a year in books

January

  • *Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris
  • *A Little House of Their Own by Celia Wilkins
  • *The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
  • *The World of Little House by Collins and Eriksson
  • *Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler
  • *Bringing Reggio Emilia Home by Louise Cadwell
  • *Laura Ingalls Wilder: a Writer’s Life by Pamela Hill
  • *Authentic Childhood: Exploring Reggio Emilia by Fraser and Gestwicki

February

  • *At Large and At Small by Anne Fadiman
  • *The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
  • *Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Hertzberg and Francois
  • *The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamillton
  • *The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
  • *Very Far from Anywhere Else by Ursula LeGuin
  • *Old Town in the Green Groves by Cynthia Rylant
  • *On Tide Mill Lane by Melissa Wiley
  • *The Latehomecomer: a Hmong family memoir by Kao Kalia Yang

March

  • *Teach and Learning: Collaborative Exploration of the Reggio Emilia Approach by Fu, Hill, and Stremmel
  • *The Hundred Languages of Children by Edwards, Gandini, and Forman
  • *Trust the Children by Anna Kealoha
  • *A Life Worth Living: the Selected Letters of John Holt
  • *Birthing from Within by England andHorowitz
  • *Drawing from Life: the Journal as Art by Jennifer New
  • *Laboring On by Simonds, Rothman, and Norman
  • *After the Baby’s Born by Robin Lim
  • *The Vaccine Book by Bob Sears
  • *Lincoln’s Daughter by Tony Wolk
  • *March by Geraldine Brooks
  • *Angels and Ages by Adam Gopnik

April

  • *Celebrating the Church Year with Children by Joan Halmo
  • *A Handmade Life by WMS Coperthwaite
  • *The Baby Name Wizard by Laura Wattenberg
  • *Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory
  • *New and Selected Essays by Denise Levertov
  • *Fundamentals of Homeschooling: Notes on Successful Family Living by Ann Lahrson-Fisher

May

  • *Dewey in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern
  • *What Now? by Ann Patchett
  • *All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant
  • *How to Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith
  • * Eat Your Heart Out Martha: the Education Issue by Candyce
  • *The Blue Jay’s Dance by Louise Erdrich
  • *Tesserae by Denise Levertov
  • *The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand

June

  • *Teach Your Own by John Holt
  • *A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola
  • *Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
  • *Sister, Outsider by Audre Lorde
  • *Design Like You Give a Damn edited by Architecture for Humanity
  • *Mama’s Milk by Michael Elsohn Ross

July

  • *Homeschooling Book of Answers edited by Linda Dobson
  • *Charles and Emma: the Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
  • *Illustrated Flag Handbook by Maria Costantino
  • *Hope on a Tightrope by Cornel West
  • *The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

August

  • *DIY: Design It Yourself edited by Ellen Lpton
  • *Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman
  • *When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
  • *Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Christ’s Teaching about Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness introduced by Wendell Berry
  • *Finding Susie by Sandra Day O’Connor

Responses

  1. [...] a year in books Posted by: kort | 4 July 2009 [...]

  2. Where had this been? I don’t remember seeing this list! I want book reports on each and every one!

  3. [...] a year in books Posted by: kort | 24 September 2009 [...]


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