Homeschooling Resource Guides

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This Homeschooling Resource Guides bibliography page is one of several bibliographies on the Learn in Freedom! site about homeschooling. Books listed here are resource guides for homeschoolers, listed by publication date (most recent first). Other books about homeschooling are listed on the separate Web pages

If you don't want such complete lists but would like an overview of the best books about all aspects of homeschooling, please see this site's Current and Choice Books on Homeschooling bibliography.

General Homeschooling Resource Guides

The first section of books on this page is books of general interest to most homeschoolers, with broad coverage of various resources. Below is a section of specialized resource guides

The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook: The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology: Rebecca Rupp (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998) (ISBN 0-609-80109-0). US$29.95, xiii and 865 pages; index. Bulky, comprehensive of learning resources, organized by subject, a fitting sequel to the author's well-liked The Good Stuff. KMBowns
Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual: Junior/Senior High: Cathy Duffy (Westminster, CA: Grove Pub., 5th ed. 2000) (ISBN: 0-929320-14-X). US$22.95, 504 pages; appendix ("Sources and Addresses"), index, charts. KMBowns(earlier edition)
Christian Home Educator's Curriculum Manual 2000: Elementary Grades: Cathy Duffy (Westminster, CA?: Grove Pub., 2000) (ISBN: 0-929320-13-1). US$22.95, 504 pages; appendix, index, planning charts. Popular how-to guide on choosing curricula for Christian homeschoolers. KMBowns(earlier edition)
The Big Book of Home Learning: Preschool and Elementary (vol. 2): Mary Pride (1999) (ISBN 0-740300-07-5). US$25.00 One volume of enormous four-volume successor to Mrs. Pride's earlier one-volume Big Book of Home Learning and Next Big Book of Home Learning, and the previous four-volume Big Book of Home Learning drawing on her years of reviewing homeschooling materials--with help from her large homeschooled family. KMBowns(previous editions)
The Big Book of Home Learning: Junior High Through College: Latest Information and Educational Products for Grade 7 and Up: Mary Pride (1999) (ISBN 0-740300-08-3). US$25.00 One volume of enormous four-volume successor to Mrs. Pride's earlier one-volume Big Book of Home Learning and Next Big Book of Home Learning, and the previous four-volume Big Book of Home Learning drawing on her years of reviewing homeschooling materials--with help from her large homeschooled family. KMBowns(previous editions)
Homeschooling Almanac, 2000-2001: Mary Leppert and Michael Leppert (Rocklin, CA: Prima, 2000) (ISBN 0-7615-2014-7). New compendium by the editor of the Link newspaper about homeschooling.
The Home School Manual: Plans, Pointers, Reasons, and Resources: Edited by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. (7th edition, 1998) (ISBN 0-930192-36-2 [pbk]). Illustrations, appendices (mostly resource guides), forms for keeping records, index. Latest edition of a compendium of chapters by various authors, with introduction and additional comments by Wade. Chapters by Virginia Birt Baker, Ruth Beechick, Christopher J. Klicka, Kay Kuzma, Jonathan Lindvall, Brian Ray, Cindy Short, Sue Welch, and others. Other contributing authors include Cathy Duffy, Michael P. Farris, Gayle Graham, Gregg Harris, Jessica Hulcy, Raymond and Dorothy Moore, Karl Reed, J. Michael Smith, and Jon Wartes. KMBowns(4th ed.)
Good Stuff: Learning Tools for All Ages: Rebecca Rupp (Cambridge, MA: Holt Associates, revised 2nd edition 1997) (ISBN 0-913677-13-2). US$22.95, 408 pages; indexes. Recent, comprehensive collection of learning resources, organized by subject. KMBowns(earlier edition)
1996 Homeschooler's Resource Directory: The Sourcebook of Companies, Products and Services for Home Educators: Kathy Fisher, editor (Waldport, OR: Brand of the Cross, 1996) (1-885766-29-7). 128 pages; illustrations, appendices, index OCLC
The Home-schooling Resource Guide and Directory of Organizations: Mary Hood (Cartersville, GA: Ambleside Educational Press, 1996) (ISBN: 0-9639740-4-1). US$12.00, 40 pages. KMBseen(earlier printing)_MNU
Trust the Children: A Manual and Activity Guide for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning: Anna Kealoha (Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts Publishing Company, 1995) (ISBN: 0-89087-748-3). US$ 17.95, xi and 274 pages; resource guide, bibliography, index, illustrations. New activity and resource guide from a rather "new age" (not the author's term) perspective, with excerpts from earlier homeschooling publications included. Includes guides for evaluating children's learning for parents who hate evaluations. KMBseen_HCO
Teaching and Learning at Home: A Curriculum Resource: Dorothy Burrows Johnson (Cambridge, MA: Educators Pub. Service, 1995) (ISBN: 0-83882248-7) vii and 188 pages; bibliography. OCLC
Home Education Guide: Donna R. Fisher, editor (Washougal, WA: Hewitt Research Foundation, 3rd revised edition 1995) (ISBN: 0-91371782-7). US$25.00, vi and 258 pages; illustrations. OCLC
The beginner's guide to homeschooling: Patrick Farenga (Cambridge, MA: Holt Associates, 1995). 48 pages; bibliography. OCLC
Home School Source Book: Donn Reed (Glassville, New Brunswick and Bridgewater, ME: Brook Farm Books, 2nd edition, revised 1994) (ISBN 0-919761-26-7). US$25.00, 298 pages; index. Comprehensive discussion of the motives for homeschooling by a now deceased veteran homeschooler, with thousands of resources, a follow-up to the author's earlier The First Home-School Catalogue. KMBowns(earlier edition)
Home Education Resource Guide: A Comprehensive Guide for the Parent-educator to Curriculums, Correspondence Schools . . .: Cheryl Gorder (Mesa, AZ: Blue Bird Publishing, 4th edition, 1996) (ISBN 0-933025-48-3). 176 pages. Fourth edition of one of the earlier homeschooling resource guides. Hundreds of addresses of organizations and companies related to homeschooling. KMBseen_HCO
The Handbook of Alternative Education: Jerry Mintz (Macmillan, 1994) 431 pages. Directory of alternative education resources, including homeschooling information among information on Montessori, Waldorf, and other forms of alternative classroom schooling. KMBseen_HCO
Homeschoolers and the Public Library: A Resource Guide for Libraries Serving Homeschoolers: Susan G. Scheps (Chicago, IL: Public Library Association, c. 1993). KMBseen_HCO
The Big Book of Home Learning: Mary Pride (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1990, 1991) (ISBN 0-89107-548-8 [volume 1: Getting Started]; 0-89107-549-6 [volume 2: Preschool and Elementary]; 0-89107-550-X [volume 3: Teen & Adult]; 0-89107-551-8 [volume 4: Afterschooling & Extras]). Enormous four-volume successor to Mrs. Pride's earlier one-volume Big Book of Home Learning and Next Big Book of Home Learning, drawing on her years of reviewing homeschooling materials--with help from her large homeschooled family. KMBowns

Specialized Resource Guides

Resource Guides for Particular Places

Commonwealth Countries

Teaching Your Child at Home: Home School UK: (London: World-wide Education Service, [1992]). 1 sheet, 21 x 44cm folded to 21 x 15cm. RLIN_UKBP.

States of the United States

Christian Home Educators of Colorado hand book: a comprehensive guide to home education in Colorado: (Denver, CO: Christian Home Educators of Colorado, 1995). 1 volume, in 3-ring binder, (various pagings); illustrations. OCLC
H.O.U.S.E. homeschool information: (??, [IL]: Distributed by H.O.U.S.E. [Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience], 1995) OCLC1 volume (loose-leaf); illustrations.
Homeschooling in Illinois : Information for parents considering the homeschooling alternative: (??, [IL]: Grassroots Homeschoolers Support and Information Group, 1st edition 1996). OCLC1 volume (various pagings).
Homeschooling in Oregon: The Handbook: Ann Lahrson (Portland, OR: Out of the Box Pub., 1994) (ISBN: 0-96408137-7). 282 pages; index. OCLC
Homeschooling with Confidence: A Practical Guide for Parents in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia: Tina Hieb (Adelphi, MD: Hieb Family Press, 1994). 104 pages. OCLC
Homeschooling in Illinois: Information for Parents Considering the Homeschooling Alternative: (??, [IL]: Grassroots Homeschoolers Support and Information Group, 1996). 1 volume (various pagings). OCLC
The unofficial guide to homeschooling in Delaware: Janice M. Baker ([Dover, DE?: The Authors?], 1994). 103 pages. OCLC
Home education resource packet for New York State: (Chatham, NY: Longview Pub., revised seventh printing, 1995) 30, 18 p. ; 28 cm. Updated 5/95. OCLC
Handbook for Texas home schoolers: (Dallas, TX: HOPE for Texas, 1995). 85 pages; bibliography. OCLC
The Virginia home-school manual: (Front Royal, VA: Home Educators Association of Virginia, 1995). 251 pages; bibliography, illustrations. OCLC?

[Home Schooling Resource Guides bibliography last revision 14 December 2000]

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