Read in May
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” – Desiderius Erasmus If you’re a homeschooler, you know that this is the season of spending money on books to prepare for the coming school year. Or, if like me you buy them whether it is… Read More The Cost of a Book
Living Library Press is pleased to announce our newest reprint of a previously out-of-print living book! Rain, Hail, Sleet, and Snow by Nancy Larrick is a living science book for elementary readers. Couples with Nicole Williams’ Living Science Study Guide: Elementary Weather, this book makes for a complete unit on Weather for upper-elementary students.
We have updated our sale pages with new offerings. Please use the link to our online order form (found at the top of each category page) to copy and paste the book titles and descriptions that you wish to purchase. Thanks for looking!
It’s spring and the perfect time to begin planning for next year! To help you, we have updated our sale pages with lots of new offerings: history, biography, science, historical fiction and literature. All purchases support Living Books Library and our local community of readers and homeschoolers. We thank you.