2020 New Homeschool Updates

Honoring the path of a slave, this dramatic picture-book biography and concise anthology of Aesop's most child-friendly fables tells how a child born into slavery in ancient Greece found a way to speak out against injustice by using the skill and wit of his storytelling-storytelling that has survived for 2,500 years. Stunningly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Pamela Zagarenski.

The Tortoise and the Hare. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Fox and the Crow. Each of Aesop's stories has a lesson to tell, but Aesop's true-life story is perhaps the most inspiring tale of them all.

Gracefully revealing the genesis of his tales, this true story of Aesop shows how fables not only liberated him from captivity but spread wisdom over a millennium. This is the only children's book biography about him.

Includes thirteen illustrated fables: The Lion and the Mouse, The Goose and the Golden Egg, The Fox and the Crow, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Dog and the Wolf, The Lion and the Statue, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The North Wind and the Sun, The Fox and the Grapes, The Dog and the Wolf, The Lion and the Boar. 64 pages, hardcover.

Now revised and updated, the popular CLASS planner from Christian Liberty Press will be a helpful guide for today's home educators! Formatted similarly to a classroom teacher's planner, it also includes suggestions for developing lesson plans, organizational techniques, and forms to help homeschoolers be efficient with school administration and permanent records. Filled with practical help for managing home and school!

Blank forms include: month charts for a yearly school calendar, weekly lesson plan forms by subject, reading and attendance logs, report card and transcript forms, vacation schedule, health examination certificate, prayer journal, and more.

150 pages, softcover. 3rd Edition (2020).

What would it be like if you lived a thousand years ago? To pass through the Hanging Gardens of Babylon on your way home? Or gaze at the stars from your cave dwelling in Mesa Verde?

On mountaintops, deserts, and the banks of rivers, ancient cities that once thrived have become lost to time. But in their ruins, we can find clues of the past and the extraordinary lives their residents lived. All it takes is a simple question: What was life like before?

Beautiful illustrations, masterfully crafted from layers of cut paper, ask readers to spend a day in the footsteps of someone from thousands of years ago. 40 pages, hardcover.

The DK Smithsonian American History: A Visual Encyclopedia is organized chronologically, with illustrations, photographs, and informative captions of artifacts, portraits, and world events integrated throughout. Short two-page spreads on eras, topics, famous people, concepts, and more provide a visual guide through the major influences and events in American history. 320 pages, hardcover. Updated through Donald Trump's presidency.

A Child's Geography: Exploring Viking Realms will take families on an amazing tour of 13 countries in northern Europe: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Iceland. Students will uncover ancient mysteries, experience medieval ways of life, and understand enduring conflicts that have shaped the modern countries of northern Europe.

Organized geographically by region or country, units include engaging, narrative-style chapters filled with full-color photography. "Field Notes" sections include reading narration-prompts and suggested reading lists.

The download link (on page 8 "Before Embarking") provides access to the full eBook version of this text, chapter activities (that focus on art, music, poetry, and cuisine), chapter recipes, timelines, and mapwork activities.

Grades 1-8. 216 pages, softcover with glossary. A complete, one-year stand-alone geography & history curriculum.

Legacies of Character: True Stories from WWII is the fourth book in Character Concepts' "Character with the Cousins" series. As the six oldest cousins are growing up, this book is a bit different in that they've done research in order to share the incredible true stories of WWII heroes and heroines. Stories feature American men and women as well as a Japanese commander whose life was transformed by Jesus, a Dutch lady, a Polish woman who rescued children and a Navajo code talker! Stories feature black and white archival photography and end with a personal application section. 183 pages, softcover.